America

• 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 ...
• 18 March 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Report on conflicts over water in Brazil: 42 000 families involved Paranà (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) has announced the imminent publication of the Report on conflicts over water with data related to the year 2014. According to some data already disclosed, last ...
• 17 March 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Diocese of Cochabamba in solidarity with the children of TIPNIS Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "Next Sunday will be the Fifth Sunday of Lent, and we want to make a collection in all the churches, in all communities of Cochabamba, with a key objective, namely, our solidarity, our love f ...
• 17 March 2015
  AMERICA - Human rights and extractive industries in Latin America: the position of the Church Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the Catholic Church in Latin America will be heard in open court by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), in Washington, on Thursday, March 19. Here th ...
• 16 March 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Appeal of the Church in the Dominican Republic and Haiti: "Respect the human dignity of migrants" Mao-Monte Cristi (Agenzia Fides) - Following several incidents of violence against migrants which occurred on both sides of the island of Hispaniola, which are creating a clash between Dominican Republic and Haiti, due t ...
• 14 March 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Instability and violence against the religious Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Concern in the Catholic community of Haiti: according to the latest report of the Haitian Conference of Religious (CHR) on violence unleashed against religious institutions. As highlighte ...
• 12 March 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "The saint of all El Salvador" - beatification of Mgr. Romero on 23 May San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The "Bishop martyr" of El Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. Oscar Arnulfo Romero, will be beatified on May 23 in his hometown: the announcement was made by the Postulator of the cause of beatificatio ...
• 12 March 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Gang attacks against religious institutes continue Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Sisters of the Congregation of the Servants of the Sick of St. Camillus were recently the subject of an armed robbery in Port au Prince. In the middle of the night the nuns were attac ...