America

• 15 March 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Nobody has the right to transform churches into political trenches": the Archdiocese of Havana on occupation of the church of Our Lady of Charity Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Havana issued a statement regarding the 13 people who have occupied the church of "Our Lady of Charity", in the center of the capital, where they spent the entire night. "Nobod ...
• 15 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE-The solidarity of the religious population of Aysen, while dialogue starts again Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Confederation of thr Religious in Chile has expressed that "the movement of Aysen belongs to all of Chile, and especially to the honest and peaceful people, who are now tired of being victi ...
• 15 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Warning of the overflowing of the rivers in the north and south of the country: thousands of people harmed Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - More than a thousand people have been affected by heavy rains that are breaking down in the northern part of the country. In the southern region of Magallanes y Antártica a violent storm, cons ...
• 14 March 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - The government of Cuba opens a website for the papal visit Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "This are brave people!" Said Esteban Lazo Hernandez, vice president of the Council of State of Cuba, with respect to "a sincere welcome, joyful and well-organized, with full guarantee of safety, ...
• 14 March 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops against free trade of drugs Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, His Exc. Mgr. Socrates Rene Sándigo, Bishop of Juigalpa, has declard to be against the decriminalization of the drug trade in Central Ame ...
• 13 March 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Solidarity to the Archbishop of Huancayo threatened to death for having sought assurances on health and decent work for the workers in La Oroya Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of the Directorate-General of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, based in Rome, Italy, I would like to express our support to the President of the Department of Justice and S ...
• 13 March 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Street children and migrants forced to prostitution in exchange for food and money Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of child prostitution continues to be a very sad plague among the people of Tapachula. An average of 80 children roam the streets, using drugs like marijuana and solvents. Each ...
• 13 March 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - What's really going on in Haiti? Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, has asked the authorities of Haiti to inform about what is really happening in the country, because any major event ...
• 12 March 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "The God of life does not want death": the appeal of Cardinal Terrazas after the recent episodes of violence Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - We are called to urgent and concrete answers to everything that is opposed to life, because God's Word is clear when he says "Thou shalt not kill". In this, God is determined, clear and preci ...
• 12 March 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Caritas Campaign against violence, to respect the dignity and human rights Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign launched by Caritas at a national level, intends to recover in Honduras those deep Christian values such as respect for human dignity and human rights, tolerance, solidarity and ...
• 10 March 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Re-evaluate the role of women in the Peruvian Amazon: An exhibition of missionaries Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Centro Cultural Jose Pio Aza, of the Order of the Dominicans, has organized the photo exhibition "The Amazon with a Woman’s face". As reported to Fides by a note from the Peruvian Episcopal C ...
• 10 March 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Pope in Mexico: the Church protagonist of the mass-media, full coverage on TV Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time, after five visits of the Blessed John Paul II in Mexico, the Mexican Church will be responsible for full television coverage of the Pope Benedict XVI’s visit in Mexico. ...
• 9 March 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Agreement of cooperation between Church and State to promote religious assistance in prisons and social reintegration of detainees Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP) and the National Penitentiary Institute of Peru (INPE) signed an agreement renewing the cooperation ties between the two institutions. ...
• 9 March 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - At the Guadalajara Film Festival a documentary about the harsh reality of a "journey of hope" of Central American migrants Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - Illegal immigrants in the United States in a few years will found the political and social system of that country: this was said by the Mexican priest Alejandro Solalinde who presented in Gu ...
• 8 March 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA-Immediate suspension of the Barro Blanco Hydroelectric Project, the first agreement between the parties Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Panama and indigenous leaders belonging to the ethnic group Ngäbe Bugle have agreed to a temporary suspension of the controversial hydroelectric project Barro Blanco (see ...