America

• 3 March 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - New portal for the Archdiocese of Mexico: not just news but also audio and video in service of the Gospel Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Four years after its creation, the Information System website of the Archdiocese of Mexico (SIAME) has modernised its portal for the benefit of visitors, because every day the number of user ...
• 2 March 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church, guarantor of the dialogue in the conflict in the mining sector Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church has been proposed by the High Commission as a guarantor appointed by the executive and the representatives of the “Coalition for the Defence of Natural Resources and the Rig ...
• 2 March 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Pro-life initiative by various parliamentarians, to complement Article 11 of the Constitution Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church wishes to encourage a petition throughout Colombia to support the request by various senators and representatives who wish to present a piece of pro-life legislation to the ...
• 1 March 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “Together we can resolve the problems”: encouragement of Card. Terrazas Sandoval after the torrential rains La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Bolivia has invited citizens “to unite in the face of the natural adversity” which in January and February resulted in the deaths of more than 60 people and left abou ...
• 1 March 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Priest found dead in his parish in Brownsville Brownsville (Agenzia Fides) – A Catholic priest was found dead, victim of an apparent suicide according to the police report. Agents were called to Barnard Road and Los Ebanos Boulevard on the morning of Monday, 21 Feb ...
• 1 March 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 28 million school-aged children not attending classes due to armed conflicts New York (Agenzia Fides) - Armed conflicts constitute one of the main obstacles to education. This emerged from Global Report on Education for all entitled: “The hidden crisis: armed conflict and education” just rel ...
• 26 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The murder of Fr Romeu Drago in Montes Claros: “we live in a situation of insecurity,” denounces the Archbishop Montes Claros (Agenzia Fides) – Fr Romeu Drago was seen for the last time about 8.00 pm on 19 February. His charred body was found the next day about 25 km from the city of Montes Claros. In the statement sent to Fide ...
• 25 February 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - A missionary parish, in the proposed renewal of the pastoral plan Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The second meeting convened by the Bolivian Episcopal Conference in Cochabamba, from 14 to 18 February, managed to gather a significant number of priests and laity to work on the theme of � ...
• 25 February 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Senate approves immigration law: “This is the Mexico that we want to see,” comments Fr Solalinde Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Senate has approved a bill on immigration that, for the first time, will impede the criminalization of undocumented foreigners in Mexican territory, regardless of their origin, ...
• 24 February 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest murdered: “a reflection on the corruption, the shame and the immoral social situation which leads to violence,” says the Bishop of Tuxpan Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) – On the night between 21 and 22 February, in the parish community of Mecapala, a community of about 5,000 inhabitants, in the Mexican state of Puebla, Father Santos Sánchez Hernández was fou ...
• 24 February 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - National plan prepared for youth ministry with a missionary direction Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – With the approval of a national plan with a missionary approach, the national meeting of the diocesan youth ministry delegates concluded. The meeting in Bogotà from 15 to 18 February, had thr ...
• 23 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Scalabrini national campaign against human trafficking and forced labour Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The network of ecclesial organisations of Scalabrini missionaries are promoting a petition for signatures in order to include the topics of “Human trafficking and forced labour” in the Fr ...
• 23 February 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “To try and defend the truth, a benefit to all”: the Bishop of Oaxaca appeals to civil leaders Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – “Once again the violent events of this week say loudly that some do not want the good of society, some do not want to join together and promote Oaxaca, and some do not want the truth and the ...
• 22 February 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - “We export food products to 100 million people, but every day in our own country six children die of malnutrition ” states Bishop Lozano Gualeguaychú (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of Gualeguaychú, Bishop Jorge Lozano, reflects every week after Mass, on a point in the document “Towards a bicentenary in Justice and Solidarity (2010-2016)”, a document ...
• 21 February 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA - On the way to a new “digital era”: the Catholic web presence in Cuba Havana (Agenzia Fides) – The global portal with “wiki” management of the media in the Catholic Church (www.intermirifica.net) has just published the list of the Catholic media organisations in Cuba. There are about ...