America

• 22 March 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - "The expectation that I hear in all the Christian communities for the arrival of Benedict XVI is the same as 14 years ago, for John Paul II’s visit," says Fr. Raul Rodriguez Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "Hopefully it is a time of blessing of the Lord for these people, who need the saving and liberating message of Jesus. Let us hope it is a moment of unity among all Cubans, wherever they are, whe ...
• 21 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - The ecclesial community of Calama supports the requests on behalf of the population for greater attention of the central government Calama (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Guillermo Vera Soto, Bishop of San Juan Bautista de Calama, gave his support to the 5,000 people who attended the march yesterday to ask the central government the realization of ...
• 21 March 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR-The march of the indigenous reaches Quito: to protest the use of water and mineral resources Quito (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 participants in the march that tomorrow will reach the capital of Ecuador, Quito, to protest against the law on the use of water and against large-scale mining operations, as reporte ...
• 20 March 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - A documentary traces the 100 years of the Claretian Missionaries in Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Catholic television network JN 19, will present tomorrow to the media operators and representatives of the community, a documentary on 100 years of the presence in the country of the C ...
• 20 March 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR-"If I do not work dad punishes me": 15 000 children working in the streets of Quito Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "If I do not work dad punishes me": this is the reality for over 15 000 children in the capital of Ecuador, Quito, working as peddlers in the streets of the city. According to the Instituto de la ...
• 20 March 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR-El Salvador recalls Mgr. Romero, murdered 32 years ago San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The anniversary of Mgr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero’s death will be celebrated for the first time in the church of the Rosary, because the war veterans have occupied the Metropolitan Cathedral o ...
• 16 March 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The attention of the Bishops is also towards the clash between the local landless and Brazilian settlers Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly n. 193 of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) is in progress, which analysis, among other problems of the social reality of the country, the conflict between the Brazilian s ...
• 16 March 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Redemptorists of Bahia promote the missionary formation of religious and laity Bahia (Agenzia Fides) - The Redemptorist Missionary Center of Bahia proposes Formation Mission Courses in response to the appeal of Aparecida (no. 174), and to provide service to communities, parishes and dioceses in the ...
• 15 March 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Nobody has the right to transform churches into political trenches": the Archdiocese of Havana on occupation of the church of Our Lady of Charity Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Havana issued a statement regarding the 13 people who have occupied the church of "Our Lady of Charity", in the center of the capital, where they spent the entire night. "Nobod ...
• 15 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE-The solidarity of the religious population of Aysen, while dialogue starts again Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Confederation of thr Religious in Chile has expressed that "the movement of Aysen belongs to all of Chile, and especially to the honest and peaceful people, who are now tired of being victi ...
• 15 March 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Warning of the overflowing of the rivers in the north and south of the country: thousands of people harmed Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - More than a thousand people have been affected by heavy rains that are breaking down in the northern part of the country. In the southern region of Magallanes y Antártica a violent storm, cons ...
• 14 March 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - The government of Cuba opens a website for the papal visit Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "This are brave people!" Said Esteban Lazo Hernandez, vice president of the Council of State of Cuba, with respect to "a sincere welcome, joyful and well-organized, with full guarantee of safety, ...
• 14 March 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops against free trade of drugs Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, His Exc. Mgr. Socrates Rene Sándigo, Bishop of Juigalpa, has declard to be against the decriminalization of the drug trade in Central Ame ...
• 13 March 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Solidarity to the Archbishop of Huancayo threatened to death for having sought assurances on health and decent work for the workers in La Oroya Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) - "On behalf of the Directorate-General of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, based in Rome, Italy, I would like to express our support to the President of the Department of Justice and S ...
• 13 March 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Street children and migrants forced to prostitution in exchange for food and money Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of child prostitution continues to be a very sad plague among the people of Tapachula. An average of 80 children roam the streets, using drugs like marijuana and solvents. Each ...