America

• 14 February 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mgr. Buenanueva:"We need good quality citizens" San Francisco (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of San Francisco (Córdoba, Argentina), His Exc. Mgr. Sergio Osvaldo Buenanueva, in a statement sent to Fides said that "Argentine democracy is sick, it needs the ...
• 13 February 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Mata: "The government must defend human rights" Esteli (Agenzia Fides) - "We have reminded the government its great responsibility to defend human rights (...) and the answer is persecution, violation of laws, murder, destruction": are the strong words used yesterday ...
• 12 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Archdiocese of Acapulco committed to protecting young people from criminal gangs Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Acapulco has prepared a program to save young people who "work", or are at risk of working as hitmen for organized crime gangs that operate in the state of Guerrero. The prog ...
• 12 February 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mgr. Lozano denounces: deaths due to child malnutrition in the country Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The head of the Commission for Social Pastoral of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina, His Exc. Mgr. Jorge Lozano, denounced that "there are situations of child malnutrition in various pa ...
• 10 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migrants: a phenomenon which is difficult to quantify Nuevo Laredo (Agenzia Fides) - Although the number of migrants who arrive at the border in Nuevo Laredo (Mexico) has decreased compared to previous years, the concern of the Bishop of the Diocese, His Exc. Mgr. Gustavo R ...
• 10 February 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The proposal of the FARC divides public opinion Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The proposal of the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) to reform the armed forces, police and intelligence services of the state, has created a lot of confusion, especially in the poli ...
• 9 February 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Zacatecas: "People die every day" Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Zacatecas, His Exc. Mgr. Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, has again deplored the violence that has intensified since the beginning of the year in Fresnillo, where dead bodies are foun ...
• 6 February 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The young engaged with migrants write to the Pope Arizona (Fides) - The organization KBI (Kino Border Initiative) aims to contribute to the management of migration between the US and Mexico in a just, humane and sustainable manner, promoting policies that put the dignit ...
• 6 February 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionary organizations at work in 2015: Permanent formation and suburbs Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In 2014 seventeen missionary formation initiatives were carried out: in particular, two courses for foreign missionaries (90 days each); two missionary formation courses for Brazilian men and w ...
• 5 February 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - In August, the beatification of three missionaries killed: the first martyrs of the diocese and Peru Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, will be in Peru in August, in the diocese of Chimbote, for the beatification of the three missionaries declared mart ...
• 5 February 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Feast in Ciudad Barrios, the birthplace of Mgr. Romero San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – There was immense joy in the small town of El Salvador known as Ciudad Barrios where Oscar Arnulfo Romero was born in 1917. After decades of debate within the Church, Pope Francis has for ...
• 4 February 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - The three missionaries killed in 1991 will be beatified because they were close to the poorest Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican announced that Polish Order of Friars Minor Conventual Michael Tomaszek and Zbigniew Strazalkowski, along with Italian diocesan priest Father Alessandro Dordi, were killed "in hatre ...
• 4 February 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Mgr. Romero Beato: "Immense joy in the Salvadoran Church"; "It will be a historic event," emphasizes the Presidency San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "A great joy in the Church of El Salvador to hear the news on the decree approving the martyrdom of Monsignor Romero. Let us continue to pray": was the comment by the Archdiocese of San Sal ...
• 3 February 2015
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Auxiliary Bishop: we do not negotiate any truce, we want an open dialogue with all San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "Solve violence with violence does not work", said Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Rosa Chavez, referring to the method that the authorities want ...
• 3 February 2015
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Card. Maradiaga supports the "Plan de la Alianza para la Prosperidad" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Card. Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, has assured the support of the Catholic Church regarding the "Plan de la Alianza para la Prosperidad" (PAP) which involves ...