America

• 24 April 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Secular Franciscans in Cuba: more and more involved in parishes Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The Secular Franciscan Order in Cuba counts 318 perpetually professed (men and women, single and married, lay people, deacons, priests and a Bishop) who are committed to living the Gospel accordi ...
• 22 April 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Episcopal Council for Peace analyzes the situation of the talks Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the members of the Episcopal Council for Peace (CEP), to analyze the prospects of the peace process with the guerrillas of the FARC and ELN, was held yesterday, April 21, in Bogota ...
• 21 April 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Poverty exacerbates the living conditions of HIV-positive children San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The economic conditions and poverty in the Country are an aggravating factor for the health of HIV-positive children, who often cannot be cured because family members are unable to bring th ...
• 21 April 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Emergency for violence and attacks against minors Bucaramanga (Agenzia Fides) - Bucaramanga is a city, capital of the department of Santander, in Colombia. From a recent communication of local authorities it seems that there are 45 reported cases of child abuse per day ...
• 21 April 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Consecration of the Bishop of Orizaba: active participation of the indigenous community in Náhuatl language Orizaba (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in the history of the Diocese of Orizaba (Mexico), during the rite of episcopal ordination of His Exc. Mgr. Eduardo Cervantes Merino, which will take place on April 24, the Xo ...
• 20 April 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Every day two thousand weapons smuggled into Mexico from the United States Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican government is discussing the Law on Arms thanks to the initiative of the President of the Republic. In this context, the Archdiocese of Mexico through its weekly "Desde la Fe", c ...
• 20 April 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - New date for the V Eucharistic Congress: September 16 to 20 La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Fifth National Eucharistic Congress, initially scheduled from 1 to 5 July in Tarija, will undergo a change of date, following the announced visit of Pope Francis in Bolivia. According to the ...
• 17 April 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Bolivia is not out of the global crisis"; Bishops fear repercussions on the poor and excluded La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (CEB), His Exc. Mgr. Oscar Aparicio, Archbishop of Cochabamba, has warned about the possible effects of the global economic crisis in the coun ...
• 17 April 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Floods favor the spread of the chikungunya virus Portoviejo (Agenzia Fides) - Ecuador declares chikungunya ‘state of emergency’, an infectious disease transmitted by the insect vector of dengue hemorrhagic fever. According to the latest data released by the local M ...
• 17 April 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Assembly of Bishops: "Without trust and participation we cannot go forth!" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Bishops are preparing a message, in view of the elections to be held on 7 June, which will stress that society must actively participate in the democratic process in order to mee ...
• 16 April 2015
  AMERICA - Bishops Emeritus continue to give their contribution Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - After the first meeting of the Bishops Emeritus of Latin America, held in Bogota in March (see Fides 04/03/2015), Father José Gregorio Melo Sánchez, Secretary of the Ecclesial Communion and Dia ...
• 16 April 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Eleven soldiers killed, the Church asks for a definitive cease-fire Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Military Bishop of Colombia, His Exc. Mgr. Fabio Suescun Mutis, has strongly condemned the events in the municipality of Buenos Aires, in the north of Cauca (Colombia), where 11 soldiers were ...
• 16 April 2015
  AMERICA - Almost 4 million children in Latin America do not have access to primary school Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - More than 50% of the Latin American Countries and the Caribbean have managed to have access to primary education, although unfortunately there are still nearly 4 million children who d ...
• 15 April 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Report of the Pastoral Commission for Land: Homicides in the rural area increase Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Commission for Land (CPT) presented the thirtieth edition of its annual report on the Rural Conflict in Brazil, relative to 2014, with information regarding murders, threats and vi ...
• 15 April 2015
  AMERICA/CHILE - Protection of life and communication in the Church's mission, priority in the Chilean Church Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – The 109th Plenary Assembly of the Chilean Bishops' Conference, CECh, (see Fides 10/04/2015) is being held, which began with the participation of the Bishops in the Third International Seminar ...