America
15 June 2020
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Archbishop of San Salvador for Corpus Domini: "Life is precious and we must protect it"
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - On the solemnity of Corpus Domini, Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, Archbishop of San Salvador, underlined in a statement sent to Fides, that the care of human life should continue to be essen ...
13 June 2020
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - More dialogue and less violence in families: the fruit of the Family Month
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "The Family Commission has been strengthened and organized to support these situations during the health emergency, and highlighted the need to start virtual training processes for more family p ...
13 June 2020
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Celebrations with the participation of the faithful resume as of June 19th
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, liturgical celebrations will be resumed in Uruguay as of Friday 19 June, with the participation of the faithful, which will take place according to ...
12 June 2020
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Day of the Ecuadorian Missionary Ad Gentes
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "On June 12 we celebrate the Ecuadorian missionary Ad Gentes, we want to congratulate all the Ecuadorian missionaries who have left their home to go to other lands bringing the good news of the Go ...
12 June 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Covid-19: now more than ever, urgent need to protect children and adolescents from child labor"
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Brazil joins the World Day against the exploitation of Child Labor, which is celebrated throughout the world today, June 12th. As Pope Francis recalled at the end of the general a ...
12 June 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops: "do not confuse religious practice with any recreational activity"
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The public celebration of Corpus Christi (Corpus Domini) is a very popular feast in Bolivia. In some communities this celebration is so important that the organization is not managed by the paris ...
10 June 2020
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - In addition to the pandemic: the historical virus of violence and the abandonment of the state and corruption increases
Chocò (Agenzia Fides) - "In addition to the pandemic, the Department of Chocò is suffering from the growth of the historical virus of violence, abandonment of the state and corruption", is what we read in the first lin ...
9 June 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Today "Virtual March for Life": strengthening the fundamental values to face the pandemic
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Frente pela Vida", a movement that brings together realities from different sectors of Brazilian civil society, has called for a "Virtual March for Life" for today, 9 June. According to inform ...
9 June 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence against churches and state institutions, "young people are moved by cowardly leaders" denounces Mgr. Cabrero
Xalapa (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Xalapa, in the Mexican state of Veracruz, and the Expiatory Temple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, known as "El Beaterio", were vandalized during a presumably protest march against ...
9 June 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Teachers, good news amid the pandemic
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The president of the educational area of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference, Mgr. Fernando Bascopé Múller, thanked for the work carried out by the teachers of his country who traditionally celebr ...
8 June 2020
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "The pain caused by a crime cannot be resolved by forgetting": the trial for the assassination of the 6 Jesuits and the 2 women begins
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Today the public hearing of the trial against several alleged military, intellectual and material perpetrators of the murder of 6 Jesuits, an employee and her daughter, which took place on ...
8 June 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Mission and solidarity of the Church towards the poor in the country with the highest number of coronavirus deaths
Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Catholic television broadcaster “Aparecida” has started broadcasting its documentary series again, including the "Archive A" program. Since last Thursday, June 4, the program ...
6 June 2020
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Appeal for voluntary quarantine, the voice of the church to protect the population in the face of covid-19
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "I invite everyone in Nicaragua to take the voluntary national quarantine seriously. Stay at home! Help yourselves! Entrepreneurs, organize a solidarity plan to help the poorest!", with these wo ...
6 June 2020
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops: "the pandemic is a sign of the times, God calls us to return to him, human life is fragile and inconsistent"
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops of Guatemala want to communicate with all the people of Guatemala who, together with millions of human beings in the world, are going through the situation caused by the curr ...
6 June 2020
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth: 100 years proclaiming the Gospel among the poorest
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In conjunction with the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, celebrated on May 3, the Eucharistic Missionaries of Nazareth (MEN) began their jubilee year on the occasion of the centenary of the foun ...
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