America

• 17 September 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA – The Bishops on Law 779: the reform is urgent, the Church is not the auxiliary of the police Managua (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. César Bosco Vivas Robelo, Bishop of Leon, Vice president of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN), said that the Sandinista legislator Edwin Castro, chief representative of ...
• 16 September 2014
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA – Poverty and violence afflict 34% of Costa Rica’s children San José (Agenzia Fides) – One of the worse scourges afflicting minors in Costa Rica today is poverty because it hampers physical, emotional and educational development. Recent figures sent to Fides speak of 34% of ...
• 16 September 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "To be free is to recognise goodness and see that evil enslaves”: Independence Day celebrations Tehuantepec (Agenzia Fides) – "Freedom is not a cry, freedom is not a declaration, freedom is an experience in which we citizens can live in harmony and with respect for one another": this was said by Bishop Oscar Arma ...
• 16 September 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA – Laity meet apostolic Nuncio, a tradition which encourages the unity of the Church Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The National Council for the Laity, a body of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela (CEV), has invited lay Catholics to a meeting with the Apostolic Nuncio in Venezuela, Archbishop ...
• 15 September 2014
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “Terrorism can never be combatted with terrorism”; local Catholic church denounces military violence Concepción (Agenzia Fides) – The Vicar General of the diocese of Concepción (Paraguay) Bishop Pablo Caceres, told local media that a recent clash between the armed forces and members of Ejército Popular de Paraguay ...
• 13 September 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Week for Peace becomes "Year of Peace" in Cali Cali (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan: "For peace, what can I do?" For the Week of Peace in Colombia, the Archdiocese of Cali has decided to create a standing committee of "ALIADOS POR LA PAZ", that will work for social ...
• 12 September 2014
  AMERICA/CUBA - Pastoral Plan 2014-2020: Christian Communities called to a “missionary option” Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Cuba has published the Pastoral Plan for the Cuban Catholic Church for the period 2014-2020, entitled "Following Emmaus’ footsteps", of which a copy was sent to Fides ...
• 11 September 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - In few days 25 thousand Iraqi Chaldeans have registered in the lists to apply for a USA visa San Diego (Agenzia Fides) - The exodus of Christians who have fled Mosul and the cities of the Nineveh Plain due to the advancing of jihadists and the proclamation of the Islamic Caliphate has caused a significant increa ...
• 11 September 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Contribution of the Church for a monument to reconciliation, which inspires to seek peace San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Thirty-three boxes full of unused keys were handed over yesterday by the Archdiocese of San Salvador to the Ministry of Public Works (MOP) to build a monument to Reconciliation, intended to ...
• 10 September 2014
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA – Fighting poverty and undernourishment to escape underdevelopment Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – Indicators of poverty and undernourishment in this country show clearly that unless Guatemalans win the battle against this scourge, the country will remain in the present state of und ...
• 10 September 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - “Young people without frontiers”: witnesses and proclaimers of the faith to the world of today Lima (Agenzia Fides) –Young missionaries (Youth without Frontiers) members of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Peru will gather in Lima 20 and 21 September for their 2nd National Meeting. Two the principal reasons ...
• 9 September 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO – majority of child workers in Mexico’s south east regions Mérida (Agenzia Fides) – In the Mexican state of Yucatan about 4, 680 children aged between 5 and 17 live in situations of extreme vulnerability. They work in the fields, on building sites, in manufacturing and comm ...
• 9 September 2014
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Solidarity initiative to prevent child abuse and maltreatment AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Solidarity initiative to prevent child abuse and maltreatment San José (Agenzia Fides) –The National Children’s Hospital in Costa Rica (HNN) recently held the 5th edition of a sports event whic ...
• 8 September 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Appointment of National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societi es Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples on 30 July 2014 appointed National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Mex ...
• 8 September 2014
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - “Passionate Communicators of the Good News”: meeting for Cono sur Pontifical Mission Societies Canelones (Agenzia Fides) – “Missionary Disciples, passionate communicators of the Good News,” is the theme of reflection and discussion for national Directors and Secretaries of the Pontifical Mission Societies ( ...