America

• 23 July 2014
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The chicungunya virus continues to alarm Latin American Countries San José (Agenzia Fides) - After Haiti and El Salvador (see Fides Agency 03/07/2014 and 08/07/2014), the chikungunya virus arrives in Costa Rica. The Ministry of Health of Costa Rica has just released news regarding six ...
• 23 July 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Mission to relieve: a challenge for evangelization; the Missionary Campaign 2014 begins Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – The Missionary Campaign 2014 in Brazil has begun in view of World Mission Day, which will be held on 18 and 19 October. The aim of “Mission to relieve” is to bring awareness of the existe ...
• 22 July 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Archdiocese of Managua condemns the criminal act against innocent civilians on Saturday Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Managua expressed "deep sorrow and outrage with regards to the terrible criminal act which took place last Saturday against fellow Nicaraguans who were going back to their hom ...
• 22 July 2014
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Although some people promote hate, the Church is committed to peaceful coexistence Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Some sectors of Dominican society promote hatred and resentment among the people of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. This is what is said in an editorial in the latest issue of the Cathol ...
• 18 July 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The first "National Catholic Congress online" for those working in the field of evangelization Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - "We believe that Catholics who inhabit the internet and social networks, are a new force capable of supporting concrete initiatives for the sole purpose of promoting the gospel and individual for ...
• 16 July 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A photo exhibition on the 33 years of fighting for the rights of indigenous peoples arrives in Manaus Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - After Brasilia, Sao Paulo and Belém, the exhibition "Indigenous Peoples of Brazil 1980/2013 - Retrospective images in the struggle of indigenous peoples in Brazil for their collective rights" ar ...
• 15 July 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Archbishop of San Salvador: Mexico and the United States have to ensure the rights of children San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, has asked "Mexico and the United States to ensure the rights of children, because it is not right to take advantage of ...
• 15 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The solution to the problem of emigration passes through cultural and social conversion Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Vatican’s Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin, participated yesterday in the "Coloquio México Santa Sede sobre migración y desarrollo", which ends today. The Apostolic Nuncio, H ...
• 15 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop Aguilar’s appeal : "Migrant children are not intruders or invaders" Tehuacán (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Tehuacan (Puebla, Mexico), His exc. Mgr. Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez, has launched an appeal to the entire diocesan community, priests in their parishes, lay people, ...
• 14 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Cardinal Parolin, Vatican's Secretary of State, in Mexico for the emergency regarding emigration Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican's Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, arrived yesterday afternoon in Mexico to discuss issues related to the phenomenon of emigration. The goal, according to an offici ...
• 14 July 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Give teachers their salaries": church’s appeal in favor of teachers Ciudad Guayana (Agenzia Fides) - "The Episcopal Conference of Venezuela expresses its full support to employees and workers of the Association for the Promotion of Popular Education (APEP), which is experiencing a very u ...
• 12 July 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "It is impossible to find a solution if you do not listen to the people", say the Bishops Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "It is impossible to find solutions to problems if you do not listen, if you do not solve the root causes of the protests", says the Pastoral Exhortation "We share the comfort we receive from Go ...
• 12 July 2014
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Insecurity and lack of protection of resources among the serious problems of the Country according to the Bishops Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot complain about the bad without acting and fighting against it", said the Bishops of Panama in a statement released at the end of their Plenary Assembly held in Clayton (on the ou ...
• 11 July 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - After the Bishops also international organizations denounce the serious situation in Chocò Chocò (Agenzia Fides) - The representative in Colombia of the High Commissioner of Human Rights of the United Nations, Todd Howland, Bishop of the Diocese of Quibdó, Mgr. Juan Barreto, the "Defensor del Pueblo", Jorge ...
• 11 July 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Central American Church's commitment to eradicate the causes of child emigration Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "An important aspect of the Declaration is a common commitment to eradicate the structural causes of irregular migration of children, by creating programs of social and economic development ...