America

• 8 October 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Free vaccination campaign for children Posadas (Agenzia Fides) - During the fifth week of vaccination against rubella, polio and measles, the Argentine region of Misiones recorded a 55% coverage, amounting to 56,034 vaccines given to children between 1 to 4 y ...
• 8 October 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Auxiliary Bishop of Medellin: "We cannot get used to violence" Medellín (Agenzia Fides) - Less than a week after the violent death of Father Andrés Duque Echeverry, stabbed at the exit of the underground (see Fides 06/10/2014), Fides Agency received the testimony of His Exc. Mgr. ...
• 7 October 2014
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Requests on behalf of the National Assembly of Pastoral Care: Austerity and solidarity with workers, Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - After analyzing the social reality of the Dominican Republic, the 32nd National Assembly of Pastoral Care, held in Santo Domingo last week (see Fides 03/10/2014), asks rulers to be serious ...
• 7 October 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church welcomes the initiative of the Council of National Security San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr. Gregorio Rosa Chavez, auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, expressed himself with regards to the establishment of the "National Council for the safety of citizens". As a whole, the Bishop ...
• 6 October 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Another priest killed for armed robbery Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - "With pain and discomfort, the Archdiocese of Medellín expresses its deep sense of sorrow for the violent death of Father Andrés Duque Echeverry on October 3, 2014". This is what is stated in ...
• 6 October 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Thousands of children abused and forced to live on the street Asunciòn (Agenzia Fides) - There are 320,591 Paraguayan children living on the streets in abject poverty, in a total state of abandonment, neglect, exploitation and marginalization. The only dream is to find a loving fa ...
• 6 October 2014
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Violence in Sacatepéquez continues, the government asks for the mediation of the Church Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Guatemala has asked for the mediation of the Catholic Church in the negotiations with the indigenous, who refuse to accept the activities of the mining industry in their ...
• 3 October 2014
  AMERICA/CHILE - Apostolic Vicar of Aysen awarded: "Water is also a problem of sovereignty" Aysen (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicar of Aysén, His Exc. Mgr. Luis Infanti Della Mora, has received an important award for his contribution to the protection of the waters by the Chilean Committee for the Internat ...
• 3 October 2014
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "A people on a mission, sensitive towards solidarity": the National Assembly of Pastoral care is underway Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Episcopal Conference opened the 32nd National Assembly of Pastoral care yesterday, that brings together the Bishops of the Country as well as a broad representation of priest ...
• 2 October 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The priority for the Auxiliary Bishop of Reyes: "Working to be a single Christian community" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Creating a sense of belonging, to work to be a single Christian community" is the main challenge for His Exc. Mgr. Waldo Rubén Barrinuevo Ramírez, C.Ss.R., Auxiliary Bishop of the Apostolic Vica ...
• 2 October 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Members of the third delegation of victims set off for Havana to meet with FARC representatives Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, October 1st, the United Nations, the Catholic Church and the National University published the names of members of the third delegation of victims of the armed conflict in Colombia, th ...
• 1 October 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Initiatives and projects for 1400 child workers in Honduras and Nicaragua Managua (Agenzia Fides) - More than 1,400 Nicaraguan and Honduran children who were working on the streets to help their families, have been reintegrated into the education system through a project sponsored by the Europ ...
• 1 October 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Division is not from God": in march for peace and unity of the country Ciudad Guayana (Agenzia Fides) - "Our intention is to make people understand that we as Venezuelans cannot live divided, division is not from God, it is of the devil": this are the words with which His Exc. Mgr. Mariano ...
• 1 October 2014
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Family Week in Guayaquil, wealth and renewal of society Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - "Family Week" is underway in the Archdiocese of Guayaquil. Organised for the first time by the Commission for the Family Pastoral of the Archdiocese, the Week takes place from September 29 to ...
• 30 September 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - How to prevent child labor and ensure adequate opportunities for growth Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Tierra de Niños" is the name of an organization established in Peru with the aim of offering aid to families and in the educational and social field so that boys, girls and adolescents acquire se ...