America

• 19 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Cordial meeting between the Bishops and President Kirchner Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting between the Executive Committee of the local Episcopal Conference and the President of Argentina Cristina Fernández de Kirchner took place in an atmosphere of harmony and since ...
• 18 December 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Let us welcome social justice, truth and peace": the invitation of Archbishop Chávez Botello Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - One of the Christmas traditions in Mexico which has an important role is constituted by the so-called "posadas", which in the days of the Christmas novena, from December 16 to 24, brings to life ...
• 18 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Priest threatened with death returns to the capital to continue to fight against drugs Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The priest José María "Pepe" Di Paola, who long ago left the neighborhood Barracas of the Argentine capital, because threatened by drug traffickers, will return to Buenos Aires to continu ...
• 17 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A delegation of Bishops meets the President to express the Church’s concern and for the Christmas wishes Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - A delegation of Bishops from Argentina, led by His Exc. Mgr. José María Arancedo, President of the Episcopal Conference, will visit the President of the Republic, Cristina Fernandez, a fe ...
• 17 December 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The phenomenon of child labor spreads: in the streets, factories, fields Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of child labor continues to spread through the streets of Quito despite the will to eradicate it in the country. In the capital of Ecuador one see youngsellers of all kinds of merch ...
• 17 December 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Family and the Year of Faith at the centre of the 40th mission in Argentina Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – Conclusion of the 12-day pastoral mission of 33 missionaries of the Church of Paraguay addressed to their countrymen who emigrated to the Argentine territory. Led by His Exc. Mgr. Claudio Sil ...
• 15 December 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Church: "Vote the people closest to the problems of the population" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The upcoming elections are "really important because we are going to elect the people who are closest to the problems of the population and have in their hands the solution to these problems." T ...
• 15 December 2012
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "The attack on life harms development and peace," says the Apostolic Nuncio San José (Agenzia Fides) - "Every attack on life, especially in the beginning, inevitably causes irreparable damage to development, peace and the environment. False rights or freedoms, based on a narrow vision of the hu ...
• 14 December 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New support to Mgr. Casaldáliga from the Chamber of Deputies Mato Grosso (Agenzia Fides) - The Human Rights Commission of the Chamber of Deputies of Brazil filed a motion of support for the Spanish Bishop Mgr. Pedro Casaldáliga, who last week had to leave the village of Sao Felix ...
• 13 December 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - 300 000 Nicaraguan children work instead of going to school Managua (Agenzia Fides) - In Nicaragua, the reduction of the rate of child labor is still very high. The report of the Nicaraguan Foundation for Economic and Social Development (Funides) shows that in the country 42.8% o ...
• 13 December 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - 50 days after the hurricane, thousands of people are still homeless and without services Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Uruguay has received an appeal from the Bishop Emeritus of Melo (Uruguay), His Exc. Mgr. Luis del Castillo, who has been living as a missionary in Santiago ...
• 12 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Delays in learning and growth for adolescent workers Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Child labor in Argentina continues to be a very serious problem. Among the disadvantages caused by the phenomenon what emerges is the narrow margin of time available that these children hav ...
• 12 December 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Catholic Church mediates between firemen and government authorities Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - Dialogue between the representatives of the General Directorate of the Fire Brigade and the authorities of the Government of Panama is still in progress, in order to examine a list of 13 req ...
• 11 December 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - The end of the world on December 21? Then give away your possessions to the Church Punta Arenas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Punta Arenas (Chile), His Exc. Mgr. Bernardo Bastres Florence, S.D.B., faced with the concerns of those who say that next December 21 could be the end of the wo ...
• 11 December 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence in the region of Coahuila increases, the Bishop invokes for a pact to end it and calls for the application of justice Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Saltillo, Mgr. José Raul Vera Lopez, has called for a pact to end the violence of organized crime in Coahuila and throughout Mexico, he also asked President Enriqu ...