America

• 4 April 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops advise moderation and caution with regards to dialogue with the guerrillas; without the will on behalf of the parties true peace will never be reached Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Colombian area "eje Cafetero" (Pereira, Armenia and Manizales), so named for the particular coffee production, consider that the decision of the government of a possible dialo ...
• 3 April 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA- FARC-10 hostages have been released, the Church welcomes the gesture, but asks for more Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Colombia expressed their satisfaction with the release of ten people (including members of the police and army) who had been kidnapped by the FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces o ...
• 3 April 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Cathedral is still occupied, dialogue has been interrupted for the "Easter holidays" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. Jose Escobar Alas, complained that for the past three months, the Metropolitan Cathedral has been occupied by a group of ex-combatants, which d ...
• 3 April 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - Good Friday as a public holiday and a Cardinal Ortega’s message broadcast on national television Havana (Agenzia Fides) - With the churches that were overflowing with people, the Cubans began Holy Week in a more relaxed climate. Not only the announcement that Friday will be a public holiday on the island was made, b ...
• 3 April 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - To guide and protect the poor children of Abancay, giving them the human dignity Abancay (Agenzia Fides) - Children's Abancay has recently been presented, a non-profit association destined to guide and protect children in the city of Abancay, state capital of Apurimac, Peru. The Congregation of the D ...
• 2 April 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS-60 families still waiting to bury their loved ones who died in the prison in Comayagua Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "Justice, Peace and Love" are the words written on a mural that depicts the Virgin of Suyapa which occupies one wall of the sports Leon Alvarado Institute of the city of Comayagua. These thr ...
• 2 April 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - To awaken with major ardor the missionary task: all communities prepare the third National Missionary Congress Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The main activity that involves the Pontifical Mission of Brazil in this period is the preparation of the third National Missionary Congress, on the theme: "Missionary discipleship in Brazil fo ...
• 30 March 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The mediation of the Bishop restores calm in the prison of Sula after the riot and fire that caused at least 13 deaths Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Thirteen prisoners died in a clash between groups of prisoners and the outbreak of a fire: which took place inside a prison in Sula, an industrial city in the north of the country, where the ...
• 30 March 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - Fire "suspects" to throw out the displaced: the denunciation of the social groups in Haiti Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has published the complaint of a "Collective" which brings together some of Haiti's civil society organizations on what happened last March 24: A series o ...
• 29 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE-The Bishops: "A human society without violence" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santiago and President of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, Mgr. Ricardo Ezzati, issued a statement, dated March 28, entitled "For a more human coexistence and without violen ...
• 29 March 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY-After euthanasia carried out in hospitals, the Church stresses the duty to always defend life. Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The population of Uruguay is still dismayed by the terrible situation that came into the open a few days ago when it was learned that a group of nurses in more than one hospital, carried out ...
• 28 March 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Truce between the gangs with the help of the Church, but the country is hoping for a definitive solution San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Today newspapers of El Salvador report the news that the Salvadoran Minister of Security, David Munguia, admitted that a "truce" is taking place between bloody gangs of the country and thi ...
• 28 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Jesús TV: the first virtual channel launched by the Archbishopric of Concepción Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - Birth of the first virtual channel of the Archdiocese of Concepción. His Exc. Mgr. Archbishop Fernando Chomali, will inaugurate Jesús TV on Thursday, March 29. It is a tool for informatio ...
• 28 March 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Thirty victims and thousands displaced because of heavy rains, severe damage to crops Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Since the beginning of the year, the torrential rains that are hitting Ecuador has devastated 84 000 people, causing the death of 30 people so far, in addition to 4,700 displaced. The statistics o ...
• 27 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Sadness for the death of 6 volunteers of the Catholic foundation "A Roof for Chile" Los Alamos (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Concepcion, his Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomali, expressed his condolences for the terrible loss of 6 young volunteers of the group "A Roof for Chile" who died in a car accident ...