America

• 10 December 2012
  AMERICA - About 300 000 children recruited for criminal activity in the world New York City (Agenzia Fides) - Enrolling children in the armed forces is considered an international crime as well as a war crime. However, according to the latest report of the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF) ...
• 10 December 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Mgr. Pedro Casaldáliga threatened again because he supports the indigenous Xavante Mato Grosso (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Casaldáliga, Bishop Prelate Emeritus of Sao Felix, was forced to leave the village of Sao Felix do Araguaia, in Brazil, due to the resurgence of threats, which he has ...
• 10 December 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mgr. Quintana calls for dialogue, but emphasizes that air and clean water is a right for all Freirina (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Copiapó, His Exc. Mgr. Gaspar Quintana, visited the Freirina community after the clashes between the population and the security guards of the company Agrosuper, following the pe ...
• 7 December 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Church is concerned for the violence in Freirina Freirina (Agenzia Fides) - From the first hours of Thursday, December 6th incidents of violence in the city of Freirina in the south valley of the diocese Chilean Copiapó were reported. According to the note of the Epis ...
• 7 December 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - Microcredit for Haitian women in difficulty, but creative and tenacious Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Considered the main victims of exclusion as well as the campesinos and children, the women of Haiti have creativity and thanks to their work they support more than 43% of single-parent ...
• 6 December 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "The defense of immigrants is evangelization": the Bishop of Atlanta calls for an integral reform of immigration policy Atlanta (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Atlanta, in the North of Georgia, asked for the umpteenth time an integral reform of immigration. According to information sent to Fides Agency, His Exc. Mgr. Wilton Gregory w ...
• 6 December 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Irregularities in the consultation of the Tipnis have been found Trinidad (Agenzia Fides) - The Inter-institutional Commission formed by members of the Catholic Church, of the Permanent Assembly for Human Rights of Bolivia (APDHB) and the International Federation for Human Rights (FI ...
• 5 December 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Short film to combat child labor Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Child labor is one of the major problems of society. To try to cope with the phenomenon the Foundation Telefónica Colombia continues to be committed to the eradication of this scourge which affe ...
• 5 December 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Nicaragua celebrates 450 years of devotion to Mary El Viejo (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua makes a pilgrimage tomorrow, December 6, at the Basilica of Our Lady of Nicaragua, in the town of El Viejo, in Chinandega, where a Mass will be celebrated ...
• 5 December 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - For 60 years the Commission for Missionary Action has been working for the mission at all levels Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for Missionary Action celebrates 60 years of activity: in coordination with the Episcopal Conference of Brazil (CNBB) it promotes missionary action and evangelization, formation ...
• 4 December 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Permanent Mission and Evangelization of the family: at the beginning of the Year of Faith denunciation of violence against indigenous peoples Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the novena in preparation for the feast of the Virgen de Caacupé, the main Marian devotion in Paraguay which is celebrated on December 8, in the Basilica of Caacupé (about ...
• 4 December 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "We want to be a nation": Bishops’ reflections for Christmas Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "All the inhabitants of our country need to feel supported by a management team that not only think about their own interests, but is concerned first of all, of the common good," says the d ...
• 3 December 2012
  AMERICA/CANADA - "Quality journalism is ethical journalism": contribution of the WACC Toronto (Agenzia Fides) - The World Association for Christian Communication (WACC) and the International Federation of Journalists (FIP), have just released a new tool to promote ethical journalism, providing its correct ...
• 3 December 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Archbishop Ulloa is the new President of SEDAC Panama City (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, Archbishop of Panama, was elected President of the Bishops' Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC) for a term of four years. The Auxiliary Bis ...
• 30 November 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The 500th anniversary of the first diocese: Cardinal Ouellet meets with the President of Panama; Santa Maria La Antigua’s story on the web Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli, received yesterday, 29 November, Cardinal Marc Ouellet, Prefect of the Congregation for Bishops and President of the Pontifical Commission for La ...