America

• 7 September 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Migration and New Evangelization": next Sunday Migrants Day Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, September 9, the Church in Bolivia celebrates National Migrants Day and Refugees under the slogan: "Migration and New Evangelization." This year, the main activities will be held i ...
• 6 September 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Finding out the truth" asks the Apostolic Vicar of Puetro Ayacucho about the massacre of the Yanomami Puerto Ayacucho (Agenzia Fides) - The news of the massacre of 80 indigenous ethnic Yanomami in the Amazon rainforest near the border with Brazil, released by the media last week, caused the reaction of the Venezuelan gov ...
• 6 September 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "With faith in communion we participate in the Mission": meeting of the Missionary Union of the Sick Tampico (Agenzia Fides) - From 13 to 16 September 2012, the Mexican Diocese of Tampico will host the XVI National Meeting of the UEM (Union Enfermos Misionarios). According to the statement sent to Fides Agency, the main ...
• 6 September 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Literacy as a guarantee of peace; 64% of the illiterate are women and girls Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "Literacy and Peace" is the theme of this year's Literacy Day that will highlight the link between unstable democratic systems, conflict and lack of education. In this regard, the work do ...
• 5 September 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "To remain calm, be honest, be brave": Mgr. Pérez to journalists La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Vice-President of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia, His Exc. Mgr. Jesús Pérez, Bishop of Sucre, asked the journalists and media executives to be strong and to face the difficult times t ...
• 5 September 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - New strategies and new technologies for missionary animation in the countries of the Andean region Maracaibo (Agenzia Fides) - From August 27 to September 1, the III Meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Andean region countries was held in Maracaibo, Venezuela. The objective of this meeting was to p ...
• 4 September 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A soup kitchen to accommodate street children and migrants Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of Central American young children, mostly Guatemalan children, wander the streets of Tapachula, in Chiapas, work 10 to 12 hours a day for paltry remuneration, selling sweets, some ar ...
• 4 September 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Honduras continues to be stained with blood by violence," the complaint of the Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of Tegucigalpa, His Exc. Mgr. Juan José Pineda, urged the faithful to act in a consistent manner with the Catholic religion, to counter the violence that has bloodied t ...
• 4 September 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - "March for life and peace": Church and civil authorities promote commitment for safety Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) -On 1 September the "March of commitment for life and peace " was held, led by the Archbishop of Trujillo, His Exc. Mgr. Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, OFM., and representatives of the various institut ...
• 4 September 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - 90% of street children use drugs: it is alarm for the most vulnerable Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - 90% of Paraguayan children living on the streets is dependent on drugs. This is the sad reality that has emerged from a study by the National Secretariat for Childhood and Adolescence called I ...
• 3 September 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church, waiting for dialogue of peace, prepares for the "Week for Peace" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In a climate of hope that the contacts of the government with the FARC to reach concrete results, Colombia is getting ready for the annual "Week for Peace". "President Juan Manuel Santos has alwa ...
• 3 September 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - More than 4000 young people committed to becoming missionary disciples: 34th National Youth Day Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - A crowd of more than 4,200 young people took part, in silence, in prayer and meditation, in the 34th National Youth Day in Uruguay. According to information sent to Fides Agency, hundreds of ...
• 31 August 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - One child out of 10 is compelled to forced work: they are the restavek, invisible and vulnerable victims Port au Prince - With 225,000 working children, mainly girls between 5 and 17 years of age, child labor, a form of modern slavery, is unfortunately a very common practice in Haiti and is continually increasing since the ...
• 30 August 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Next Sunday there will a collection in all the churches for the victims of the explosion at the refinery in Amuay and of natural disasters Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd September, all the churches in Caracas will become centers for food, medicine and equipment to be sent to those who in recent weeks have been the victims of natu ...
• 29 August 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Alert for the risk of a dengue epidemic Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The Paraguayan health authorities have warned the country about the risk of a serious outbreak of dengue. According to data reported by the Directorate for Health Control, the majority of case ...