America

• 27 March 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Group of Spanish Catholic volunteers give support to Nicaraguan children León (Agenzia Fides) - About 10 years ago a group of faithful of a Spanish parish in Madrid traveled to the city of León, Nicaragua. They met malnourished children and families with problems related to alcohol. Faced w ...
• 26 March 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cardinal Ortega: "dialogue, the new name of love" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - He agrees to be called "a man of dialogue" but not "a diplomatic". "Dialogue - he says - is the new name of love". This is what the only Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega Alamino, Archbishop of San Cri ...
• 26 March 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - More than 6 million to vote: the Bishops call for free and fair elections Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Bolivia invite the national community to exercise the civil right to vote in good conscience, in freedom and with attention to the common good of citizens. The President of the ...
• 25 March 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Concern of the Church: peace talks must continue Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The possibility to postpone the establishment of a formal table for dialogue for peace between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) would lead to stop peace talks with ...
• 25 March 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Minors exploited and underpaid Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Child population is around two million in Honduras and 14% are involved in the labor market. According to the National Institute of Statistics 371 386 children between 5 and 17 years of age ...
• 25 March 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Bolivia Misionera", a new website committed to formation and permanent Mission La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for Communications of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference has sent Fides a note of the presentation of the new website "Bolivia Misionera" where you can find information about the dif ...
• 24 March 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Young people want to know more about Romero" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Today El Salvador lives a special day: across the country commemorative celebrations for the 35th anniversary of the assassination of the Archbishop of San Salvador, Mgr. Oscar Arnulfo Rome ...
• 24 March 2015
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Summit of the Americas: the Vatican Secretary of State will be present, for the first time Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Deputy Foreign Minister of Panama, Luis Miguel Hincapie, confirmed the presence of Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, at the VII Cumbre de Las Americas ("Summit of the Americas" ...
• 23 March 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Caritas supports 80 thousand people without food or health care Chihuahua (Agenzia Fides) - Charity and social justice are part of the institutional mission of Caritas Mexico, that has just published a document in which all the initiatives carried out in a year in the Mexican state o ...
• 23 March 2015
  AMERICA/CANADA - The Canadian Bishops in solidarity with CELAM: Defense of creation and problems regarding mines Ottawa (Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Canada, His Exc. Mgr. Paul-André Durocher, Archbishop of Gatineau, expressed solidarity with and support for the Episcopal Council of Latin America CELAM in ...
• 23 March 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A priest killed after a violent attempted robbery Sincelejo (Agenzia Fides) - In the city of Sincelejo (department of Sucre), about 900 km north of Bogotà, father Fernando Meza Luna, pastor of the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, in the neighborhood of Versailles was shot ...
• 20 March 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops of the diocese on the border: enough with violence and more attention towards the youth Brownsville (Agenzia Fides) - Some Bishops of the United States and Mexico consecrated the border between the two countries to the Immaculate Heart of Mary. The ceremony was held on Tuesday, March 17, at the Cathedral of ...
• 20 March 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Project which involves women to bring electricity to poor communities Siuna (Agenzia Fides) - A three-hour drive from the town of Siuna, Nicaragua, surrounded by vegetation, is a small community with no electricity, just like many others throughout Latin America. Recently, thanks to a pr ...
• 20 March 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Three murders a day: unprecedented wave of aggression, crimes and violence Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - At least 164 people were killed in violence between January and February in Haiti: this was stated by the National Commission Jistis ak Lape (JILAP, in Creole, Justice and Peace in Italia ...
• 18 March 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Elections: the Archbishop of Medellin urges the socio-political formation of the community Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 October the regional elections will be held in Colombia to choose mayors, councilors, governors and deputies. "For a successful outcome of such an important civil event in the life of soc ...