America

• 13 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexican Bishops: "We do not want more blood, people killed or who disappear ... Enough!" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The 98th Plenary Assembly of the Bishops' Conference of Mexico (CEM) is being held from 10 to 14 November, which has the aim to "listen to God speaking to us through His Word and the events ...
• 12 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - At least 19 countries around the world recruit child soldiers Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The latest data collected by the NGO Amnesty International, updated to 2012, confirm that it is difficult to know exactly how many children are currently being forced across the world to take par ...
• 12 November 2014
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - To strengthen missionary commitment in spite of violence in the country and people's indifference Chimaltenango (Agenzia Fides) - From November 7 to 9 more than 2000 and 500 people from 14 ecclesiastical jurisdictions of the country, gave birth to the fourth Missionary Congress of Guatemala (COMGUA) in the city of Ch ...
• 12 November 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Eucharist is necessary for fraternal communion and mission Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Eucharist as source of fraternity" is the theme of the message to the people of God that the Bishops of Bolivia issued at the conclusion of the Episcopal Conference Assembly (see Fides 0 ...
• 11 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Show all the corruption and lies of those who have turned away from God and from the truth Campeche (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in a very corrupt country, where the people and the politicians are not interested in living in the truth" complained the Bishop of Campeche, His Exc. Mgr. José Francisco Gonzalez, in ...
• 11 November 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The law on education must be applied without discrimination Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The State gives priority attention to public schools and discriminates against "private" schools: the complaint comes from Archbishop Emeritus of Cochabamba, His Exc. Mgr. Tito Solari. Accord ...
• 10 November 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops' Conference asks to "put a stop to corruption" Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - Widespread corruption has meant that "narco politicians" manage to infiltrate easily at all levels, pointed out His Exc. Mgr. Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, Bishop of Caacupé and President ...
• 10 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops' appeal: "No more corruption and violence! Thorough investigation is needed" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On Friday, November 7, in Chilpancingo, the Attorney General, Jesús Murillo, met the parents of the 43 students missing in Ayotzinapa (see Fides 10/10/2014), and told them the confession of ...
• 10 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The poor and the marginalized become producers of their food Jalisco (Agenzia Fides) - El Vergel is a community in the region of Durango, located three hours from Pijijiapan, Chiapas. To get there you have to cross over 30 miles of dirt roads, with very dangerous slopes, that beco ...
• 7 November 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops in defense of indigenous people appeal to the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights Salto del Guairá (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Paraguay, through the Indigenous Pastoral, has announced that it will appeal to the InterAmerican Commission on Human Rights if the State does not ensure th ...
• 7 November 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Education, communication and drug trafficking: the Bishops prepare three pastoral Letters Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - With a Mass and greetings from Archbishop Giambattista Diquattro, Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, the Assembly of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Bolivia (CEB) opened yesterday, November 6. ...
• 6 November 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Ecumenical Initiative: 43 hours of fasting and prayer for the 43 students of Ayotzinapa Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - 43 hours of prayer and fasting for 43 students who disappeared in Ayotzinapa (see Fides 10/10/2014) ends today, November 6. The "Ecumenical Day of solidarity" with the families of the missin ...
• 6 November 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Cali is suffering a pandemic of violence", denounces Mgr. Monsalve Mejía Cali (Agenzia Fides) - "Cali is suffering a pandemic of violence", denounced the Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Mgr. Dario de Jesus Monsalve Mejia, with regards to the alarming increase in homicides in the region. The poli ...
• 5 November 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The fight against drugs should be considered a State matter Posadas (Agenzia Fides) – Drugs are a scourge that is part of the death structure, and is "an evil that is growing rapidly in our country, it is uncontrolled, produces silence and fear, forces citizens to be mere spect ...
• 5 November 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops are always close to the 3 and a half million Peruvians away from home Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP) has sent a message to the "three and a half million Peruvians who are away from their homeland in search of a better future for themselves and their families ...