America

• 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 ...
• 18 August 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - Killed during their missionary work 23 years ago Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - In the month of August the Diocese of Chimbote (Peru) commemorates the martyrdom of 2 Franciscan friars: Zbigniew Strzalkowski and Miguel Tomaszek, in the town of Pariacoto (in the north of the ...
• 13 August 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Dialogues of Peace between the government and FARC Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Meeting number 27 of the Dialogues of Peace in Cuba between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) has begun. The meeting scheduled for yesterday, August ...
• 12 August 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Commit to a missionary cooperation", the V National Missionary Congress has concluded Barinas (Agenzia Fides) - The V National Youth Missionary Congress (CONAJUMI) has just concluded in Barinas. More than a thousand young Venezuelans participated in this event organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
• 12 August 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Organ trafficking and sexual exploitation: about 45,000 children and young people missing and abducted Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico, approximately 45,000 children and young people have been abducted and are victims of sexual exploitation and trafficking in organs. This is the complaint made by the Foundation fo ...
• 11 August 2014
  AMERICA/EQUADOR - 46,000 Ecuadoreans will benefit from a mega construction water Quito (Agenzia Fides) - After the damage caused during the winter months, the Ministry of Water Resources wants to help with the aid of a dam project to control the water level of the river Bulubulu. More than 46,000 inh ...
• 6 August 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The V National Missionary Congress begins Barinas (Agenzia Fides) - There are thousands of young Venezuelans who will, as from today, participate in the V National Missionary Youth Congress (CONAJUMI) at the Diocese of Barinas (Venezuela). The Pontifical Mission ...
• 6 August 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Pope Francis welcomes the opening of a reception center for victims of sexual exploitation Misiones (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear brother, I came to know that on August 1, the Mburucuyá reception center opens. Through these lines I want to greet and thank all those involved in this work, which is a testimony of lov ...
• 5 August 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The State of Tabasco extends medical assistance to migrants; the satisfaction of the Bishop Tabasco (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Gerardo de Jesus Rojas López, Bishop of Tabasco, has welcomed the announcement on behalf of the state government to extend medical assistance to migrants offered by the Seguro Popular (n ...