America

• 2 December 2011
  AMERICA/PERU- The search to find father Alfonso continues, lost in the Peruvian jungle Moyobamba (Agenzia Fides) - From several ecclesiastical institutions and structures prayer requests and help arrive for father Alfonso Asencios Zuloaga, a priest of the Congregation of the Mission (also known as the Vinc ...
• 1 December 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-The Catholic Church may appoint religion teachers in public schools Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church and the State have reached an agreement in Bolivia as far as education is concerned: The government recognizes the educational structure of the Catholic Church, through t ...
• 1 December 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest denounces the tragedy of 68 families of Guatemalan refugees abandoned by everyone Tabasco (Agenzia Fides) - The 68 families of Guatemalan refugees who since August 23 are in the municipality of Tenosique, Tabasco (Mexico), after being evicted from their village in Guatemala by the army and police, hav ...
• 30 November 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - A massive demonstration against the mining project in Cajamarca Cajamarca (Agenzia Fides) - According to information sent to Agenzia Fides from Radio Marañón, today, November 30, the region of Cajamarca is preparing a massive mobilization. The city of Cajamarca is isolated due to a ...
• 30 November 2011
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Only with families one can think to build the new Paraguay": the Pastoral Letter on the Family has been presented Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The first day of the novena to Our Lady of Miracles of Caacupé, on November 28, the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) presented the Pastoral Letter on the Family, which opens the three y ...
• 30 November 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - More than 3,500 children and adolescents work to support families La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian families of low income force many children to work as a shoeshine, peddlers, window washers, carters. According to the recent survey "Infancia sin derechos", carried out by the Obser ...
• 28 November 2011
  AMERICA/PERU-Missionary missing for 5 days in the Peruvian jungle Moyobamba (Agenzia Fides) - Father Alfonso Asencios Zuluoga, a Vincentian missionary has been missing for five days. The priest, of the parish of Our Lady de los Remedios, in La Banda of Shilcayo, belongs to the Congrega ...
• 28 November 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "We must discern the signs of the times and be witnesses of hope before violence", urges Cardinal Rivera Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Cardinal Archbishop of Mexico, Norberto Rivera Carrera, urged Mexicans not to think that they have already been defeated and not to give in to despair in the face of rising violence acro ...
• 26 November 2011
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Bishops' Appeal: building peace in Central America Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Strengthening the culture of life and peace in Central America: is what the Bishops of Central American Bishops' Secretariat (SEDAC) ask at the end of the assembly held in Tegucigalpa. The A ...
• 26 November 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Thousands of believers marching to defend migrants in Chiapas and the earth San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) – To demonstrate against the mining exploitation, the destruction of nature, drug abuse and violations of the rights of migrants: for this purpose, local sources of Fides report that over ...
• 25 November 2011
  AMERICA/PERU -New appeal by the Church to dialogue on the mining issue: "Our country does not deserve to see repeated tragic episodes" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Peru called for a "fair, equitable and constructive" dialogue after the announcement of a strike against the mining activities in the department of Cajamarca (the Andes, 860 ...
• 25 November 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The establishment of SIGNIS Colombia, a challenge for the Catholic communication in a country committed to peace Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – After the conclusions of a meeting between individuals and representatives of different institutions working in the field of the Catholic communication, that gathered on November 18 at the head ...
• 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 ...