America
24 November 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - "It is time to improve our institutions and expose corruption", asks the weekly magazine of the Archdiocese of Mexico
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Nuevo leon (Mexico City), through its weekly magazine "Desde la Fe", invites everyone to a serious reflection on the importance of the 2012 electoral events and to report ...
24 November 2011
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "We Bishops must be witnesses of the kingdom of justice": the work of SEDAC General Assembly
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The General Assembly of the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC) is being held, in the municipality of Valle de Angeles, in Honduras. This assembly is held every year to evaluate and ...
23 November 2011
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The New Executive Director of the the United States Catholic Mission Association USCMA
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The United States Catholic Mission Association, USCMA has a new Executive Director: Fr. John Richard Nuelle, member of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette (MS), elected by the Board of ...
23 November 2011
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The U.S. Bishops approve the funding for the reconstruction projects in Haiti and 174 of solidarity in Latin America
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Subcommittee for the Church in Latin America of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has approved the funding for 174 projects, worth over 2.7 million dollars to help the Churc ...
23 November 2011
AMERICA/URUGUAY - The celebration of the Bicentennial marked by the testimony of the Catholic faith and the commitment to human dignity
Florida (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Uruguay has published, on account of the celebration of the Bicentennial, a document titled "Our Homeland: gratitude and hope". The letter is addressed "to all the fa ...
22 November 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO-Waiting for the Pope's visit, while "violence is a matter of concern and worries everyone": the Nuncio at the end of the Congress of Secular Institutes
Merida (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico, Archbishop Mgr. Christophe Pierre, said that in his next visit to the nation, Pope Benedict XVI will bring a message of peace and encouragement against violence. S ...
22 November 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The number of children abused, exploited sexually and psychologically increases
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Child abuse continues to be a very serious wound in the Latin American country. According to the latest report carried out by ICBF, the Colombian Institute which deals with the protection of the ...
22 November 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO - Necessary to protect the rights of Mexican indigenous children living in poverty and social exclusion
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has appealed to the government, society, public institutions and civil organizations to improve the current standard of living of a half million c ...
22 November 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The beginning of the school year at the educational centers of the Church is at risk if the government does not sign specific agreements
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The delay in the signing of specific agreements between the government and the Catholic Church threatens the start of the educational centers’ activities in 2012. The documents of cooperati ...
21 November 2011
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - A review of the entire system of public security is necessary to curb violence
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in El Salvador, in the words of the Archbishop of San Salvador, has asked the government to review all the institutions involved in public security system in order to ta ...
21 November 2011
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Alabama Migration Law: the problem of migration is a national issue that requires a federal solution, and not a patchwork of state laws
Birmingham (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of the Congress today will hold a special session in Birmingham, Alabama, to examine the effects of the law HB56 not only on the immigrant community in this state, but also the e ...
19 November 2011
AMERICA/PERU '- "Youth Without Borders" (JSF) they have been carrying out their missionary work for 36 years
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On December 3, feast of St. Francis Xavier, Patron of the Missions, the group "Youth Without Borders" (JSF) in Peru will celebrate 36 years of commitment to pastoral youth sponsored by the Pontific ...
19 November 2011
AMERICA/UNITED STATES-Because of strong geographic and racial disparities one American child out of 5 is poor
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In 2010 the number of children considered poor in the United States increased by 1 million, one child out of 5 live in poverty. According to the latest census, just published, children living ...
19 November 2011
AMERICA/PANAMA - Fighting poverty to eradicate child labor
Panama (Agenzai Fides) - Fighting Poverty to eradicate child labor is the goal of the awareness campaign against the worst forms of child labor recently launched in the Republic of Panama. This scourge affects approximat ...
18 November 2011
AMERICA/PERU -"Sustainable mining activity and development are possible with a frank and patient dialogue": Mgr. Bambarén on social conflict
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The regional and local authorities must insist on dialogue between the State, enterprises and community, on what concerns the sustainable mining activity and development of their areas. This is wha ...
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