America

• 25 February 2012
  AMERICA/PERU-A mining project threatens human rights and environment: the alarm of the Church Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) – It is an initiative that should be rejected because it "has no reference to the defense of life, population health, environmental protection": this is the opinion expressed by Mgr. Pedro Rica ...
• 25 February 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA-A country free of violence: campaign for Lent 2012 Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Consider Lent is considered a suitable time for prayer, fellowship, sharing: this is why Caritas Venezuela presented its campaign "Compartir 2012" (Sharing) aimed at building peace. As reported ...
• 24 February 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Huge disparities between boys and girls rights Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – A report concerning the "State of the World’s Girls 2011" has just been published. According to the Organization for International Planning of Guatemala it is obvious that there is gr ...
• 24 February 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - In Latin America, the drug trade and the indigenous reality question the Church Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "In Latin America, the indigenous reality questions the Church" is the title of the interview to His Exc. Mgr. Marc Stenger, Bishop of Troyes, in France, a member of the Episcopal Commission ...
• 23 February 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - "The people of Aysén claim justice and assistance," Mgr. Infanti asks the path of dialogue Aysen (Agenzia Fides) - "Our people loudly demand justice. All the issues raised in the requests reflect a lack of attention on behalf of the State. And I say State, not government, because this is not to be against this ...
• 23 February 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops deplore the repression of peaceful protest and demand guarantees concerning the mining activity Patagonia-Comahue (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Argentina's Patagonia region-Comahue have criticized the mining operation in progress and called for respect for the international and national law for this activity, be ...
• 22 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO-A new radio station online, Radio Cristo Rey, prepares the Pope's visit to Mexico Leon (Agenzia Fides) - There are only 30 days to Pope Benedict XVI’s visit in Mexico, and the Archdiocese of Leon have announced the opening of a radio via internet, Radio Cristo Rey, which also has a presence in socia ...
• 22 February 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The gaze of the missionary disciple on the global reality of ": the First Encounter for missionary formation has concluded Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - the first national Meeting of the missionary formation for Coordinators and Animators of the Diocesan Missionary Councils (COMIDIS) and of the Parish Council Missionaries (COMIPAS) has conclude ...
• 22 February 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Alarm concerning violence throughout the country: children in particular are abused, sold, exploited Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Honduras is the poorest of the 7 nations of Central America, and complains of a very serious situation especially for the violence against children. Out of a population of over 8 million inh ...
• 21 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Missionary Childhood and Adolescence: Bishop invites us to reflect on the situation of children in the Sierra Tarahumara Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico, the third Sunday of February DOMINF is celebrated, ie, the Day of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence. In this circumstance, Mgr. Armando Colin Cruz, Au ...
• 21 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Tarahumara people are hungry: corruption on behalf of officials or natural disaster? Tarahumara (Agenzia Fides) - Illegal logging and pollution of the rivers are some of the damage caused by "corruption" and by the authorities’ "immorality", whose effects have caused hunger in the Sierra Tarahumara: th ...
• 21 February 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - In the northern region of Lambayeque there are about 60 000 working children Lambayeque (Agenzia Fides) - There are approximately 60 000 child laborers in the northern region of Lambayeque, Peru. According to local sources, the number of children committed to working on the streets has increased ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA-Still tension between the government and indigenous people, dialogue is postponed for carnival Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous leaders of the ethnic Ngäbe Bugle and representatives of the Panamanian government have suspended negotiations on the new law restricting the mining and the defense of the wa ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Still rain, the church flooded: it is emergency in Iñapari on the border with Brazil Iñapari (Agenzia Fides) - The small town of Iñapari has been flooded for several days. This district of Madre de Dios (Peru), on the border with Brazil and Bolivia, has been suffering for days because of heavy rains th ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The country affected by rains, floods and an epidemic of dengue La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Landslides alarm and swollen rivers in Bolivia, where 6,585 families have been displaced in the last two months and where there have been 7 deaths so far. The regions most affected are those of O ...