America

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  4 March 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - The continental march that denounces violence against children has arrived in Peru Lima (Agenzia Fides) - From March 1st to March 16th the "Tenderness footprints" ("Caminata Huellas de Ternura") will touch the main cities of Peru. Starting from La Tina - Macará International Bridge, in the diocese of ...
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  2 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Every effort is being made in Nicaragua talks Managua (Agenzia Fides) - After the third session of the talks, which began on 27 February (see Fide,s 26/02/2019), the negotiating groups have not yet reached a consensus on how to proceed: the government continues to r ...
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  2 March 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishop Castro Aguayo: humanitarian aid will be the occasion to live Christian charity Margarita (Agenzia Fides) - The organization of humanitarian aid offers "an opportunity for service and closeness" to exercise "the love we all have inside, that is, Christian charity, offering proximity and companionshi ...
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  1 March 2019
  AMERICA/HAITI - Redemptorist’s appeal: put the interests of the nation and the common good first Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask for the public awareness of the various parties, even at the cost of great sacrifices, in order to put the common interest first": this is the appeal of the Redemptorist missionar ...
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  28 February 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops after the assassination of the indigenous leader: "Stop violence and hatred! The State must protect the indigenous and fulfill their requests" Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "Stop violence and hatred! Stop killing your brothers!" This is the title of the communiqué of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) that expresses the Bishops' position in the country a ...
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  28 February 2019
  AMERICA/ ARGENTINA - The Bishops of the Cordoba region: "Let us joyfully live the grace of beatification" Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - "As has happened so many times in the history of the Church, Providence has united Bishops, laymen and consecrated men in martyrdom. It is the grace that comes from God and is for everyone. It i ...
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  27 February 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Continental Assembly of the PMS: what does missio ad gentes mean in today's globalized world? Towards the Extraordinary Missionary Month Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The "missionary conversion" of the whole Church requested by Pope Francis was the theme of the Assembly of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies of the American continent, whic ...
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  26 February 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Confidence and hope in the resumption of National Dialogue to get out of the crisis Managua (Fides) - Tomorrow, February 27, dialogue between the government and representatives of the opposition will resume in Nicaragua. Representatives of the Episcopal Conference will sit at the negotiating table, as w ...
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  26 February 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Extraordinary Missionary Month: let us become aware that we are all missionaries "by nature" Formosa (Agenzia Fides) - "Being a missionary is a vocation, a call and an election", says His Exc. Mgr. José Vicente Conejero Gallego to Agenzia Fides, who arrived as a missionary in the Argentine diocese of Formosa in ...
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  25 February 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Emergency meeting of border Bishops on recent migration developments in the region Texas (Agenzia Fides) - Border Bishops from the U.S. and Mexico, along with representatives from various Catholic social justice groups, will gather in El Paso, Texas, February 25-27 for an emergency meeting on recent im ...
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  23 February 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Quality of life and care for creation: the "Nascer Sustentável" project Araguaína (Agenzia Fides) - The Don Orione Hospital of Araguaína, a municipality in the Brazilian state of Tocantins, has launched the project "Nascer Sustentável", thanks to which a tree will be planted for each chil ...
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  22 February 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Temporary reception places for Venezuelan migrants: the Scalabrinians initiative Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) - The project launched in Brazil by the Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters is called "Venezuelan Migration, appeal to solidarity", who since their foundation have been dealing with assistance to mi ...
• 22 February 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Camiri Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Fr. Jesús Galeote Tormo, O.F.M., currently Apostolic Administrator "sede vacante et ad nutum Sanctae Sedis" of the same Vicariate as Apostolic Vicar o ...
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  22 February 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops call for the entry of "humanitarian aid" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Listen to the cry of the people, allow the entry of "humanitarian aid"! say the Bishops of Venezuela in a document made known yesterday, 21 February. Yesterday evening, the Venezuelan governmen ...
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  21 February 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Missionary Rosary of prisoners, timid signs for a way out of the crisis Managua (Agenzia Fides) - A "Prayer Campaign for Hans Josué Gaitán Sandino and for all unjustly detained political prisoners" is promoted by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Nicaragua through its social networ ...