America

• 4 February 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Plenary Assembly of Bishops on the importance of pastoral action Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – During the opening of the XCVI Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of Colombia, which began yesterday, February 3 in Bogota, the President of the Episcopal Conference, Cardinal Rubén Salazar Góme ...
• 4 February 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church's contribution to dialogues of peace: respect the rights of the population Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Ruben Salazar, President of the Episcopal Conference, after the opening of the Plenary Assembly of Bishops yesterday in Bogota, talking to media operators, said that the Catholic Church ...
• 4 February 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Cardinal Filoni to Brazilian Bishops: The II Vatican Council and the missionary dimension of the Church Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - The annual course of study for Brazilian Bishops (see Fides 03/02/2014) opened yesterday afternoon, February 3, in Rio de Janeiro. This morning, the first conference was held by the Prefe ...
• 3 February 2014
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 50 years since the II Vatican Council: missionary commitment, consecrated life, episcopal ministry of Bishops Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - In July 1990, with the presence of the then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the first course for Brazilian Bishops took place at the Study and Formation Center of Sumaré, in Rio de Janeiro, o ...
• 3 February 2014
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Everyone must commit themselves for peace and social justice Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Guatemala (CEG) has urged the three branches of government, entrepreneurs, landowners, workers and the entire civil society in general to work for peace and so ...
• 31 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "The world of children is not limited to technology, they relate with God" Toluca ( Agenzia Fides ) - "We are very happy, especially with regards to formation: our hopes are big, because I believe that a living Church is well aware of her being and of her work, and even more so when it comes to ...
• 31 January 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - According to the report of an NGO, more than 500 deaths in prisons in 2013 Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The NGO Observatorio Venezolano de Prisiones (OVP) presented its annual report which states that the number of prisoners who died in prison in this country in 2013 was 506, "it is a high number" ...
• 31 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The commitment of the authorities to work together with the Church Toluca ( Agenzia Fides) – The XVI National Congress of Missionary Childhood (see Fides 30/01/2014) opened yesterday in Toluca, Mexico, in the presence of the Bishop of Toluca, His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Javier Chavolla Ra ...
• 30 January 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Church and government: together for life and for peace Margarita (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Margarita (Venezuela), Mgr. Jorge Anibal Quintero Chacón, told the local press that the Church expects to be called to establish a joint project with authorities ...
• 30 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 25 thousand children - missionary disciples at the feast of the Holy Childhood Toluca (Agenzia Fides) - Today the great missionary feast begins: the XVI National Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (CONIAM), which will be held in the Diocese of Toluca (Mexico). The event, which takes ...
• 29 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Social networks, a reality in the Church Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - More than 200 priests, seminarians, religious and lay people gathered at the Palafox Seminary, where the fifth Diocesan Synod of the Archdiocese of Puebla took place and has just ended. It was an ...
• 29 January 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - President Obama: "it is urgent to reform the immigration system" Washington (Agenzia Fides - President Obama declared independence from Congress on Tuesday as he vowed to tackle economic disparity with a series of limited initiatives on jobs, wages and retirement that he will enact w ...
• 28 January 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - Dispute between Peru and Chile: an example of how to resolve differences in a peaceful manner Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Peru and Chile are an example to the world of how to resolve their differences in a peaceful manner, resorting to the International Court of Justice in The Hague to resolve the dispute over maritim ...
• 28 January 2014
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - National Emergency: 6000 homeless families due to rains and floods Beni (Agenzia Fides ) - On January 27, the government approved a decree declaring "national emergency" over the entire national territory, because of the floods and disasters caused by intense natural phenomena that occ ...
• 27 January 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appeal after the murder of two people in a Church: "They want to kill hope" Cali (Agenzia Fides) - A heartfelt appeal to the State and to armed groups regarding the violence and desecration of the church of St. Cecilia, in Cali, where two people were killed, was launched by the Archbishop of Cal ...