America

• 17 April 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops to the government: "More consultations on reforms, or democracy weakens " Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Argentina ask the government for more time, more consultations, a more in-depth analysis and debate on draft laws crucial to the institutions in the country: is what was said ...
• 16 April 2013
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "The amount of drug that passes throughout our Country is alarming," denounces Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, called the huge amount of drugs seized recently in the country a "very serious" fact, because in his opinion it mean ...
• 16 April 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The action of young people in storms was a "silent revolution," says a Bishop La Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The auxiliary bishops of La Plata, Mgr. Nicolas Baisi and Mgr. Alberto Bochatey, claimed that many young volunteers acted "heroically" during the storm that hit the capital Buenos Aires the fir ...
• 15 April 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Domestic violence for almost 83% of children in the country La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Almost 83% of Bolivian children suffer domestic violence, more than one million work on the streets in conditions of serious risk and, according to the state agency Defensoría del Pueblo, at lea ...
• 15 April 2013
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Family, public education and well-paid job," the concern of the Church Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "We are concerned about the present and the future of our country," say the Bishops of Chile in a statement published at the end of their 105th Plenary Assembly held last week. "We invite all ...
• 15 April 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Nicolas Maduro new Venezuelan President Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Nicolas Maduro, the candidate of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) won the elections on Sunday, April 14th with 50.66% of votes. His mandate as President of Venezuela will end in 20 ...
• 13 April 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Diocese threatened by armed group Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released by the Diocese of Tumaco (Colombia) says that the Commission for the Social Pastoral of the Diocese was declared "objective and permanent military enemy" by a movement tha ...
• 11 April 2013
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "A missionary Church always communicates the truth": 95th Assembly of Bishops Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The welfare state in the nation, the permanent mission, social media: are, among other themes, at the centre of the 95th Ordinary Meeting of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia, which opened ...
• 11 April 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A casino in front of the Church: the Bishop opposes Cancún (Agenzia Fides) - A casino, which encourages young people to gambling and attracts criminal organizations, was opened in front of a church: as reported to Fides, to block it from functioning and to ask for it to ...
• 10 April 2013
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - OAS and government together in the peace process, the truce between the gangs is a first step Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Government of El Salvador signed a cooperation agreement and the creation of a mission of security assistance to support the process of socia ...
• 10 April 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Immigrants, Youth and reconstruction of Haiti, the aid priorities of the U.S. bishops Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Subcommittee for the Church in Latin America of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has allocated $ 3.1 million to fund about 100 pastoral projects in 19 countries in ...
• 9 April 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - American Meeting on human trafficking, the largest slavery in this century Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The fifth conference of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations of Latin America and the Caribbean (WUCWO) dedicated to the topic of human trafficking is being held in Mexico City. ...
• 9 April 2013
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "A provocation to divide the community," the Archbishop denounces the protests of Evangelicals Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Guayaquil, His Exc. Mgr. Antonio Arregui, described the protests held last Friday by a group of evangelicals as "provocative actions", they expressed their opposition to th ...
• 8 April 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Challenges of the Church in Mexico," the 95th Assembly of Bishops begins Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The 95th Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Mexico begins today, Monday, April 8 under the theme "The challenges of the Church in Mexico in these next 3 years." In a statement ...
• 8 April 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church calls for respect in political dialogue Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - After several days of declarations and tensions, the Catholic Church intervened to mediate in the conflict between the former Presidents (Pastrana and Uribe), with the current government, and inv ...