America

• 6 October 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Different dialogues to build peace: conflict analysis and experiences of dialogue Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Today and tomorrow, October 6 and 7, the Third National Meeting for Peace-building with the title "Different dialogues to build peace" will be held in Bogota, at the headquarters of the Episcopal ...
• 6 October 2011
  AMERICA/CANADA - "For a Better World": video clip of the PMS for the missionary month of October Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the missionary month of October, which will culminate on World Mission Day, the Pontifical Mission Societies of the French-speaking Canada put a new video clip online which l ...
• 6 October 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian women do not report the violence between couples in order to protect their children Lima (Agenzia Fides) - 56% of the population over 18 years of age in four cities of Peru believe that women do not report incidents of violence to avoid retaliation against their children. A recent survey conducted in Li ...
• 6 October 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church encourages parents to get their children vaccinated Tuxpan (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the Third National Week of Health in the Mexican state of Veracruz, the Catholic Church invited all parents to get their children vaccinated against various diseases. In their ...
• 5 October 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The march in defense of Itnpis starts again, Cardinal Terrazas meets up with the natives Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Julio Terrazas, Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la Sierra, met a group of Indigenous over the weekend who are camped in front of the Cathedral of Santa Cruz and are on a hunger strike in ...
• 5 October 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Humanitarian Aid of the Church to the indigenous peoples who march towards the capital La Paz (Agenzia Fides) –Some news on the Itnpis march, which has started again and is heading towards La Paz, was sent to Fides by the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia. Participants in the march told the international p ...
• 4 October 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES-Religious freedom is threatened so as to justify an "Ad Hoc Commission" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of the United States of America (Uscbb) has announced the establishment of an "ad hoc Commision" for religious freedom, which will be presided by Mgr.William Lori, Bi ...
• 4 October 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church is expecting greater state investment in health and education San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in El Salvador considers education fundamental for the development of a country and, after the draft budget for 2012 recently presented by the Ministry of Finance, showe ...
• 4 October 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Scalabrinians: verification of the activities undertaken in the last ten years, and new goals Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – As from today until October 7th, the Congress of the Scalabrini Missionaries which gathers together members working in different specific areas, according to the charism of the institute, ...
• 3 October 2011
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "In Honduras, every day you can count deaths due to violence," Cardinal Rodriguez Maradiaga’s complaint Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Honduras, using the words expressed by Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, has invited society to respect the lives of others, especi ...
• 3 October 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The 85th Mission Day in Argentina declared "National Day of Interest" AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The 85th Mission Day in Argentina declared "National Day of Interest" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "The Secretary general of the Presidency of the nation declares the 85th World Mission day an even ...
• 29 September 2011
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops ask to actively participate in the referendum on October 9 Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay invite all Catholics and citizens in general, to participate with their vote in the referendum scheduled for Sunday, October 9. The Superior Court of the Electoral Just ...
• 28 September 2011
  AMERICA - The new President of LAMEC in Rome to meet the Pope and the Vatican dicasteries Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From October 6 to 12 the members of the Presidency of the Latin American Episcopal Council (LAMEC) led by their president, His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Aguiar Retes, Archbishop of Tlalnepantla (Mexico), wi ...
• 28 September 2011
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Building Justice, reconciliation and peace in Uruguay Montevideo (Agenzia Fides ) - The Second National Assembly of the Prison Pastoral Care was held in Montevideo, which was attended by more than 30 pastoral operators from Rivera, Melo, Mercedes, Montevideo, Salto, Maldona ...
• 27 September 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The participants dispersed by the police in the march for ITNPIS; for the Bishops “violence denies the dignity of persons” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Church is deeply saddened because of the violence exercised by the police against the participants in the march in defense of the indigenous territory National Park Isiboro Secure, I ...