America

• 30 March 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The mediation of the Bishop restores calm in the prison of Sula after the riot and fire that caused at least 13 deaths Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Thirteen prisoners died in a clash between groups of prisoners and the outbreak of a fire: which took place inside a prison in Sula, an industrial city in the north of the country, where the ...
• 30 March 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - Fire "suspects" to throw out the displaced: the denunciation of the social groups in Haiti Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has published the complaint of a "Collective" which brings together some of Haiti's civil society organizations on what happened last March 24: A series o ...
• 29 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE-The Bishops: "A human society without violence" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santiago and President of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, Mgr. Ricardo Ezzati, issued a statement, dated March 28, entitled "For a more human coexistence and without violen ...
• 29 March 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY-After euthanasia carried out in hospitals, the Church stresses the duty to always defend life. Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The population of Uruguay is still dismayed by the terrible situation that came into the open a few days ago when it was learned that a group of nurses in more than one hospital, carried out ...
• 28 March 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Truce between the gangs with the help of the Church, but the country is hoping for a definitive solution San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Today newspapers of El Salvador report the news that the Salvadoran Minister of Security, David Munguia, admitted that a "truce" is taking place between bloody gangs of the country and thi ...
• 28 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Jesús TV: the first virtual channel launched by the Archbishopric of Concepción Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - Birth of the first virtual channel of the Archdiocese of Concepción. His Exc. Mgr. Archbishop Fernando Chomali, will inaugurate Jesús TV on Thursday, March 29. It is a tool for informatio ...
• 28 March 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Thirty victims and thousands displaced because of heavy rains, severe damage to crops Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Since the beginning of the year, the torrential rains that are hitting Ecuador has devastated 84 000 people, causing the death of 30 people so far, in addition to 4,700 displaced. The statistics o ...
• 27 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Sadness for the death of 6 volunteers of the Catholic foundation "A Roof for Chile" Los Alamos (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Concepcion, his Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomali, expressed his condolences for the terrible loss of 6 young volunteers of the group "A Roof for Chile" who died in a car accident ...
• 26 March 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cuban Catholics are ready to welcome Pope Benedict, "Pilgrim of Love" Havana (Agenzia Fides) – We have received the testimony of the preparation of Pope Benedict’s arrival to Cuba for his pastoral visit from several parishes. Father Raul tells Fides how they have prepared the Christian ...
• 24 March 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO-The Pope in Mexico: a German who "does the sums" on migrants Guanajuato (Agenzia Fides) - "I already know I am in a Country proud of its hospitality and anxious that no one feels a stranger in its land. I know, I already knew, but now I see and feel it very deep in the heart. I ho ...
• 24 March 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Pope’s visit live on the PMS website Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Mexico, on the occasion of Pope Benedict XVI’s first apostolic visit in Mexico, are technically prepared to be able to follow step by step the Hol ...
• 23 March 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Guanajuato, land with a long history of struggle and faith, welcomes Benedict XVI Guanajuato (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI will be the first pontiff to set foot in Guanajuato, a state which is protagonist for the movement for Mexican independence and imbued with mysticism, because in its territo ...
• 23 March 2012
  AMERICA - Water is a human right that many still fail to conquer Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The World Water Day was celebrated yesterday, March 22, also in Latin America with several demonstrations in defense of this natural asset. In South America for the indigenous water is a sacred, f ...
• 22 March 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES-The Episcopal Conference has posted a website and through the website one can connect to Facebook with details on the Pope’s trip New York City (Agenzia Fides) - Benedict XVI’s visit in Mexico and Cuba will also be posted by the American Episcopate website and social networks. In a note sent to Fides, the United States Conference of Catholic Bish ...
• 22 March 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Dominican Sisters of Maryknoll: 100 years of foundation, and 70 in Bolivia Riberalta (Agenzia Fides) - The community of the Dominican Sisters of Maryknoll celebrate 100 years since the founding of the congregation and 70 years of their presence in Bolivia. The missionaries are in the poorest ar ...