America

• 24 July 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Stop violence against women: an emergency for the State and the Church Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In the context of a convivial gathering to say thank you to the various institutions for the end of President Leonel Fernandez' mandate, Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Arch ...
• 24 July 2012
  AMERICA - Inauguration of the Observatory of the New Evangelization for Latin America Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary of the Pontifical Council for the promotion of the New Evangelization, His Exc. Mgr. Octavio Ruiz Arenas, announced that on Tuesday, July 24, during the opening session of the meet ...
• 23 July 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Hundreds of thousands of children in Chiapas work without compensation Tuxtla Gutierrez (Agenzia Fides) - In the Mexican state of Chiapas, about 199 thousand children in the age group ranging from 5 to 17 work without receiving any financial compensation. According to the local Labour Offic ...
• 23 July 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Restore the altered constitutional order ": the Bishops' request San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in El Salvador has asked Parliament to repeal the election of magistrates, as established by a judgment, to restore the "altered constitutional order " and warned that t ...
• 23 July 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A course on the Social Doctrine of the Church has been inaugurated at the UCICAM Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Immaculate Conception Catholic University of the Archdiocese of Managua (UCICAM) has inaugurated a course for the Diploma in Social Doctrine of the Church. The course, lasting five months, w ...
• 21 July 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church encourages dialogue between the government and rebels in the region of Cauca Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous people of Cauca and the Colombian government have agreed to start a dialogue "at the highest level" next Monday, July 23, to seek a solution to the crisis in the South-West region ...
• 21 July 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - More than 10 thousand young people together to express their missionary commitment Coatzacoalcos (Agenzia Fides) - There are over 10 thousand young people enrolled in the Mission Congress held from 19 until 22 July in the city of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, with the primary aim to "awaken and form the consc ...
• 20 July 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The campaign for the reception of Haitian migrants in Brazil Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuit Refugee Service in Latin America and the Caribbean (SJR/LAC) continues its campaign to raise Latin American citizens awareness concerning the Haitian migrants and the need to understan ...
• 20 July 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Violence in the country increases: 24 children killed every day Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – In Brazil the last 30 years are considered as the most violent. According to the recent study "Map of Violence 2012, Children and Adolescents in Brazil", in 2010 at least 24 children and tee ...
• 20 July 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Peruvian Bishop calls for the intervention of the U.S. Congress on the issue of La Oroya mining Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "A U.S.-owned smelter has contaminated air, soil and water in the city of La Oroya, in Peru. The fact deserves monitoring and corrective measures by the U.S. Congress, according to a Peruvian ...
• 19 July 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - "Living the country's unity in prayer": Bishops' appeal before the social problems Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Peru have asked to give life to a "Chain of Prayer for Dialogue and Peace." A few days before National Independence Day of Peru, which is celebrated on July 28, the Peruvian Episcopa ...
• 19 July 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - XII continental meeting: challenges and hopes of the Afro-American Pastoral Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - The twelfth meeting of Afro-American Pastoral Meeting (EPA) is in progress, held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, from July 16 to 20, on "The Afro-American and the Caribbean Pastoral Care and the Docume ...
• 17 July 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Third National Missionary Congress: new places to evangelize Palmas (Agenzia Fides) - The Third National Missionary Congress of Brazil ended on Sunday, July 15 with a Mass celebrated by the Archbishop of Palmas, His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Brito Guimaraes, and concelebrated by the Secreta ...
• 16 July 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - For the Bishops the November municipal elections are not free and fair Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) will not invite the Nicaraguans to vote en masse in municipal elections to be held on November 4: this is what was said during a press conference held ...
• 13 July 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "We need to evangelize in the midst of the conflict, filling these people with hope, faith and love who continue to believe", conclusion of the Assembly of Bishops Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The 93rd Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of Colombia ends today, July 13. According to information gathered by Fides Agency, among the problems the Bishops faced is that concerning the situat ...