America

• 1 July 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Violence against the indigenous people of Brazil is increasing: new complaint by IMIC Brasilia (Fides Service) - Murder, death threats, lack of health care and education, delays in the regularization of land, exploitation of natural resources: this is the picture of the violence the indigenous people of B ...
• 30 June 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA-Appointment of National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed National Director of Pontifical Mission Societies in Cuba for the years 2011-2016, the R ...
• 28 June 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Training, Domund and Bishops’ Letter: Assembly of diocesan Directors of the PMS Trinidad (Fides Service) - The National Assembly of diocesan Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Bolivia, in Trinidad, a town 600 kilometers from La Paz is on, during which several issues will be discu ...
• 28 June 2011
  AMERICA-Even in America the Day of charity of the Pope, "a sign of communion with the Pope and the response to the needs of the poorest brothers and sisters" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Day of charity of the Pope is celebrated around the world, even though with different dates but still close to the solemnity of the Saints Peter and Paul. As far as the American contine ...
• 27 June 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-A group of Central American immigrants kidnapped by gunmen in Veracruz Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - The House of Migrants ("Hermanos en el Camino"), directed by father Alejandro Solalinde, reported that last Friday, June 24, a train which left from Ixtepec, Oaxaca, heading towards Veracruz, ...
• 27 June 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA-"Choose life instead of drugs": the Church invites young people to reflect Lujan (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Argentina has denounced that "the plague of drug use is expanding", and has asked the authorities to implement policies aimed at helping those suffering from addiction. Even eight mo ...
• 25 June 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE-Building a quality learning model of education, fair and right, is everyone's responsibility Santiago, Chile (Agenzia Fides) - In the context of student protests, the Chilean bishops have stressed the urgency of researching proposals that meet with a broad consensus, in order to give the processes the go-ahead ...
• 25 June 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA - Support of the Church to train managers in small and medium enterprises and cooperatives La Habana (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church has organized a course for the training of experts in small enterprises (PYMES) and cooperatives, already approved among the reforms expected by Cuban President Raul Castro ...
• 25 June 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The necessary distinction between child labor and exploitation La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Statistics indicate that over 800,000 children have a full time job in Bolivia, one-fifth of the population in the age group between 5 and 14 years. Shoe-shine boys and girls work in La Paz, wear ...
• 24 June 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA-"Only with effective changes to the prison system the country will be able to solve this problem", said Cardinal Urosa Savino Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The prison situation in Venezuela continues to be the focus of the general debate, this time it was the Catholic Church to ask the government for changes in the prison system. In the context of ...
• 24 June 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES-Even the feasts of Hispanic patron Saints in the U.S. Missal Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Bishops Conference of the United States (USCCB) has approved the translation into Spanish of a series of additions to the Roman Missal to include the feasts of Hispanic and Spani ...
• 22 June 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA-About 5,000 members of criminal gangs want to surrender and ask for the mediation of the Church Monteria (Agenzia Fides) - The bishop of the Colombian city of Monteria, Mgr. Julio César Vidal, said that about 5,000 members of criminal gangs across the country are willing to surrender to authorities. "They contacte ...
• 22 June 2011
  AMERICA/ECUADOR-"There is no point in having 54,000 recognized refugees, if not enough attention and security is given", denounces the Scalabrini Foundation Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Every day a new stratagem is invented, how to get from one city to another or how to change look with clothes and haircuts. Jose L. prefers to remain anonymous to avoid being captured by armed men ...
• 21 June 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-"Even the children begin to take up arms" Mgr. Vera Lopez denounces the recruitment of minors on behalf of organized crime Saltillo (Fides Service) - Between 14 and 15 000 members of the youth gangs of Saltillo are incorporated in organized crime and have become a serious threat to the population: the alarm has been launched by the Bishop of ...
• 21 June 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI-New treatment center against cholera in an area without any support Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Social Services of the Dominican Churches (SSDC) has just opened a new "Service Center to Cholera" in the community of Bom Repos, Port-au-Prince, funded by cooperative organizations i ...