America
23 November 2016
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Christmas campaign to help poor children
Charlotte (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Samaritan Purse group, based in North Carolina, United States, is promoting the project "Operation Christmas Child" this year. A group of volunteers collect small gifts, hygiene ...
23 November 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Tomorrow the final Peace agreement will be signed, President Santos asks to stop the killings of peasant leaders
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint statement, the negotiating teams of the government and FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) confirmed yesterday that the new peace agreement will be signed at the Teatro Colon ...
22 November 2016
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The plight of Quilmes denounced by Mgr. Tissera: "People no longer have money to buy milk"
Quilmes (Agenzia Fides) - The "Mass of Hope" was celebrated on Saturday, November 19 with a massive presence of faithful, at the big park of the Malvinas, point of encounter of the three districts that make up the Argent ...
22 November 2016
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Padrón to Fides: "People are falling into depression over the disappointment of dialogue which is not leading to anything positive"
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV), His Exc. Mgr. Diego Padrón, who came to Rome to accompany His Exc. Mgr. Enrique Porras Cardozo, Archbishop of Mérida, created Cardinal ...
21 November 2016
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - In thousands for the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy in the name of the family
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - They were thousands who participated in the march under the slogan "One step for my family", national demonstration organized for the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy, which was held yester ...
21 November 2016
AMERICA/HAITI - Elections without accidents in a country which is still devastated
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Presidential elections were held yesterday in Haiti in a peaceful manner except for a few isolated incidents. The results will not be known before a week. More than 6 million Haitians wer ...
21 November 2016
AMERICA/CUBA - The Church wants to be an active part in public education and have access to the media
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church wants to have schools or spaces in schools, because it is what also a considerable part of the population wants": asks the new Archbishop of Havana, His Exc. Mgr. Juan de la Caridad G ...
19 November 2016
AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The coalition Jubilee USA Network: "People are suffering, the crisis is getting worse in Puerto Rico"
San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "People are suffering, the crisis is getting worse in Puerto Rico", said Eric LeCompte, presenting the testimony as executive director of the coalition "Jubilee USA". LeCompte collaborates with ...
19 November 2016
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - For the Year of Mercy: pardon and better conditions in prisons
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes, announced yesterday, 18 November, the granting of pardon to 16 prisoners, mostly women, answering the request pronounced by Pope Francis to heads of s ...
18 November 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The suspension of the hydroelectric project El Quimbo requested by the population
Garzón (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is not merely the absence of war; nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies; nor is it brought about by dictatorship. Instead, it is rightly an ...
18 November 2016
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Abandoned at the mercy of the sun, hunger and parasites
San Diego (Agenzia Fides) - The march of children and immigrant families from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to the United States, fleeing violence and poverty does not stop. The alarm was launched by the Ag ...
18 November 2016
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' message: "To live mercy in the practice of justice"
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "We have to live together on the foundations of truth, without deceiving, with respect, without aggression. Special interests must give way to the common good, especially for the most vulnera ...
17 November 2016
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Award to IDHUCA: has been defending the rights of the weakest for 31 years
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - On November 15, the Ambassador of Spain in El Salvador delivered, on behalf of the Spanish king, Philip VI, a Plaque of Civil Merit to the Institute for Human Rights of the Central American ...
17 November 2016
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church accompanies the peace talks with ELN with impartiality and discretion
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian government, through the Commission created ad hoc to negotiate with the ELN (National Liberation Army), met the Bishops in charge of accompanying the process of dialogue with this g ...
16 November 2016
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Amazon Ecclesial Convention: situation and prospects of missionary work
Belem (Agenzia Fides) – The Amazon Ecclesial Convention, being held from 14 to 16 November in the city of Belem aims at discussing the political, social, economic, cultural and religious situation of the region and the ...
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