America

• 7 November 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - A minute of prayer for Panama across the country, dialogue in Colon reopens Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Panama launched a special initiative: it asked everyone, wherever they were (at home, at work, in the car ...) a minute of prayer for the nation, yesterday, 6 November, at ...
• 7 November 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Dialogue between the government and charitable institutions is of vital importance": the proposals of the participants in the forum of the CNBB Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - After two days of work, representatives of civil society organizations also presented yesterday afternoon, November 6, in Brasilia (DF), a few suggestions at the end of the Seminar "State and S ...
• 7 November 2012
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Historical record of poverty: 1,140,000 people and 1 child/adolescent out of 3 San José (Agenzia Fides) – One child or an adolescent out of 3 lives in poverty, and 481,764 children are struggling to meet their basic needs with regards to food, access to health services, home, water and electrici ...
• 6 November 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bolivian Bishops celebrate 50 years of the life of the Episcopal Conference and open the Year of Faith Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "We will evaluate the process of restructuring the Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB) which started three years ago to see whether adjustments are necessary in the process, then there will b ...
• 6 November 2012
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Hurricane Sandy hits Cuba: houses and churches destroyed, lack of food, electricity and telephone line, but nobody talks about it": dramatic testimony from Santiago de Cuba Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) - For several days the media have been documenting the devastating force of Hurricane Sandy in its passage in New York and other U.S. cities. Little or nothing is said instead of the dama ...
• 5 November 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Year of Faith begins in Venezuela with an appeal for an amnesty for political prisoners Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, launched an appeal to the national government to take the necessary measures in favour of political prisoners: "We insisted on this issue ...
• 5 November 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Year of Faith and national reality: 196th Assembly of Bishops Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay gather for their 196th Ordinary Plenary Assembly which starts today, November 5 until Friday, November 9, at the headquarters of the Episcopal Conference in Asuncion. Ac ...
• 5 November 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Malnutrition, poverty and drought for thousands of women, children, indigenous and rural population Antigua (Agenzia Fides) - A medical team will travel to Basque Retalhuleu, 200 km from the capital of Guatemala, on November 15 to carry out more than 150 surgeries over the course of two weeks. For more than 10 years, t ...
• 31 October 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church invites children to recover the value of mast'aku Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the commemoration of the dead, the Catholic Church in Bolivia has invited boys and girls to take part in the traditional mast'aku (ancestral Andean icon tribute to the dead ...
• 31 October 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazil launches the VIII Mutirão of Communication, which one can follow on the web Natal (Agenzia Fides) – With the conference "Communication and citizen participation: means and processes," presented by Father Ermanno Allegri of the Adital Agency, in Fortaleza (CE), the VIII Brazilian Mutirão of co ...
• 31 October 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Close stories to be listened far away": contest to promote radio stations Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The World Association of Community Radio in Latin America and the Caribbean (AMARC ALC), the Latin American Association of Radio Education (ALER) and the Cultural Association Bostezo, have invited ...
• 31 October 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - About 2,300 children and young people missing since 2010 continue to still be absent at the roll-call Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - In Guatemala, at least 2,300 children and adolescents of the 4955 recorded as missing in the last 21 months, are still absent at the roll-call despite multiple reports. This is what emerg ...
• 30 October 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "Stop violence against women" asks Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez at the end of the Mariana March Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of Catholics gathered on Sunday, October 28, at the "Centro de los Heroes" for the opening of the Year of Faith. Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Do ...
• 30 October 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 31 000 children under 15 years of age are killed every year Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - There is still abuse against children and violence increases towards the weakest. In Mexico, the phenomenon of physical abuse against boys and girls, along with other forms of cruel and degr ...
• 29 October 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - Pope's appeal for the hurricane: 51 deaths in Haiti and devastation in the Caribbean Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haiti is slowly starting to find some 'normality after the devastation caused by hurricane "Sandy", which according to the latest official report has killed at least 51 people and 15 are ...