America

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  21 December 2023
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - El Tren de Aragua: the transnational gang that exploits Venezuelan migrants Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Among the transnational gangs of Latin American origin, El Tren de Aragua is the only one born in Venezuela that also operates in several countries of the Southern Cone. The group, which emerged ...
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  15 December 2023
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Pironio and Romero: friends also in Paradise by Gianni Valente Campana (Agenzia Fides) – Friendships emerge among the Saints, a reflection of their common friendship with Christ. Friendships that also help them to go through the apostolic sufferings that almost ...
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  11 December 2023
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic priest killed in Nebraska Omaha (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic priest Stephen Gutgsell was stabbed to death during a burglary yesterday, Sunday, December 10, in the rectory of the parish of St. John the Baptist in Fort Cahloun, a small community in N ...
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  6 December 2023
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Venezuela announces the creation of a Military Zone that includes the area of Guyana claimed by Caracas Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, December 5, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro announced the creation of the Global Defense Operational Zone ZODI (a sort of military command region) "Guyana Esequiba", cover ...
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  1 December 2023
  AMERICA/GUYANA- Contested region of Guyana Esequiba: Tensions between Venezuela and Guyana Georgetown (Agenzia Fides) - The relationship between Guyana and Venezuela is tense since today, December 1st, the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Guyana's request for interim measures to stop the ...
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  15 November 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fifth National Missionary Congress invites you to a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the martyrs of the Amazon region Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - Communities of faithful, parishes, mission territories of the Archdiocese of Manaus took part in the pilgrimage of the Martyrs of the Amazon region, which took place last Sunday within the framew ...
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  10 November 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fifth National Missionary Congress: From the Amazon Region to the ends of the world Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - In Manaus, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, around 1,200 people from all over Brazil have gathered to take part in the Fifth National Missionary Congress, which begins today and runs until N ...
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  9 November 2023
  AMERICA/CUBA - "The Church is where the Christian is and the Lord is there": Jubilee Year for the fifth centenary of the first diocese on Cuban soil Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) - Last October 22 marked a historical milestone for the Cuban population with the opening of the Jubilee Year for the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba, ...
• 16 October 2023
  AMERICA/JAMAICA - Resignation of Bishop of Montego Bay Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - On October 16, 2023, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Montego Bay, Jamaica, presented by Bishop Burchell Alexander McPherson. (EG) (Fid ...
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  9 October 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Education, food, health care, faith formation: glimmers of light and hope for a small rural community Cap-Haïtien ( Fides News Agency) - Despite years of political upheaval, the earthquake in 2010 and the COVID-19 pandemic, children in a rural community 10 miles south of Cap-Haïtien are not losing faith, and thanks to ...
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  29 September 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The bishops of Tierra Caliente and Chiapas: violence and insecurity are destroying the Mexican people Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - "The State of Michoacán is a violent State with a history of increasing violence with clashes between criminal gangs, some of which seem to be involved with the authorities." This is what the A ...
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  28 September 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Camillian missionaries accompany the people exhausted by violence and hunger in their everyday lives Purcine (Agenzia Fides) - "People need a spiritual director who lives with them and helps them bear the burden of daily hardships," said Camillian Father Massimo Miraglio, who lives and works as a missionary in the count ...
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  25 September 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Father Nestor Fils-Aimé: “We only live on hope. Is not our God the God of the impossible?” Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The heavy state of instability, violence and terror that has continued to rage in Haiti for four long years also affects the Clerics of Saint-Viator missionaries present on the Caribbean ...
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  21 September 2023
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Against the ‘Managua Wall’, the Holy See Can Rely on Traditional Diplomatic Tactics by Victor Gaetan Nicaragua is a member of the Central American Common Market (CACM) including Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras. China is CACM's second largest global trade partner, after the United Sta ...
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  13 September 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Archbishop of Monterrey: the Catholic Church has the task of convincing that the path of peace is the path of God Monterrey (Agenzia Fides) - "What is the role that we all have as citizens in this fight so that there is peace in Mexico?", asks Rogelio Cabrera López, President of the Episcopal Conference of Mexico (CEM) speaking abo ...