America

• 2 May 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops denounce the poverty of 50 million Mexicans and the uselessness of reforms approved Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Reforms are necessary to adapt to the present in search of a better future. But we should not delude ourselves! If the mind and the heart are not reformed, and the conscience to create a re ...
• 30 April 2014
  AMERICA/PANAMA - First Congress on human mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The first Congress on human mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held from 12 to 16 May 2014 in Panama. As Fides learns, the event is organized by several Catholic groups that have ...
• 30 April 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The theme of the 97th Episcopal Assembly: "Encourage evangelization of cultures" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are eager to hear representatives of society, who during this Plenary Assembly will be artists, journalists, businessmen and a politicians. Representatives of indigenous peoples, a migr ...
• 30 April 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Femicide continues to spread: nearly 4000 women were killed between 2002 and 2013 Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Violence in Honduras is the result of an average of 15 murders a day, attributed to several reasons, and puts the Country among the most violent in the world where there remains a serious si ...
• 29 April 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Three million child workers, and 27% suffer from extreme poverty Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of Children's Day, established by the United Nations on 30 April, the Mexican authorities have committed themselves to strengthening the struggle for the defense of children' ...
• 29 April 2014
  AMERICA/HAITI - International organizations committed to solving the new political crisis Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides ) - Yesterday, April 28 a delegation of the "Club of Madrid" met Prime Minister of Haiti Laurent Lamothe, with whom they discussed the need to hold elections this year, surpassing the new po ...
• 29 April 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - FARC thanks Pope Francis for his interest regarding peace talks Havana (Agenzia Fides) - FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) have asked the Catholic Church to continue to follow, thanks to the encouragement expressed by Pope Francis, the peace talks being held in Havana, wi ...
• 28 April 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Seminarian kidnapped and murdered during Holy Week Chihuahua (Agenzia Fides ) - "The ecclesial community of the Archdiocese of Chihuahua, through our Pastor, Mgr. Constancio Miranda Weckmann, announces with deep regret the death of our brother in Christ, Samuel Gustavo G ...
• 28 April 2014
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Transparency in everything, because people must have confidence San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of El Salvador has ruled on the government's initiative to propose a truce among gangs to end the violence and said that any attempt regarding social peace must be b ...
• 28 April 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Children sold for sexual and labor exploitation and for the sale of organs Potosí (Agenzia Fides) - Child trafficking continues to increase silently in the region of Potosí in Bolivia, the poorest in the Country. According to a recent report published by the local press, until 2012, 15 000 ch ...
• 16 April 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Appeal to clarify the murder of an employee of Radio Progreso Yoro (Agenzia Fides) - Another person who works in the popular media has been murdered in Honduras: we are talking about Carlos Hilario Mejia Orellana, head of the marketing and sales of "Radio Progreso", a member of the ...
• 16 April 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - Small producers of pineapple take a step forward in the domestic market, with the support of Caritas Satipo (Agenzia Fides) - With the support of Caritas Peru, the small pineapple producers of Satipo, in the Peruvian jungle, were able to take a step forward in the domestic and international market. We are talking about ...
• 16 April 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The situation of the country does not depend only on a political issue", said Mgr. Parra Sandoval Ciudad Guayana (Agenzia Fides ) - "For me, the situation of the country does not depend only on a political issue, but on other elements that have deep roots in society. Family, for example, is more and more disintegrate ...
• 15 April 2014
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church calls for calm and responsible participation in the voting Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic Church representatives and other sectors of society in Panama are concerned about the tense political climate particularly in this last period of the presidential campaign, and called on ...
• 15 April 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Tension in the area of Veracruz due to the work of the hydroelectric power plant Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Córdoba is still awaiting notification regarding the status of the "El Naranjal" hydroelectric project and several days have gone by since the visit of governor Javier Duarte, wh ...