America

• 14 October 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR – Legalization of abortion, the President threatens to resign: the Church praises him Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Antonio Arregui, Archbishop of Guayaquil and President of the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference (CEE), has defined the position of the country's president, Rafael Correa, as "com ...
• 14 October 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - Peruvian Migrants' Day, October - month of the Lord of Miracles Lima ( Agenzia Fides) - In the Year of Faith and on the occasion of the "Mes Morado" (Purple Month because people carry this color as a sign of penance), the month dedicated to the Lord of Miracles, the "Peruvian migrant ...
• 14 October 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "Education cannot wait": due to conflicts about 29 million children lack education New York City (Agenzia Fides) - "Education cannot wait", has just concluded, an event organized for the second consecutive year during the General Assembly of the United Nations. According to figures released by the orga ...
• 11 October 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Confidence in the future of the country, the Bishops call for a free and responsible election San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) – Just over a month since the presidential election, the Episcopal Conference of Honduras has asked the Honduran people to go to the polls "without pressure or threats, without selling th ...
• 11 October 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Children in Christ, firm in Faith", 20,000 letters to the Pope for the National Day of Missionary Childhood Juticalpa (Agenzia Fides) - On October 20, the National Day of Missionary Childhood will conclude. Among the initiatives of the Diocese of Juticalpa, the department of Olancho, the largest in Honduras, the authorities h ...
• 11 October 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Water should not be anyone's privilege": the first congress for water in Chile Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - More than a hundred people gathered yesterday, 10 October, to attend the opening of the "First Cabildo for Water", a meeting organized by the Coalition for the Defence of Water and Life. The ev ...
• 10 October 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA – Doctors on strike stop the country, the mediation of the Church is requested Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Democratic Revolutionary Party (DRP) has called for the intervention of the Catholic Church in Panama to mediate in the conflict between the government and doctors who have been on strike for ...
• 10 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priests "expelled" by the guerrillas, the complaint of the Bishop Puerto Guzmán (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Mocoa - Sibundoy (Colombia), His Exc. Mgr. Luis Alberto Parra Mora, complained to a local radio station that the guerrillas have expelled some of his priests ...
• 10 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A Foundation in favor of children victims of sexual abuse Cali (Agenzia Fides) – In Pasadena there is an institute where children can live "a new life". We are talking about the Asociación Hogar Niños por un Nuevo Planeta, created to protect the most vulnerable children in ...
• 9 October 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - "All missionaries and for the whole world": the contribution of Chile to the missions Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "During this month, also known as Missionary October or Missionary Month, it is of great importance in all our communities to present the missionary work and of charity among all the Churches": ...
• 9 October 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - The prisoners march for peace in Chimbote, the Bishop is present Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - For the Bishop of the Diocese of Chimbote, His Exc. Mgr. Angel Francisco Simon Piorno, the march for peace and against the wave of killings that is bloodying the city of Chimbote, organized by ...
• 8 October 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A New Hope for street children Pereira (Agenzia Fides) - In recent years the abuse of child labor in Pereira, the Colombian city 250 kilometers west of Bogotá, has greatly diminished thanks to some programs aimed at restoring the human rights of ever ...
• 8 October 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Mexicali without hunger": campaign to assist 1,500 families Mexicali (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. José Isidro Guerrero Macias, Bishop of the Diocese of Mexicali (Baja California, Mexico), invited the community to join the campaign "Mexicali without hunger". The initiative, ...
• 8 October 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Alarming figures on children who are exploited and sexually abused Managua (Agenzia Fides) - In the last 5 years the rate of minors who are exploited work-wise has increased between 25 and 30% per year. Currently there are 238,000 child workers in Nicaragua. This is what emerges from th ...
• 7 October 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Church involved in the literacy campaign in the country Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Dominican Republic, Danilo Medina and his wife Candida Montilla de Medina, were witnesses to the signing of the agreement - commitment of the Dominican Episcopal Confe ...