America

• 6 September 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The life of every migrant demands we build a new world; migrants’ pilgrimage to Luján Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – “The life of every migrant and every refugee demands and urges us to build a new world” we read in a statement issued jointly by the Argentine Bishops’ Commission for Migration and ...
• 5 September 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - Elections: Bishops concerned about serious signs of corruption and distrust in politics Lima (Agenzia Fides) – Twenty one million Peruvians, including two million young people voting for the first time, will soon take part in an electoral consultation. On October 5 they will be called to elect thirteen th ...
• 4 September 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Announcing Christ on the streets: “committed to mission” for the archdiocese of Salta Salta (Agenzia Fides) – From Monday 15 September, feast of El Señor y de la Virgen del Milagro, (Our Lord and Our Lady of Milagro), until Sunday 21 December, the archdiocese of Salta will live a period of “committ ...
• 4 September 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA – Catholic Bishops of Bolivia and Peru take communications course “For a culture of encounter” Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – Today is the final day of a Seminar on Communications for Bishops of the Bolivarian region which brought together 23 Bishops of Bolivia and 13 Bishops from Peru, for reflection and discussi ...
• 3 September 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – The Month of the Bible, ideal context for giving new impulse to the evangelising mission of the Church La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) – “For the Catholic Church every year September is the Month of the Bible. It is an exceptional opportunity to reflect on our encounter with Jesus the Lord, … the month of September is a ti ...
• 2 September 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops’ Conference promotes television debate between candidates for Presidency San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) – A Brazilian TV station, Red Siglo 21, will televise a debate in the evening of September 16 involving candidates for presidency of the Republic of Brazil. The election is set for 5 October. ...
• 1 September 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Migrants: for a better world”, pastoral care for human mobility national meeting Merida (Agenzia Fides) – Merida will host, from 16 to 19 September, Mexico’s 15th national meeting on Pastoral Care for Migrants with the theme “Migrants: for a better World”. Fides was told that the invitation t ...
• 22 August 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL – The "Ecumenism and the Missions" Symposium begins Sao Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Vargem Grande Paulista (SP) will host between 21 and 24 August, the "Ecumenism and Mission" Symposium. The event, which is organized by the National Council of Christian Churches ...
• 21 August 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - Elections postponed and there is growing uncertainty about the future of the Country Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Provisional Electoral Council of Haiti has announced that the planned legislative and municipal elections on October 26 have been postponed, causing tension in a Country which has bee ...
• 21 August 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church launches an alarm regarding the increase of suicides among teenagers Santiago del Estero (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people and teenagers are the most valuable asset of a nation and should be a major concern of all those who have responsibilities in their formation" said Mgr. Torrado Mosconi ...
• 20 August 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Only mercy can make justice a reality", said Cardinal Salazar Gómez Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Colombia is capable of mercy", said Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez at the III World Apostolic Congress on Mercy WACOM, held in Bogota from August 15 to 19, which was attended by 4 Cardinals, 7 b ...
• 20 August 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The number of migrants who are victims of human trafficking increases Saltillo (Agenzia Fides) - "Human trafficking is modern-day slavery that affects mainly women and children", said Mgr. Raúl Vera López, Bishop of Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), who denounced that the number of people who ...
• 19 August 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The church calls on the authorities to change the situation in prisons Santa Rosa de Copán (Agenzia Fides) - "The detainees are in the "suburbs" of society where they suffer from total exclusion, despair and depression", says the National Commission for Prison Pastoral Care of the Episcopa ...
• 19 August 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Assist families but without interfering in their private lives", said the Bishop of Matagalpa Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe that the State should take care of families, but without having control over them" said Mgr. Rolando José Álvarez Lagos, Bishop of Matagalpa (Nicaragua), in a letter sent to Fide ...
• 18 August 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The first 12 members of the delegation of the victims will participate in Peace Talks which take place in Cuba Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the victims of the Colombian armed conflict will participate directly for the first time in the peace talks in Havana. According to plan, the peace delegations of government an ...