America

• 21 October 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA – Schoolbags and free educational materials for 30,000 children in the Country Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - 30,000 children across the Country received free schoolbags and educational materials through an education program sponsored by the Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA Centro de Arte La Estancia. ...
• 21 October 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA – Devious persecution against the Church: the complaint of the Bishop of Esteli Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "I have already denounced not only the fact of having the phone under control, but also a devious persecution that is being carried out. One cannot talk openly and honestly without being subject ...
• 21 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Even 140 young conscripts engaged in the campaign "Mexico without hunger" Nuevo Laredo (Agenzia Fides) - 140 young conscripts of the Mexican military service (SMM) are participating in the annual campaign "A Mexico without hunger", organized by the local Caritas. The start of the campaign was ...
• 19 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO – More violence in Baja California: an officer killed in front of the Bishop's house Mexicali (Agenzia Fides) - Violence in Baja California Norte (Mexico) does not stop: last night Antonio Ruiz Vargas, a security officer was killed. The note sent to Fides Agency reports that the officer was found dead in ...
• 19 October 2013
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Children, adolescents and mothers: main victims of dengue Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - According to the latest data from the Ministry of Health of Paraguay, the main victims of dengue hemorrhagic fever are currently children, adolescents and mothers. To cope with this emergency, ...
• 19 October 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Orionines at the Assembly in Aparecida, 100 years after the arrival of the first missionaries in Brazil Aparecida ( Agenzia Fides) - The General Assembly of the Sons of Divine Providence of the Don Orione has started in Aparecida del Norte, the city of the great Marian shrine between Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. There are ...
• 17 October 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary Children: Third Congress with more than 2000 children in the area of Potosi Potosi (Agenzia Fides) - The Third Diocesan Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence will be held from 16 to 20 October in the city of Potosi with the slogan "As a missionary child I receive and share my faith". ...
• 17 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 870 million people worldwide suffer from chronic malnutrition Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - Only joint and shared iniatives can find a solution to the increasing scourge of hunger, malnutrition and poverty. This is what was declared, on the occasion of World Food Day which has just been ...
• 16 October 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church ready to mediate between the government and doctors on strike Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, publicly thanked the Archbishop of Panama, His Exc. Mgr. José Domingo Ulloa, because the Catholic Church has agreed to participate as a mediator ...
• 16 October 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A city isolated by the miners, Mgr. René Sándigo at work to appease the conflict Juigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - For two days the miners in the mining area of "Cafetal" completely closed the road leading to the town of Santo Domingo, Chontales (about 120 km east of Managua, capital of Nicaragua) to protes ...
• 16 October 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Every day 1,400 children under 5 years of age die due to a lack of drinking water New York City (Agenzia Fides) - Because of diarrheal diseases, caused by the lack of drinking water and health services, 1,400 children under 5 years of age die every day. They are every year more than 600,000 out of a t ...
• 15 October 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - "I am not afraid of prisoners, but of those who are out on the loose and should be inside": the Bishop of Chimbote against violence Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Chimbote, in Peru, His Exc. Mgr. Angel Francisco Simon Piorno, said one must not to be afraid of prisoners, but of those who are out and should be behind bars. Mgr. ...
• 15 October 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Weapons are not the tool to claim rights" warns Mgr. Herrera after the violence in rural areas Jinotega ( Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal for peace and dialogue came from the Bishop of the Diocese of Jinotega after the violence which took place in recent days between members of the Army of Nicaragua and unknown a ...
• 15 October 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Also the indigenous children Kukama took part in the "TINKUY 2013" Nauta (Agenzia Fides) - Four days to share knowledge and experiences of life of their communities with other children of different villages and cultures. During TINKUY 2013, which was recently held in Lima, several child ...
• 15 October 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - A 12-meter missionary cross to conclude the "Youth Mission" Auco (Agenzia Fides) - A 12-meter high cross will be placed in front of the Shrine of St. Teresa of the Andes, in the city of Auco (Chile), about 70 kilometers north of Santiago, and will be composed of many "small cross ...