America

• 14 September 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops: malnutrition and poverty in the country, a "terrible reality" Oberá (Agenzia Fides) – Oscar Sanchez, a 14-year ethnic Qom weighed 11 pounds and died from the consequences of malnutrition in the hospital of Chaco. The "Clarin" newspaper published in evidence the words of three Bi ...
• 12 September 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Amnesty for 3522 prisoners: the Bishops express their satisfaction with "this act of mercy" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "The news of the liberation of prisoners is a source of joy and spiritual relief for the detainees themselves and their relatives as well as for the collaborators of the Prison Pastoral Care", sa ...
• 11 September 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Week of Peace: Colombians want a date for talks with the ELN Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The 28th edition of the Week of Peace is being held in different cities of Colombia with exhibitions, conferences and artistic events, which this year has chosen the motto "I greet others", as gr ...
• 10 September 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Cura Gaucho" on the path towards canonization, the people of Villa Cura Brochero celebrate Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The Medical Council of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints confirmed the miracle attributed to the intercession of the priest of Traslasierra, José Gabriel Brochero, known as "Cura Gaucho ...
• 10 September 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Clashes over land concern the Bishops of Bluefields: "there will be no solution if there is violence" Bluefields (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of violence that has intensified recently in the Caribbean region of Nicaragua, the territory of the Vicariate of Bluefields, worries its Pastors. Although the Bishop of Bluefie ...
• 10 September 2015
  AFRICA/NIGERIA - Another priest kidnapped; more and more religious victims of road ambushes Abuja (Agenzia Fides) - A Nigerian Spiritan father (Congregation of the Holy Spirit), Fr. Gabriel Oyaka, was kidnapped on September 7 in Kogi State. The priest was traveling in his car along the Okene-Auchi road, on his ...
• 9 September 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Feast of Our Lady of Charity, Patroness of Cuba, in the view of the Pope’s visit Cienfuegos (Agenzia Fides) - "Every year the feast of Our Lady of Charity of Cobre fills us with joy and hope, because she reminds us of her loving presence in Cuba. 2016 will mark the centenary of the Declaration of Ou ...
• 9 September 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Children resist famine thanks to school snacks Intibucá (Agenzia Fides) - The severe drought caused by El Niño has caused the loss of entire crops, the only source of food for many Honduran families. In some places of the Country, the school snack is the only meal ...
• 9 September 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Problems are not solved with demonstrations, but with good will" said Mgr. Escobar San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a lack of respect to see leaders who fight in the streets" condemned the Archbishop of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Escobar Alas, referring to the increasingly heated political d ...
• 8 September 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishop of Chimbote: "the solution to insecurity is not lynching" Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Chimbote, in northern Peru, His Exc. Mgr. Angel Francisco Simon Piorno, spoke out against the campaign which appeared in social networks in Peru entitled "Get the t ...
• 8 September 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Meeting of the Bishops of Mexico and the United States on the expulsion of immigrants Tamaulipas (Agenzia Fides) - In order to address the "painful situation" that migrants live in the attempt to cross the border with the United States, the Bishops of Mexico and the United States met last weekend in the c ...
• 7 September 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Poverty and precariousness force people to seek food in the garbage Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) - The economic crisis that is currently affecting Venezuela decreases the number of Venezuelans who can buy basic food items on a daily basis. According to information gathered by Fides, this ...
• 7 September 2015
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Mgr. Ulloa encourages inmates: "Imprisonment is not the same as exclusion" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - "Imprisonment is not the same as exclusion, there are many elements that are against inmates: overcrowding, the slow pace of justice, the lack of an employment strategy, violence ... Brother ...
• 7 September 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - New health center for basic assistance and nutrition for women and children Miami (Agenzia Fides) - After years of uncertainty and economic problems, finally Liberty City, a suburb of Miami, Florida, has launched its health center. The center will offer health care assistance to 75,000 people, e ...
• 7 September 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Cucuta marches in defense of the rights of Colombians Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - Colombians who live on the border with Venezuela marched in defense of the dignity of their compatriots expelled and to reaffirm their brotherhood with this country, two weeks after the closure o ...