America

• 23 December 2011
  AMERICA - 5 centuries ago friar Antonio Montesino's sermon in defense of the rights of Indians Urubamba (Agenzia Fides) - 500 years have passed since the Advent of 1511, when the Spanish Dominican missionary friar Antonio Montesino, gave his historic speech in defense of the rights of the Indians, on the island Es ...
• 23 December 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - New Catholic radio station in Chile, the only one in the region of Arica and Parinacota Arica (Agenzia Fides) - "Radio Mount Caramel" is the new and only Catholic radio station in Arica and Parinacota, to 93.1 FM, which aims to reach everyone, believers and non-believers, with a rich program where to find d ...
• 22 December 2011
  AMERICA/HONDURAS- The missionary work of a Bishop of Panama in Honduras has been awarded by the Government Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Honduras has officially paid tribute to the auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula (in the north of Honduras), His Exc. Mgr. Romolo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F., for his concrete ...
• 22 December 2011
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Diocese of Ibarra celebrates 150 years of its foundation: Christmas opens the Jubilee Year Ibarra (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Ibarra, Ecuador, celebrates its 150 years. The Bishop of Ibarra, His Exc. Mgr. Valter Maggi has called for this reason a Jubilee Year, which will be opened with a Eucharistic celeb ...
• 21 December 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Chamber has approved an amendment that allows the public celebration of religious events without prior permission Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Chamber of Deputies has just approved, with the votes of the National Action Party, President Felipe Calderon and the PRI's (Partido Revolucionario Institucional) proposal: we a ...
• 20 December 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Redemptorists celebrate 10 years of their return to Cuba Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The Redemptorist Missionaries celebrated in 2011, the tenth anniversary of their return to Cuba from Spain, they had in fact already worked in Cuba from 1927 to 1976, and then had to leave the is ...
• 20 December 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The "unfair and unjust" law on immigration needs to be revised: letter from religious leaders to the governor of Alabama Alabama (Agenzia Fides) - Some Christian community leaders in the state of Alabama (Roman Catholic Church, United Methodist Church and the Episcopal Church), wrote a letter to Governor Robert Bentley to pray so that they ...
• 19 December 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "A campaign worthy of a civilized country" for the upcoming 2012 elections San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of El Salvador has urged the country's political parties to lead a "clean campaign" for the upcoming legislative and municipal elections in 2012, and to put an end to th ...
• 19 December 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The number of children in Cochabamba forced to work to keep families increases Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of child labor has significantly increased on the streets of Cochabamba. The children leave school and dedicate themselves in jobs to help their families economically. They cle ...
• 19 December 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA - Government’s full availability for the Pope's visit Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The president of Cuba, Raul Castro, yesterday received a delegation from the Holy See in preparation for the upcoming trip of Pope Benedict XVI to the island, announced by the Pontiff himself dur ...
• 17 December 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - In times of crisis, Mexicans seek God even more Xalapa (Agenzia Fides) - "Mexico remains a deeply religious country, despite the hegemony of relativism that undermines religious values". This is how the statement of the press office of the Archdiocese of Xalapa Commun ...
• 17 December 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '- More than 280 000 children work to help families in the region of Ancash Lima (Agenzia Fides) – In Ancash, the northern region of Peru, more than 280,800 children are devoted to work and do not attend school. According to the Head of the Child Labour Statistics of the Regional Directorate o ...
• 16 December 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Necessary to deepen the dialogue between Church and government Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the new Presidency of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina, led by the President, His Exc. Mgr.José María Arancedo, Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz, visited the Secreta ...
• 16 December 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-"Young missionaries from Brazil around the world, in the light of the II Vatican Council" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - With the theme "Young missionaries from Brazil around the world in the light of the II Vatican Council" and the motto "As the Father has sent me, so I send you (Jn 20, 21)" the fourth National ...
• 15 December 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Chagas disease still infects 10 million people and kills about 12 000 Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - A new drug tested in Brazil will increase the chances of cure for more than 90% of infants who are infected by Chagas disease, parasitic disease, endemic in 21 Latin American countries, w ...