America

• 28 October 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - More than 5 000 teachers at the Forum of Education sponsored by the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The ninth Public Education Forum has just been celebrated, organized by the Vicariate of Public Education of the Archdiocese of Buenos Aires, attended by 5,523 teachers of 250 schools. The ...
• 27 October 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Work integration is necessary, in respect of the autonomy of each diocese": Meeting of Bishops of the border dioceses of Colombia and Venezuela Ureña (Agenzia Fides) - As in the past, the Bishops in charge of the border area between Colombia and Venezuela have held a work meeting. The meeting was held on October 25 in the town of Ureña (Venezuela) and was atte ...
• 27 October 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Maternal deaths: the fatal destiny of peasants and indigenous people Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The celebrations for the International Day of Rural Women has just concluded, official figures show that in the Mexican states where most of the indigenous people or peasants live, and where ...
• 27 October 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "A political victory is not a blank check": the Church asks us not forget the poor Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Cristina Fernández, the President of Argentina, was re-elected on Sunday with 53% of the votes, a historical event. This is the largest popular support in a presidential election won by th ...
• 26 October 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Nuevo Laredo, "It is a challenge to accommodate an ever-increasing number of deportees from the United States" Tamaulipas (Agenzia Fides) - "For Mexico it is a great challenge to receive the thousands of Mexicans who are deported from the United States, after the government of this country established as a priority the indiscrimi ...
• 25 October 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA -Itnpis: the road will not be done, the Church: "We were witnesses of solidarity and commitment to the cause of the indigenous people" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - After 65 days since the beginning of the indigenous march and confrontation with the government, President Morales has decided not only the definitive suspension of the construction of the second ...
• 25 October 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Second Social Week reflects on the theme of "Power" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – From October 25 to 27 the second social week organized by the Diocesan Commission for justice and solidarity of Cochabamba in collaboration with the Social Pastoral of the local Caritas wil ...
• 25 October 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Malnutrition against the health of the poor: 17% of Guatemalans are poor Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of families in Guatemala survive on a very precarious diet of flour and cereals, they cannot economically afford protein foods like meat and dairy products which are essential for gr ...
• 24 October 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - More than 20 000 protesters say "No to violence" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Catholics attended the peaceful march through the streets of the capital, on Saturday, October 22, to express their condemnation to the violence that causes about 17 deaths i ...
• 24 October 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - At least 38 dead in Guatemala, thousands are homeless in Central America Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Since 11 October torrential rains lash Central America. Caritas Guatemala has sent a statement to Fides on the situation in the country after the heavy rains in past days. This natural di ...
• 22 October 2011
  AMERICA/CANADA - "We are witnesses, builders!": PMS Video for World Mission Day Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of World Mission Day, Father André Gagnon, SJ, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies of the French-speaking Canada, addressed a message to all in French through ...
• 21 October 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - First Missionary Congress of Higher Education: "Apostles of a new evangelization" Santiago (Agenzia Fides ) - Today, Friday October 21, from 9 am to 6pm at the headquarters of the Pontifical University of Chile, the first Missionary Congress of Higher Education will be held. The Congress is organized ...
• 20 October 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - "The Mission and the challenges of the New Evangelization": Chile celebrates World Mission Sunday Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In view of World Mission Day, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Chile have prepared a full calendar of activities at a national level, with a clear aim: "To awaken and renew the commitm ...
• 20 October 2011
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Bill: Churches can also collect illegal weapons San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - The leaders of different Puerto Rican Churches have positively welcomed the draft law providing for an amnesty of 60 days during which anyone with a weapon, can deliver it to the police or chur ...
• 19 October 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA- A member of the Social Pastoral, committed to the farmers and builders of peace in Popayan was assassinated Popayan (Agenzia Fides) - The National Secretariat of the Social Pastoral of the Bishops' Conference of Colombia issued a statement of solidarity with Luis Eduardo Garcia’s family, leader of the group of Popayan, assas ...