America

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  23 July 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop of Cali: the systematic murder of social leaders and human rights defenders is a real tragedy Cali (Agenzia Fides) - "Until the structures that are at the origin of these deaths are not dismantled, we are not sure of being able to help anyone, not even social leaders": these are the words of Mgr. Darío de Jesús ...
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  20 July 2018
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Preparation for World Youth Day proceeds without forgetting the suffering of Nicaragua Panama (Agenzia Fides) - A few days ago, exactly on July 9th, the Director of the Holy See Press Office, Greg Burke, broke the news that "on the occasion of the next World Youth Day (WYD) that will be held in Panama City ...
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  20 July 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The religious for the respect and defense of life: Every life has infinite value Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "How many times have we reflected on the words of the book of the prophet Jeremiah: 'Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I dedicated you, a prophet to the natio ...
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  19 July 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Organization of American States condemns Ortega for repression Managua (Agenzia Fides) - On the same day in which 39 years ago (1979) the Nicaraguan people announced the popular victory against dictator Somoza, yesterday, 18 July 2018, the Permanent Council of the OAS (Organization ...
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  19 July 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops involved in the reform of justice, moral heritage of the country Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference, His Exc. Mgr. Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, O.F.M., Archbishop of Trujillo, met yesterday, Wednesday 18 July, the Commission for Justice Refor ...
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  19 July 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Breakfast prepared by the parish is the only meal for thousands of Venezuelan refugees Pacaraima (Agenzia Fides) - Brazilian Don José Sebastião Barros da Silveira and Argentine don Miguel Alberto Fernández, Orionini (Piccola Opera della Divina Provvidenza), arrived in Pacaraima, Brazil, diocese of Rorai ...
• 18 July 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Javier Alexis Gil Henao Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 17 May 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Javier Alexis Gil Henao, of the diocesan clergy of Garzόn, as Nat ...
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  18 July 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Sister Xiskya Valladares to the international community: "Please, act quickly, before they kill us all" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "I am just a Catholic nun. Nobody has asked me to write to you. But (...) I cannot stand and watch like a dictator massacre his people while you remain silent". This is how the open letter that ...
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  18 July 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Church forms to responsible voting and participation, also via the web Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - During the electoral campaign for the general elections of next October, the Church in Brazil contributes as usual to the civil and democratic education of citizens through publications and aud ...
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  17 July 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops: "A political leadership is needed to put the people at the center of their reflections and actions" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church, whose spiritual mission is clearly indicated by Christ in the Gospel, does not intend to replace in its role and in its vocation those who know and manage Politics. It does not aspi ...
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  17 July 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - La Rioja remembers its martyrs, the next blessed Chamical (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Chamical, in the province and diocese of La Rioja, is preparing to celebrate the 42nd anniversary of its martyrs: Bishop Enrique Angelelli, Fathers Carlos Murias and Gabriel Longuev ...
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  17 July 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - CAM 5: aware of the challenges of our peoples Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - "Issues related to faith but also to the life of our peoples was highlighted, and this says that our Congress was not a spiritual event, but attentive towards reality, and aware ...
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  16 July 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - CAM 5 Conclusions: to be present in all the realities with the transforming power and with the joy of the Gospel Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - With the great missionary impulse of Pope Francis, "the realization of CAMV was undoubtedly a moment of grace for the Church in America, through which the mission of the whole Ca ...
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  14 July 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mission continues: after CAM, towards the Extraordinary Missionary Month Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - "Prayer, proclamation of the Gospel, biblical and theological reflection, catechesis, works of Christian charity and solidarity among the Churches, should allow a missionary reaw ...
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  13 July 2018
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishop Silva at CAM 5: "We have to move from an evangelization centered on argumentation to an image-centered one" Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) – There is a climate of commitment and hope at the 5th American Missionary Congress of Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia) entitled "America in mission, the Gospel is joy". The ref ...