America

• 8 May 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Banda Calle 18 is willing to sign a peace pact, waiting for the government's response San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - They have been days, months, maybe years of silent work, constant dialogue, prayer and reflection, but without losing hope. Now that expectation and that work begin to bear fruit: one see ...
• 7 May 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Stop weapons," says the Church in the Country with the highest murder rate in the world San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "There are crazy people who want to impose chaos in the Country and do not respect the laws," denounced Mgr. Romulo Emiliani, Auxiliary Bishop of San Pedro Sula (Honduras), commenting on ...
• 7 May 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Minor workers engaged in heavy activity and at risk Salta (Agenzia Fides) - The Federal Administration of Public Revenue (AFIP) has discovered a traffic of child laborers in an agricultural property in Salta, at the foot of the Andes, where 97% of these were not recorded. ...
• 7 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A sad record to abolish: 5 million internally displaced persons Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In Colombia there are 4.9000000 to 5.5000000 displaced according to the report prepared by the Church through the National Secretariat of Social Pastoral, on the basis of data collected by the Se ...
• 7 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Another priest killed Barranquilla (Agenzia Fides) - Another priest has been killed in Colombia. Father José Antonio Bayona Valle, 48 years old, a diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Barranquilla (Colombia) was killed last night with 18 s ...
• 6 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Persecution against migrants increases, Mgr. Arizmendi’s complaint San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - "In these last days the persecution of migrants has intensified by organized crime in the area of Palenque" denounces His Exc. Mgr. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, Bishop of San C ...
• 6 May 2013
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Clashes on mining. "One must avoid violence and protect the rights of communities," says a Bishop Jalapa (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to maintain calm and unity before the latest violence was addressed to the people by Mgr. Julio Cabrera Ovalle, Bishop of Jalapa (Guatemala). Mgr. Cabrera also recalls that the authorit ...
• 3 May 2013
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - 70,000 confirmed cases of dengue Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - Paraguay is experiencing the worst dengue epidemic ever recorded in the country. According to the data released by the Directorate of Health Supervision, of the more than 100,000 reported, 70 ...
• 3 May 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Also in Honduras the aim is to reach a truce between gangs following the example of El Salvador San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "We are in a process of recovery of the respect for life, we are listening to both gangs, but the government has not yet given an answer," said Mgr. Romulo Emiliani Sánchez, C.M.F Auxili ...
• 3 May 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Urgent mediation of the church, the country still in violence for political clashes Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Venezuela (CEV) has expressed its readiness to facilitate dialogue between the government and the opposition to overcome the moment of political polarization in the co ...
• 2 May 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Poverty is treated with a supportive economy Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) -"The cause of poverty is not the lack of resources, but the unequal distribution of wealth in the world," said Mgr. Siegfried Noriega Barceló, Bishop of Zacatecas, in Mexico, recalling Pope Fr ...
• 2 May 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Every hour 2 children suffer abuse in Bogota Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Every day in the Colombian capital an average of 45 boys, girls and adolescents are victims of mistreatment and are sent to the Instituto Colombiano de Bienestar Familiar (ICBF), dedicated to the ...
• 30 April 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - Family, education, entrepreneurship: Pastoral Letter to the Chilean politicians in view of the presidential elections Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin American countries are all busy with reforms concerning the civil and social rights for its population. Chile is in the middle of a primary campaign in view of the presidential ele ...
• 30 April 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Four priests lose their lives in a tragic accident Aguascalientes (Agenzia Fides) - "The roads of the region are in poor condition, and this has resulted in a series of fatal accidents, as in the case of the four priests who died last Friday," is what the Bishop of the D ...
• 29 April 2013
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Indifference of the government before violence, the bishops raise their voices recalling the open wounds Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - In a message sent to Fides Agency, the Bishops of Guatemala wanted to celebrate the 15 years of the murder of Mgr. Juan Gerardi (April 26) with an invitation to reflect on his testimony w ...