America

• 20 January 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops gathered in Plenary Assembly Lima (Agenzia Fides) - With a solemn Mass concelebrated by the Bishops of all the dioceses of Peru, the 103rd Plenary Assembly of the Peruvian Bishops starts today, January 20 until Friday, January 24th at the headquarte ...
• 20 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO – The police officer accused of threatening the clergy has been stopped Mexico (Agenzia Fides) - The Attorney General of the Federal District of Mexico has stopped Juan Carlos "N", a police agent of the municipal of Tultitlán (State of Mexico), accused of extortion to members of the Concili ...
• 20 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Before the image of the Virgin of Candelaria one prays for the return of peace Michoacán (Agenzia Fides) – During the Mass celebrated yesterday, Sunday, January 19, at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Apatzingán for the arrival of the image of the Virgin of Candelaria (that comes from the cha ...
• 20 January 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - 3,800 children and young people killed in the last four years Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - According to the NGO Casa Alianza, which protects minors in Latin America, from January 2010 to December 2013, 3,800 children and young people under 23 years of age were murdered in Honduras ...
• 17 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Appeal for the people of Tierra Caliente, "chastised by the scourge of fratricidal and absurd violence" Michoacán (Agenzia Fides) - "Those who have followed the escalation of violence in Michoacán know perfectly well that the bloody war among criminals, with wounded bodies and horror, was the conclusion of the classic 'n ...
• 17 January 2014
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cooperation projects in a different Cuba Holguin (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the American diocese of Chicago, His Exc. Mgr. John Manz, from Cuba, where he is on a visit to strengthen cooperation, said that "interaction is the best way to improve respect for ...
• 16 January 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Children subject of rights: an obligation for all States Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The website of the "Information System on early childhood" in Latin America (SIPI) has been updated. SIPI is a system oriented to satisfy the rights of early childhood in the continent. The ...
• 16 January 2014
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Rehabilitation center for child soldiers who escaped from the guerrillas Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In the last 15 years there have been thousands of children and child soldiers who have managed to escape the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces (FARC) and the National Liberation Army (ELN). Ma ...
• 16 January 2014
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - In order to reintegrate into society, ex-prisoners form a solidarity group Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - A large group of women, all ex-prisoners, gathered to give life to an organization that proposes social re-integration. The note sent to Fides Agency by the Catholic weekly "Fides" reports ...
• 16 January 2014
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - On-Call service for cases of abuse, mistreatment or child neglect Resistencia (Agenzia Fides) - To protect the rights of boys, girls and adolescents, and to decrease the number of people living on the street, who suffer abuse, neglect, abandonment and child labor, a device to free and ...
• 15 January 2014
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Children: victims of abuse and orphans without any protection Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The number of orphaned children in Venezuela, without any health care, as well as those injured or killed continues to increase. With the exception of some Countries, children in the world conti ...
• 15 January 2014
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Archbishop Gomez looks for support among those who do not agree on the immigration reform Los Angeles (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Los Angeles, His Exc. Mgr. Jose Gomez, known for his efforts in favor of immigrants and support for the immigration reform (see Fides 14/01/2014) met leaders of civil socie ...
• 15 January 2014
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The "Missionary Jubilee Year in the family" begins, on the feast of the Black Christ Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Today, "the Missionary Jubilee Year Family" begins in Nicaragua, which coincides with the celebration of the national patronal feast of Nuestro Señor de Esquipulas. The great feast began yest ...
• 14 January 2014
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Street children victims of drug abuse Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - In Chiapas street children between 7 and 14 years of age, who take drugs inhaling cement or glue, easy to get and cheap, have been identified. The most used drug is marijuana, as well as drugs ...
• 14 January 2014
  AMERICA/PERU - "Without communication, there are no rights" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - A group of Peruvian institutions, concerned about the concentration of media in a single group (El Comercio) after the purchase of products from the EPENSA company, has publicly expressed its conce ...