America

• 4 May 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Talks resume for peace, despite the incidents and the distrust of the Colombians Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian magazine "Semana" reported that, after an Army combat against a group of FARC, the authorities have arrested seven guerrillas in camouflage uniforms, aged between 10 and 17, carryin ...
• 4 May 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Bishops encourage the President to continue direct contact with people most in need Barahona (Agenzia Fides) - Some Bishops of the Dominican Republic consider the unannounced visits that President Danilo Medina carries out every weekend very positive, because they have a significant impact on productive ...
• 2 May 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops' Message for May 1st: "We cannot live with slave labor" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of May 1st, the day dedicated worldwide to the theme of work, the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB) issued a message to workers to confirm the support of the Churc ...
• 2 May 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - First parish dedicated to Juan Diego Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The first parish outside Mexico dedicated to St. Juan Diego - the young Aztec to whom the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared in 1531 - was inaugurated yesterday in Villa Lugano, a poor neighborho ...
• 30 April 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA – Linguistic Missionary Formation: a thorough preparation for the mission Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Maryknoll Mission Center in Cochabamba (Bolivia) has launched linguistic missionary formation courses and cultural orientation, which provide for the teaching of Spanish, Quechua and Ayma ...
• 30 April 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Toys, sweets, clothes, shoes: collection in favor of the more vulnerable indigenous children Chihuahua (Agenzia Fides) - To get a smile out of an indigenous child with a simple gift or sweets is the objective of Pan y Peces, that has been organizing the event called 'A smile for Tarahumara street children' for a ...
• 30 April 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Archbishop of Baltimore: "truth will heal the wounds" Baltimore (Agenzia Fides) - Only truth will heal the wounds that have led to serious unrest which exploded in Baltimore after the death of Freddie Gray on 19 April. This is what the Archbishop of Baltimore His Exc. Mgr. ...
• 29 April 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Beatification of Mgr. Romero: 9 heads of state have already confirmed their participation San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Nine heads of state and five Cardinals will attend the beatification of Mgr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez, to be held in San Salvador on May 23, says a note sent to Fides by Mgr. Rafael ...
• 29 April 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church is also growing in the use of the media: new website of the Archdiocese of La Paz La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of La Paz inaugurated its new website that presents an easier way to access information regarding the local Church: The archdiocese has also given space to its presence in social ...
• 29 April 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "They kill to intimidate": another indigenous leader killed, the complaint of CIMI Maranhao (Agenzia Fides) - Security officer Eusebio, of the indigenous community of Ka'apor, 42, of the Xiborendá village in indigenous Alto Turiaçu land in Maranhão (Brazil), was killed on Sunday, April 26 with a gun ...
• 28 April 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Theme chosen for Missionary Campaign 2015 in Brazil: "Mission is to serve" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Mission is to serve" is the theme chosen by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) for Missionary Campaign 2015, which will take place in October in all the dioceses of Brazil. Reflection for ...
• 27 April 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Indigenous people live in poverty but maintain their traditions Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous people who survive in poverty in Paraguay have lost the dominion of their ancestral lands, but continue to maintain their strong cultural identity and self-determination that cha ...
• 27 April 2015
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - We cannot forget the figure of Mgr. Juan Gerardi, who fought for a different Guatemala Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "It is very important to remember Monsignor Gerardi and follow his example" said Nohemi Bac, 25, a native of the indigenous department of Alta Verapaz, during a celebration that took plac ...
• 27 April 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Cardinal Robles: "There is corruption, mistrust, culture of violence, but we must propose a Church that goes forth" Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - President of the Mexican Episcopal Conference, Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega, Archbishop of Guadalajara (Jalisco) in an interview with the local newspaper "El Pais", sent to Agenzia ...
• 24 April 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Pope's visit will support the Cuban Church in its attention to the cause of peace and the common good Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Cuba has received the news of the Pope's visit in September with great joy, in the new era of rapprochement with the United States, a process in which the Vatican acted as ...