America

• 20 March 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Poverty in the country is three times higher than that of Chile and Uruguay Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - According to a report released by the research center Idesa Argentina, in Peru, poverty has been reduced from 49% to 28% of the population, in Chile from 21% to 11%, in Uruguay from 9 % to 8%. I ...
• 20 March 2013
  AMERICA/CUBA - Good Friday: granted non-working day Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - For the second consecutive year, a government decree gives Cubans a festive day in Holy Week after decades due to tensions with the Catholic Church, the Havana government had canceled religious ...
• 18 March 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A Day dedicated to Girls and Indigenous Children Maracaibo (Agenzia Fides) - Today, March 18, Girls and Indigenous Children Day of Venezuela is celebrated. This annual event is dedicated to the 41 indigenous communities in the Latin American country as a sign of recogn ...
• 18 March 2013
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Why are we not able to live in peace?" Asks the Archbishop of Medellin Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of a violent weekend in which 31 people were killed, the Archbishop of Medellin, His Exc. Mgr. Ricardo Antonio Tobon Restrepo, expressed his concern regarding the violence that plagu ...
• 18 March 2013
  AMERICA - From CELAM to Pope Francis: "Let us always remember the call to mission. Bishop and people" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We lived through the experience of his choice in an atmosphere of episcopal collegiality. This fact filled us with a deep joy for what it represents for the universal Church, and especially for ...
• 15 March 2013
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Pastoral Care of Migrants also involves the parishes Comayagua (Agenzia Fides) - There are 10 parishes involved in the Pastoral Care of Migrants (PMH in Spanish) in the Diocese of Comayagua. Sister Lidia Mara Silva de Souza, national coordinator of the PMH, attended the el ...
• 15 March 2013
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Nearly 800,000 people have been killed by gunfire in the last 30 years Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Center for Latin American Studies (CeBeLa) and the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO), presented a study on deaths caused by firearms in the last decades in Brazil ...
• 14 March 2013
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The joy and the prayer of Pope Francis’ compatriots Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santa Fe de la Vera Cruz and President of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina (CEA), His Exc. Mgr. José Maria Arancedo sent a note to the newly elected Pope Francis, in ...
• 13 March 2013
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 4000 weapons collected in the Campaign "voluntary disarmament" Cuajimalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly 4,000 weapons have been recovered since 24 December within the campaign "For your family, voluntary disarmament" which provides for the exchange of weapons in exchange for money or foo ...
• 11 March 2013
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Support of the African American community to the Caravan of Hope Chicago (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican priest Fr. Alejandro Solalinde received on March 10, the Rainbow Push Coalition support from Reverend Jesse Jackson at the "Caravan of Hope" which will tour the U.S. this spring to u ...
• 11 March 2013
  AMERICA/CANADA - "New evangelization in the mission Ad Gentes", final preparations for the CAM 4 COMLA 9 Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - From March 11 to 15, the Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in America and the Caribbean will meet in Montreal, Canada, in the "Village of St. Martin," a spiritual retreat hous ...
• 9 March 2013
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa in Rome at the Mass for Chavez: "Look ahead and seek peace" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, yesterday celebrated a memorial Mass in Rome for the president of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, who died on March 5. During his homily the Cardinal ...
• 9 March 2013
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The "Electoral Ethics Pact" promoted by the Church signed by the parties, not by the government Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The "Electoral Ethics Pact", promoted ahead of the 2014 elections by the Catholic Church in Panama City, was signed by all political parties in the country, except for the one currently in power, ...
• 8 March 2013
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - No to the exploitation of gold in Matagalpa, the clergy’s statement Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of Matagalpa with its Bishop His Exc. Mgr. Rolando Alvarez Lagos, is opposed to the proposed opening of gold mines in the area. The position was clarified in a statement presented ...
• 8 March 2013
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The truce between the gangs is a positive iniative, but more needs to be done San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The "truce" between the gangs in El Salvador is defined as "positive", because it has saved the lives of about 2,000 people. This was reported by the Security Minister David Munguia Payes a ...