America

• 16 April 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI- A group of Haitians stopped at the border since January have finally arrived in Brazil Iñapari (Agenzia Fides) - The last group of 245 Haitians who had been stopped as refugees in Iñapari, a Peruvian town on the border between Peru and Brazil have finally crossed the border of Brazil. The decision to aut ...
• 16 April 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - "The Feast of Quasimodo": thousands of Catholics accompany Christ-Eucharist to give communion to the infirm Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Chilean Catholics take to the streets of cities and small rural communities yesterday to "run with Christ" (Spanish expression used in Chile, which means "to accompany Christ-Eucha ...
• 14 April 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "More must be done against poverty," said the Episcopal Head of the Social Pastoral Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church is concerned about the level of corruption in the Country," said Mgr. Jorge Lozano, Bishop of Gualeguaychú and head of the Social Pastoral of the Episcopal Conference of Argent ...
• 13 April 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 850 000 maltreated children who work in precarious conditions La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – Half of the Bolivian population, over 5 million people, is 17 years or less old, and among these, approximately 850 000 children and adolescents working in dangerous and poorly paid activities ...
• 12 April 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Birth of a phone line to assist Mexican children in difficulty Toluca (Agenzia Fides) - Violence in all its forms is a daily problem for Mexican children, we are dealing with a silent plague, which very few tmes is reported and therefore there are no certain figures. To address this ...
• 11 April 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - How to offer cultural attractions to the young and push them away from danger Ciudad Juarez (Agenzia Fides) – To offer cultural attractions for the young and push them away from very common dangerous situations in Ciudad Juarez in the Mexican state of Chihuahua, is the goal of the project "Cultu ...
• 11 April 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Bishops meet in plenary Assembly: among the main themes: the Year of Faith and the Synod Florida (Agenzia Fides) - The Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay begins today, April 11, in Florida. According to information Fides received by the Episcopal Conference, the work will begin with a ha ...
• 4 April 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - For the first time the Pope's Holy Week will be broadcast on tv across the country Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Peru informs, through a joint statement to Fides, the extensive media coverage, that the Holy Week celebrations presided by the Holy Father, will have this year in Peru. ...
• 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 ...