America

• 30 May 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Meeting of Families in Milan: Bolivia present, with a NO to gay couples Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Before leaving for Milan (Italy) headquarters of the Seventh International Meeting of Families, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Bascopé, Auxiliary Bishop of El Alto, said that for the four Bolivian c ...
• 29 May 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Cardinal Terrazas strongly condemns the "DIY justice" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Julio Terrazas, Archbishop of Santa Cruz, has strongly condemned the scourge of the "DIY justice". "It is really scary to know when someone is lynched, as if it were a significant fa ...
• 29 May 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The plight of migrants repatriated by force to their country Toncontin (Agenzia Fides) - "Poverty, social status and violence are the factors that continue to push our compatriots to leave the country, following a dangerous path, full of pain and suffering," said Sister Valdete Wi ...
• 28 May 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE-The Church must be present in working panel discussions with indigenous communities Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Temuco, His Exc. Mgr. Manuel Camilo Vial, underlined that the Church must participate in working panel discussions with indigenous communities, announced by President ...
• 28 May 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - A survey shows that the Church is the institution which is most trusted by Panamanian Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church is the institution that enjoys credibility among Panamanians, while the opposite is the National Assembly of Deputies, according to results of a survey published by the firm U ...
• 26 May 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mother's Day against Domestic Violence Santiago de los Caballeros (Agenzia Fides) - Mother's Day, which the population of the Dominican Republic celebrates on the last Sunday in May is an opportunity to relieve the longstanding problem of domestic violence: S ...
• 26 May 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - The Day of Holy Childhood Association for the poor children in the world Lima (Agenzia Fides) - To arouse in children a universal missionary awareness, encouraging them to share their faith, love, hope and material goods with the poor and abandoned children in the world: this is the aim of th ...
• 26 May 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA -Bishops to the government: "Stop corruption, we need to fight poverty" Bariloche (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Argentina asks the government increased efforts to stop corruption and fight poverty. On the occasion of Argentina's national day of independence, on May 25, during the celebrati ...
• 25 May 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - "A transparent Church, formed by men acting under the protection of Jesus" Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - A year after his appointment as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Concepción, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomali will present to his community the figures that the universal Church, national and ...
• 24 May 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Migrants and the Church's pastoral commitment: meeting of Bishops on the situation in Central America Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The delegates of the Episcopal Conferences of the United States, Mexico and the countries of Central America and the Caribbean, will meet next week in the Dominican Republic to analyze the im ...
• 24 May 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Fighting human trafficking, which has become "an industry" in the hands of organized crime Gualeguaychú (Agenzia Fides) - There were about sixty participants at the XXVII Meeting of the "Diocese of Frontier, which this year had the theme of human trafficking. From May 21 to 23, representatives of the dioceses ...
• 16 May 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “Overcome poverty and corruption”: the voice of the Church on the anniversary of independence Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The celebration of the Te Deum for 201 years of independence in Paraguay was marked by an unique note: the people were not allowed to go into the Cathedral or the Square in front, though thi ...
• 16 May 2012
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Presidential elections: vigil of prayer and reflection prescribed by the Church Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic has exhorted all citizens to vote according to conscience at the Presidential elections next Sunday, 20 May. The Bishops also asked t ...
• 15 May 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The celebrations for the 500 years of the foundation of the first American diocese Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The Primate Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, presided on Sunday, May 13 the celebration for the 42nd Eucharistic Meeting of Panama, as the initial par ...
• 15 May 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Against human trafficking, a scourge that affects more than 6 000 people only in Ecuador Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Every year about 800 000 people around the world are victims of human trafficking, a growing business that is based on slavery, deceit or violence, said Hiroshima Villalba, Undersecretary to the d ...