America

• 13 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO – When will violence be stopped? Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday 10 May, the "Desde la Fe" weekly of the Archdiocese of Mexico titled its editorial "Narcoterror" to describe the current situation in which the country lives. The text refers to th ...
• 12 May 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops call for urgent action and dialogue, "No more violence" for the Tia Maria case Lima (Agenzia Fides) - 50 days have gone by since the protests started in Islay, a village near Arequipa, about 800 km south of the Peruvian capital, against the Southern Copper mining project, and government and protest ...
• 12 May 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops denounce: the immigration system has become an "inhuman industry" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has denounced through a recently published report that the system of detention centers for immigrants in the US has become an "inhuman ...
• 11 May 2015
  AMERICA/CANADA - First sanctuary in Canada for St. Gianna Beretta Molla: "She is like one of us" Winnipeg (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday many parts of the world celebrated "Mother's Day", but in Canada, in Winnipeg the day of celebration was special because the whole community celebrated the inauguration of the first s ...
• 11 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Armendáriz to candidates: "We want proposals rather than promises" Santiago de Queretaro (Agenzia Fides) - "We all want proposals rather than promises. For example, those who promise to build more hospitals, we ask you to support the existing hospitals and give good service to our peopl ...
• 8 May 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - One hundred immigrants in one day: the flow does not stop, and mostly affects families McAllen (Agenzia Fides) - "Although the flow of Central American migrants who cross the border has declined compared to last year, this does not mean it has stopped" emphasized the Bishop of the Diocese of Brownsville, H ...
• 8 May 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Missionary dimension and social problems: meeting of the clergy of Patagonia Bariloche (Agenzia Fides) - The missionary dimension of the Church, vocations, the bicentenary of the independence of Argentina and the possible visit of Pope Francis in the Country, were the topics of the VI Meeting of ...
• 7 May 2015
  AMERICA - 88 environmentalists killed in Latin America in 2014 Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Report of the international Global Witness organization, 88 environmentalists were killed in Latin America in 2014. As demonstrated by the report published under the title: ...
• 7 May 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Children recruited by the FARC: they are prisoners and infected with the human papilloma virus Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of children who are recruited into armed groups in the Country remains serious. In recent days the Army has discovered some between 12 and 17 years of age in uniform and armed to th ...
• 7 May 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church condemns the criminal violence that killed three people and a politician Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) released a statement in which it expresses its dismay regarding the criminal violence that killed the politician Magdaleno Silva and three others who ...
• 6 May 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The monumental image of the "Cristo de las Noas" will be donated to the diocese of Torreon Torreón (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Jose Guadalupe Galvan, Bishop of the Diocese of Torreon, met with representatives of the Castilla family to begin the legal process of transferring ownership of the hill where the ...
• 6 May 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops' statement: "The right to truth, forgiveness is not impunity" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile published yesterday, May 5, a statement on the crisis of trust and credibility that is felt in the Country, entitled "Coexistence in ...
• 5 May 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Adoption campaign for children with disabilities La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - This year, the adoption campaign promoted by the Servicio Departamental de Gestión Social (Sedeges) de la Gobernación focused on disabled children under 4 years of age or in need of any type of ...
• 5 May 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Maradiaga visits Central American migrants detained in Dilley San Antonio (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, traveled to San Antonio, Texas, to meet the Archbishop of this city, His Exc. Mgr. Gustavo García Siller, in order ...
• 5 May 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Informed citizenry is able to build a just society", says Msg. Baez Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Informed citizenry is able to build a just and democratic society" stressed His Exc. Mgr. Silvio José Báez Ortega, OCD, Auxiliary Bishop of Managua (Nicaragua), after Mass on Sunday, May 3, o ...