America

• 22 February 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Alarm concerning violence throughout the country: children in particular are abused, sold, exploited Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Honduras is the poorest of the 7 nations of Central America, and complains of a very serious situation especially for the violence against children. Out of a population of over 8 million inh ...
• 21 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Missionary Childhood and Adolescence: Bishop invites us to reflect on the situation of children in the Sierra Tarahumara Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico, the third Sunday of February DOMINF is celebrated, ie, the Day of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence. In this circumstance, Mgr. Armando Colin Cruz, Au ...
• 21 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Tarahumara people are hungry: corruption on behalf of officials or natural disaster? Tarahumara (Agenzia Fides) - Illegal logging and pollution of the rivers are some of the damage caused by "corruption" and by the authorities’ "immorality", whose effects have caused hunger in the Sierra Tarahumara: th ...
• 21 February 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - In the northern region of Lambayeque there are about 60 000 working children Lambayeque (Agenzia Fides) - There are approximately 60 000 child laborers in the northern region of Lambayeque, Peru. According to local sources, the number of children committed to working on the streets has increased ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA-Still tension between the government and indigenous people, dialogue is postponed for carnival Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous leaders of the ethnic Ngäbe Bugle and representatives of the Panamanian government have suspended negotiations on the new law restricting the mining and the defense of the wa ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Still rain, the church flooded: it is emergency in Iñapari on the border with Brazil Iñapari (Agenzia Fides) - The small town of Iñapari has been flooded for several days. This district of Madre de Dios (Peru), on the border with Brazil and Bolivia, has been suffering for days because of heavy rains th ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The country affected by rains, floods and an epidemic of dengue La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Landslides alarm and swollen rivers in Bolivia, where 6,585 families have been displaced in the last two months and where there have been 7 deaths so far. The regions most affected are those of O ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - The situation of the Haitians in Peru: the Bishops’ note Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference has sent a note to Fides about the situation of Haitians who have been stopped on the border for several months, and would like to enter Brazil. The note explains ...
• 17 February 2012
  AMERICA - The drama of overcrowded prisons in the grip of violence and the commitment of the Church Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI has expressed his deep sorrow for the victims of the fire that devastated on February 15 the prison of Comayagua, in Honduras, causing hundreds of deaths and dozens inj ...
• 17 February 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Clean Ballot" and the situation of indigenous people: the voice of the Bishops Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidency of the Brazilian Bishops Conference (CNBB) informed of the issues discussed during the Pastoral Episcopal Council Pastoral (CONSEP), on the 14, 15 and 16 February. The press conf ...
• 16 February 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Despicable inhuman conditions of life and insecurity": the Bishop of Comayagua after the fire that killed 272 inmates Comayagua (Agenzia Fides) - There are now 272 confirmed deaths in the fire which broke out on the night of February 15 in the prison in Comayagua, in Honduras. The number of injured, hospitalized, is about sixty. The fig ...
• 16 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Archdiocese prepares the lay to a "conscience vote" for the presidential elections Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Less than 50 days since the start of the campaign for the presidential elections, the Archdiocese of Mexico has invited Catholics and people of good will to exercise the right to vote in ac ...
• 15 February 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops, concerned about the increase in death sentences in Florida, write to the governor Miami (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Miami, His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Wenski and five Bishops of Florida sent a letter to Governor Rick Scott, asking him to stop Robert Waterhouse’s execution and commute the death sent ...
• 15 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO- The website for the Pope's visit to Mexico is open Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "From the Mexican Episcopal Conference we give a warm welcome to the official website of Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Visit in Mexico, which began on the evening of Feb. 13. We are confi ...
• 15 February 2012
  AMERICA/REP. DOMINICAN - "A voice for the civilization of love": a radio made by street children Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Following the motto "A voice for the civilization of love", a group of street children, led by the Salesian Father Luis Rosario, broadcast 24 hours a day on Radio Juventus Don Bosco. Found ...