America

• 7 November 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Exclusion and discrimination, but also struggle and resistance for indigenous women around the world Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty, ignorance, indifference, are words often associated to indigenous groups around the world, the most affected by discrimination for opportunities, income and access to basic services. The p ...
• 6 November 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO – Historic event: a Bishop at the Congress of Coahuila opens a dialogue for the rights of migrants Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - "Abroad we have become a country that stands out because here we kill migrants" denounced the Bishop of the Diocese of Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. José Raúl Vera López, O.P., ...
• 6 November 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - During their 96th meeting, the Bolivian Bishops will close the Year of Faith Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Bolivia (CEB) will meet in Cochabamba from Thursday 7 to Tuesday, November 12 for its XCVI (96th) Assembly. The Archbishop of Cochabamba, His Exc. Mgr. Tito Solari ...
• 5 November 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "We want peace!": The Bishop of Apatzingan leads a march with thousands of faithful Apatzingán (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Mexican diocese of Apatzingá, His Exc. Mgr. Miguel Patiño Velazquez has not been placed under close surveillance by the police and by federal forces because he is target ...
• 5 November 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Children do not want to speak indigenous languages for fear of discrimination Xalapa (Agenzia Fides) - Every year the number of children or young indigenous people who continue to speak their native language decreases due to the fear of being marginalized. According to a research carried out by th ...
• 4 November 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A net divides the two countries, many families and even the altar for the Mass for Migrants Ciudad Juarez (Agenzia Fides) - Some people were able to meet after months and even after years: the occasion was a Mass for Migrants, which is celebrated annually on the first Saturday of November at the "Rancho Anapra" ...
• 4 November 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC- Nearly two children die every day in the hospital in Santiago Santiago de los Caballeros (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent report, released by the Ministry of Public Administration (MAP) of the Dominican Republic, about 50 children, almost two a day, die every month in the pe ...
• 4 November 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – The young, family pastoral, missionary commitment and social needs of the country: the plenary assembly of bishops Pilar (Agenzia Fides) - As of today, Monday, November 4, until Saturday 9, the 106th Plenary Assembly of the Argentine Episcopal Conference (CEA), will be held at the retreat house El cenáculo-La Montonera in the town o ...
• 31 October 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Priest killed in broad daylight in front of the Bishop's house Colon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Colon (Panama) is appalled by the death of the priest Anibal Gomez (67 years old), of Spanish origin, whose body was found around 1pm (local time) yesterday, 30 October, ...
• 31 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - No to Halloween, "we must enhance our traditions", says the Bishop of Aguascalientes Aguascalientes (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the feast of All Saints and All Souls' Day, November 1 and 2, the Bishop of Aguascalientes, His Exc. Mgr. José María de la Torre Martin, called on the faithful and th ...
• 30 October 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Galapagos and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father, on 29 October 2013, accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Galapagos (Ecuador), by His Esc. Mgr. Manuel Antonio Valarezo Luzuriaga, O ...
• 30 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "To intervene effectively to stop the violence in Michoacán": the Bishops’ request Apatzingán (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico have asked the federal, state and municipal authorities to carry out an urgent, rapid and effective action against abductions, kidnappings, murders and bribes that affe ...
• 30 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Social Inclusion, always together with building social peace Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "One cannot think about peace without overcoming the trauma left by the conflict", said the Director of the National Secretariat of Social Pastoral (SNPS/Caritas Colombia), Msr. Hector Fabio Hen ...
• 29 October 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Every day from 8 to 20 children are admitted to hospital for dengue Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - 29 children have died due to dengue since the beginning of the year at the Robert Reid Cabral Children's Hospital in Santo Domingo, 1561 cases have been registered, and 23 patients are cur ...
• 29 October 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Closing of the Year of Faith, praying for peace, but churches are empty because of fear Jinotega (Agenzia Fides) - "Sincere dialogue between the government and re-armed groups must take precedence over weapons, because war does not leave anything good", said His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Enrique Herrera Gutiérrez, ...