America

• 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 ...
• 21 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Another three missionary religious sisters sent to Haiti on behalf of the Church in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Three religious sisters depart from Brazil today, 21 February, for Port au Prince, (the capital of Haiti), where they will mainly work to help children and adolescents. Their work is part of ...
• 21 February 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - 500 years defending human dignity: Bishops' pastoral letter to the poor Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Episcopal Conference of Dominican Republic has written a document for “500 years defending human dignity” which will be published for the 167th national anniversary of the Countr ...
• 19 February 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - Innovative sewage treatment plant produces drinking water for remote areas Cuzco (Agenzia Fides) – With the help of a German charity, the Servants (Siervas) of Christ the Priest, who run “Uñacha”, the children's home in the Quiquijana district, province of Quispicachi, in Cuzco, thanks t ...
• 19 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New community of religious sisters in Manaus to combat human trafficking Manaus (Agenzia Fides) – Almost a year has passed since the meeting in Brasilia for the Coordinatino of the Religious Network “Un Grito por la Vida”, which discussed and planned actions related to the fight against ...
• 18 February 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Dicoesan directors of U.S. PMS pay visit to the Church in Kenya New York (Agenzia Fides) – A group of ten diocesan directors and coordinators from the Pontifical Missionary Societies (PMS) in the United States, accompanied by two journalists from Catholic News Service (CNS), led by ...