America

• 1 September 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Cardinal Jesús López Rodríguez to the media: "Criminal violence provoked by drug dealers needs to be stopped" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "What is happening in Santiago de los Caballeros is a scandal, we must stop the criminal violence provoked by drug dealers": with these words Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, ...
• 31 August 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Secretary General of PSMC visits Argentina for the first time Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretary General of the Pontifical Society of Missionary Childhood (PSMC) Baptistine Ralamboarison, visited Argentina for the first time since starting the job. According to informatio ...
• 31 August 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "We ask the intercession of John Paul II for peace in Mexico": the pilgrimage of the relics begins Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Mexico presented the program of activities that will take place from September 5 to 9, on the occasion of the veneration of the relics of Blessed John Paul II: "it is an oc ...
• 30 August 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Solidarity on behalf of Cardinal Terrazas with the brothers of Tipnis who are protesting for the construction of the highway Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - During his homily last Sunday, August 28, Cardinal Julio Terrazas, Archbishop of Santa Cruz, asked everyone’s solidarity for all the brothers who are leading a march against the constructio ...
• 30 August 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL-Another native has died because of violence, the denunciation on behalf of IMIC Cachoeirinha (Agenzia Fides) - An indigenous youth involved in the attack against the school bus in Terena de Cachoeirinha has died. On June 3, 2011 an incendiary bottle was launched against the school bus with 30 high s ...
• 29 August 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-One hundred thousand meals a day for the most needy: the Food Bank of the Archdiocese of Bogota celebrates 10 years of service Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Because of the 10 years since the founding of the "Banco de Alimentos" of the Archdiocese of Bogota, more than 400 nonprofit organizations that assist the most vulnerable and are on the books of ...
• 29 August 2011
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - After Father Pupiro’s assassination: "We will continue to denounce injustice, corruption and violence, although we put our lives at risk", says Mgr. Baez Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The auxiliary Bishop of Managua, His Exc. Mgr. Silvio Baez, said that the Catholic Church will not remain silent before the abuses and illegality that occur in Nicaragua, although priests put th ...
• 27 August 2011
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO- The Bishop of Arecibo appeals for the victims of Hurricane Irene Guaynabo (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Daniel Fernández Torres, Bishop of Arecibo in Puerto Rico, has launched an appeal for solidarity to the victims of Hurricane Irene, which has hit so far Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, ...
• 27 August 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops request that the discussion on the decriminalization of abortion does not divide society and for it to be free from violence and aggression Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Argentina has confirmed its position with a document in favor of the right to life, rejecting bills that promote the legalization of abortion, and also requested that the disc ...
• 26 August 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “Respect the rights of indigenous people and listen to the various groups” asks the Archbishop of Cochabamba Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Several indigenous groups are protesting against the construction of a highway which, according to the project, will cross the "Indigenous Territory and Isiboro Secure National Park " (ITISNP ...
• 26 August 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - The earthquake victims feel abandoned and continue to live in inhumane conditions Petit-Goave (Agenzia Fides) – Haitians are still in a serious state of emergency affected by the earthquake which on January 12, 2010 devastated the island, killed 200,000 people and caused over a million displaced. Co ...
• 26 August 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The tragedy of Monterrey: "innocent people, victims of the cruelty of organized crime", many priests threatened by drug dealers Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Mexico through its Archbishop, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, condemned the cowardly attack which took place in the city of Monterrey in Nuevo Leon, which caused the de ...
• 25 August 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-The Continental Mission continues at various levels, throughout Colombia Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Permanent Secretariat of Bishops in Colombia met on August 22 for a training day on the Continental Mission. During this meeting the sense of mission and meaning of the symbols tha ...
• 25 August 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - The students' have suspended the hunger strike and demand a better education system Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The group of young students who have been on a hunger strike for 37 days to show their solidarity with all other students from Chile, have decided to suspend this action due to the present pre ...
• 25 August 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '- The solidarity campaign "Compartir 2011" is dedicated to the young Lima (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan "The Young, committed to a new life" the Public Collection of Solidarity Campaign "Compartir 2011" will be held at a national level on Friday 26 and Sunday, August 28: solidarity a ...