America
20 June 2012
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - To evangelize among violence, the atheist ideology and consumerist culture: witness of the Apostolic Vicar of San Vicente
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Every community member should become a missionary, evangelist, the laity are having to become pastoral operators, only this will give us strength and courage to continue this mission,": says His E ...
20 June 2012
AMERICA/ECUADOR - In Ecuador, the largest number of refugees of America
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The year 2011 was a "record year" for displacement, considering the figures since 2000: says a report published by the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency) of which a copy was sent to Fides. Regarding the si ...
19 June 2012
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "In 100 days' respite, over 800 lives have been saved": the results of the agreement signed between criminal gangs on the initiative of the Church
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The pact between criminal gangs, the "Mara Salvatrucha" (MS-13) and the "Mara 18" (M-18), has decreased daily murders from 14 to 5, according to data provided by the Castrencian Vicar Monsi ...
18 June 2012
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Saltillo: "Do not sell your vote, it is a moral issue"
Saltillo (Agenzia Fides) - Two weeks before the presidential election, Mgr. Raul Vera Lopez, Bishop of the Diocese of Saltillo, has launched an appeal urging the people not to sell their vote, because the corruption that ...
18 June 2012
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Clashes between police and farmers: 17 victims, the Bishops call for an end to violence and to respect laws
Curuguaty (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops of Paraguay express their deep regret at the deaths of police officers and farmers which occured on 15 June, during a procedeure of eviction in Curuguaty, and express their solida ...
15 June 2012
AMERICA/ECUADOR - "The Church before the mega mining projects" forum on an increasingly complex reality
Zamora (Agenzia Fides) -The forum "The Church before the mega mining projects", organized by the Social Pastoral in the south of the country, including the jurisdictions of Zamora Chinchipe Azuay, Azogues, Oro and Loja, ...
15 June 2012
AMERICA/CHILE - A project of "Shared Houses" for people living on the streets
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - In Chile, 12,255 people live on the streets, among them 2,003 are adults and 725 children. 77% of them work as street vendors and parking attendants or do the cleaning in factories. Th ...
15 June 2012
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Third Missionary Congress is approaching: The Missio ad Gentes is the primary mission of the Church
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – In less than a month the Third National Missionary Congress of Brazil will begin, the event is strongly felt in the community. The Congress will be held in Palmas (Brazil), from July 12 to 15 ...
14 June 2012
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Violence begets violence and it is always an insult to man" Bishop of Barrancabermeja’s appeal
Barrancabermeja (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B, Bishop of Barrancabermeja, has launched an appeal to the civil and military authorities, and to the whole community to join eff ...
14 June 2012
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The CIMI denounces murders of indigenous people and invasions for the exploitation of their lands
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), organization of the Catholic Church in Brazil, presented in Brasilia the 2011 data on violence against indigenous peoples (see Fides 06/06/2012). The A ...
13 June 2012
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A program to eliminate the scourge of child laborers in coal mines
Medellín (Agenzia Fides) - In the region of Sinifaná, rich in coal mines, mining is used in the traditional and illegal way, and children are used as a source of cheap production. In the local culture, tradition consid ...
13 June 2012
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Religious Freedom and the New Evangelization on the Bishops’ agenda
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Today, June 13, the Assembly of Bishops of the United States of America begins, after a long campaign in the local Churches so that the Bishops can officially express their worries about viol ...
13 June 2012
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Rights of children without protection: they work instead of playing, studying and resting
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty, migration, broken families are among the causes which force many children and teenagers to work. In Bolivia, there are 850 thousand boys, girls and teenage workers, accounting for 28% of ...
13 June 2012
AMERICA/BRAZIL - 5 elements for sustainable development: Caritas Internationalis for Rio +20
Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - A call for a paradigm shift "toward a new civilization of love for humanity, which concentrates every action in the dignity and well-being of men and women": So says Caritas International ...
12 June 2012
AMERICA/CHILE - "We need a new pedagogy for evangelism," says the Archbishop of Concepcion
Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - " Dios anda por estos lados, yo lo he visto" is the title of a photo exhibition organized by the Archbishop of Concepción, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomali, which will be presented soon in El ...
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