America

• 20 September 2013
  AMERICA/PERU - "For a society without human trafficking": a social evil that cannot leave us indifferent Lima ( Agenzia Fides) - As part of the program Solidarity Campaign "Compartir" ("To Share"), 2013, a march on the occasion of the International Day against Human Trafficking will be held in Lima on Monday, September 23. ...
• 19 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mobilization of all religious realities in aid of the homeless Guerrero (Agenzia Fides) - There are about 400 temporary shelters for the homeless following floods and landslides due to heavy rains that hit Mexico, that have been set up in the states of Guerrero, Oaxaca, Hidalgo, Chi ...
• 18 September 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cases of child workers and indigenous people exploited in inhumane conditions have been denounced Ballivián (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Labour in the city of Salta, in the northwest of Argentina, have reported cases of child labor and aborigines without documentation, engaged in a factory in Ballivián General ...
• 18 September 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - Ecumenical Te Deum for the 203 years of independence of Chile Santiago ( Agenzia Fides ) - Chile today celebrates 203 years of independence. The Chilean Episcopal Conference has launched a special website for this important anniversary, which will broadcast Ecumenical Te Deum via ...
• 18 September 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE – To love ones homeland inside prisons: Mgr. Chomali celebrates with inmates Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - "I know it is not easy to be here when you know we celebrate the Feast of the country outside. However, despite being in this situation, no one can force you to stop loving your homeland": a ...
• 17 September 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Church inherits the grand Luna Park theater, National Monument of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The grand "Luna Park" theater in Buenos Aires, able to accommodate up to 10 thousand seated spectators, where memorable pages have been written in the history of politics, culture and sport ...
• 17 September 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The deaths of poor children are 5 times higher in Latin America than in the rest of the world Panama (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the decline in the maternal mortality rate, there continues to be serious inequalities regarding access to health services for women and children because of poverty in Latin America. ...
• 17 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - School lessons for 7 hours a day next to a landfill and among stray dogs Pachuca (Agenzia Fides) - The pupils of the Ignacio Zaragoza elementary school, which is situated in the El Huixmi community, in Pachuca, a city in south-central Mexico, capital of the state of Hidalgo, are forced to liv ...
• 17 September 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Forming a conscious citizen of the right to peace": month for peace in Sincelejo Sincelejo (Agenzia Fides ) - "If you want peace in Colombia, one must form a conscious citizen to have the right to peace. But it is also necessary that people have the right to protest, without violence, and also has th ...
• 16 September 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Argentinian priest beatified "who smelt of his sheep, a poor person among the poor" Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Catholics attended the beatification of the Argentinian priest, José Brochero on Saturday, September 14, who died of leprosy in 1914. The celebration of the Mass was presided by Ca ...
• 16 September 2013
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Hope does not disappoint", Cuban Bishops' letter asking for political reforms Havana (Agenzia Fides ) - "The hopes of a better future also include new political order", says the Cuban Catholic Bishops' pastoral letter entitled "Hope does not disappoint" ("La esperanza not defraud"), which calls th ...
• 16 September 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Commitment of the parish of Imantag for vulnerable people Santa Ana de Cotacachi (Agenzia Fides) - The representatives of the parish government of Imantag in the city of Santa Ana de Cotacachi, largest canton of the Province of Imbabura, and of the Ministry for Economic and Soc ...
• 12 September 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana: 60 Years lived with a missionary spirit San Juan (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc Mgr. José Dolores Grullon Estrella, Bishop of the Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana, announced the 60th celebrations for the anniversary of the founding of the diocese, created on Se ...
• 12 September 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Family beyond borders": the Bishops announce a document on emigrants El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the border dioceses of Mexico, Texas and New Mexico, have published a message addressed to Catholics and all people of good will, at the end of the second year's meeting, held on ...
• 11 September 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Peace is not born in Cuba, but in Colombians", Mgr. Lozano during the Week of Peace Ocaña ( Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is not born in Cuba, but in the heart of the Colombians", with these words, the bishop of the diocese of Ocaña, Mgr. Jorge Enrique Lozano Zafra, launched the celebration of the Week for ...