America

• 10 August 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Holy Father's concern for the violence in El Salvador San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "I am following with deep concern the news of increasing hardships in El Salvador, due to famine, the economic crisis, the acute social conflicts and growing violence. I encourage the dea ...
• 8 August 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Pilgrimage in the heart of the Amazon in defense of creation and to remember Sister Dorothy Stang Anapu (Agenzia Fides) - "Sister Dorothy is present through the struggle of the people. These are people of faith who seek to organize and live the same continuous struggle. And for us who come from the archdiocese of Mar ...
• 7 August 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - There are 10,000 participants attending the III Youth National Meeting Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) - More than 10,000 young people from around the country are participating in the III Youth National Meeting (ENAJO in Spanish) in Barquisimeto (Venezuela). From August 6 to 9, according to ...
• 6 August 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Mgr. Farrell remembers Catholics the duty to welcome foreigners Dallas (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent wave of anti-immigrant sentiment on behalf of public figures is not new to American history", said the Bishop of Dallas (Texas, USA), His Exc. Mgr. Kevin Joseph Farrell in his column ...
• 6 August 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Freedoms have limits", said Mgr. Chomalí Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - "Abortion is not a solution but an act of violence", said His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomalí, Archbishop of Concepción to the international press, speaking on the current debate in Chile on the ...
• 6 August 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National meeting among the indigenous communities for the protection of human rights Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Villages and indigenous communities of Venezuela will meet during a national meeting in the Kumarakapay community, Gran Sabana municipality, in Bolivar State, with the aim of unifying criteria o ...
• 5 August 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops praise Obama's plan to cutt carbon dioxide emissions Miami (Agenzia Fides) - "An important step to protect the health of all, especially of children, the elderly, the poor and vulnerable communities, from pollution and the harmful effects of climate change", said His Exc. ...
• 5 August 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Argentina recalls the murder of Mgr. Angelelli who opposed to dictatorship La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - The murder of Mgr. Enrique Angelelli, Bishop of La Rioja in 1976, was recalled on August 4 with a Mass in the Diocese of La Rioja (north-west of Argentina), with a huge number of comments on so ...
• 4 August 2015
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLICA - “Haiti refuses to help its own emigrants to regularise their status ” Dominican Republic intellectuals claim Santiago de los Caballeros (Agenzia Fides) –Tension grows among the Haitians resident in the Dominican Republic because the Haiti government refuses entrance to its own citizens residing illegally in the neighbour coun ...
• 4 August 2015
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA –La Negrita celebrations: the local Catholic Church calls for intervention in favour of the family Cartago (Agenzia Fides). “It is our duty to sensitise our people regarding certain important issues; we cannot be indifferent to situations which are painful and shameful for a country like ours ", said Bishop Gabriel ...
• 3 August 2015
  EUROPE/SPAIN - Solidarity Prize: Spanish Bishops in favour of Las Patronas candidature Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops of Spain have decided to support the candidature of Las Patronas group of Veracruz (Mexico), for the 2015 Princess of the Asturias solidarity Award. The women in question, ...
• 3 August 2015
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Migrants: Bishops call for definitive solution Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The National Commission for Migrants of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Dominican Republic has called for a return to dialogue with Haiti in order to maintain existing neighbou ...
• 3 August 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - “Abortion is never therapeutic”: local Catholic Church attacks Santiago del Chile (Agenzia Fides) – “We urge all authorities to safeguard every human person, in particular the weakest and most vulnerable, to love and respect them as a mother loves her child.”. This was said in ...
• 1 August 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Papal altar to serve as parish church Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – The infrastructure used for the Mass celebrated by Pope Francis during his recent pastoral visit to Guayaquil, in Ecuador, will soon serve as a new parish church centre for two districts of ...
• 1 August 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - No negotiating with gangs in the plan for National Security San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The National Security Council in San Salvador decided on 30 July, to exclude any negotiation with gangs and to go forward to implement the plan based on the strategy El Salvador Sicuro, F ...