America

• 8 March 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A radio and a TV online gives voice to children and present missionary activity Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Comboni missionaries in Colombia will put a radio online and a virtual television from March 15 to "present to the world the Church's missionary activity" and "sensitize the people on the mis ...
• 7 March 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA-The commitment to human ecology and the environment is a responsibility for every Christian Catamarca (Agenzia Fides) -The Bishops of NOA (Northwest Argentina) have called for a "credible and honest dialogue" between the political and social institutions, in particular, on issues related to the mining industry ...
• 7 March 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The problem of Haitian migration, priorities for the Bishops’ meeting Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The bishops of the Dominican Republic and Haiti will meet next Monday, March 12 in Santo Domingo to analyze the problems of the two nations and the progress of the process of rebuilding th ...
• 7 March 2012
  AMERICA - Fr.Kino, missionary "straddling" between different people’s and cultures whose message is still relevant Rome (Agenzia Fides) – The tercentenary of the death of a man who belongs to different people’s and nations ends in these days. Italian by birth, from the Val di Non, Trentino; but German for the education and format ...
• 5 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE- Still tension between the people of Aysen and the central government, the Bishop continues to seek dialogue Aysen (Agenzia Fides) - "Aysén wakes up more worried than ever, because we are convinced that once again, as happened continually throughout these days, we have been misled by the words and actions of the government, an ...
• 5 March 2012
  AMERICA/PERU-"Clean hands, healthy children",to wash hands can reduce 50% of diarrhea cases in the country Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign "Manos Limpias niños sanos ", launched in Peru in 2005, aims to promote the habit of washing hands with soap and water before eating or touching food. This, in fact, can reduce 50% of ...
• 5 March 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Archdiocese of Mexico calls for "respect" for everything the Pope will say Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Mexico has called for "respect" for Pope Benedict XVI, who from March 23 to 26 will visit the country, and recalled that the Pope can say what he wants with regards to "ou ...
• 25 February 2012
  AMERICA/PERU-A mining project threatens human rights and environment: the alarm of the Church Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) – It is an initiative that should be rejected because it "has no reference to the defense of life, population health, environmental protection": this is the opinion expressed by Mgr. Pedro Rica ...
• 25 February 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA-A country free of violence: campaign for Lent 2012 Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Consider Lent is considered a suitable time for prayer, fellowship, sharing: this is why Caritas Venezuela presented its campaign "Compartir 2012" (Sharing) aimed at building peace. As reported ...
• 24 February 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Huge disparities between boys and girls rights Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – A report concerning the "State of the World’s Girls 2011" has just been published. According to the Organization for International Planning of Guatemala it is obvious that there is gr ...
• 24 February 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - In Latin America, the drug trade and the indigenous reality question the Church Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "In Latin America, the indigenous reality questions the Church" is the title of the interview to His Exc. Mgr. Marc Stenger, Bishop of Troyes, in France, a member of the Episcopal Commission ...
• 23 February 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - "The people of Aysén claim justice and assistance," Mgr. Infanti asks the path of dialogue Aysen (Agenzia Fides) - "Our people loudly demand justice. All the issues raised in the requests reflect a lack of attention on behalf of the State. And I say State, not government, because this is not to be against this ...
• 23 February 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops deplore the repression of peaceful protest and demand guarantees concerning the mining activity Patagonia-Comahue (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Argentina's Patagonia region-Comahue have criticized the mining operation in progress and called for respect for the international and national law for this activity, be ...
• 22 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO-A new radio station online, Radio Cristo Rey, prepares the Pope's visit to Mexico Leon (Agenzia Fides) - There are only 30 days to Pope Benedict XVI’s visit in Mexico, and the Archdiocese of Leon have announced the opening of a radio via internet, Radio Cristo Rey, which also has a presence in socia ...
• 22 February 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The gaze of the missionary disciple on the global reality of ": the First Encounter for missionary formation has concluded Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - the first national Meeting of the missionary formation for Coordinators and Animators of the Diocesan Missionary Councils (COMIDIS) and of the Parish Council Missionaries (COMIPAS) has conclude ...