America

• 29 October 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The UN Human Rights Council calls on Guatemala to protect journalists Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - Seven States represented in the Human Rights Council of the United Nations (UN), including the representative of the Holy See, expressed their concern about the situation of vulnerability in whic ...
• 27 October 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Violent protest concerning the "Law 72": the Catholic church the only intermediary between the parties Colon (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Panama expressed "concern" due to the ongoing violence between citizens and police, but also "confidence in the attitude of the government": is what is said in a note sent t ...
• 27 October 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Young Catholics want to commit themselves in the social field Ypacaraí (Agenzia Fides) - The building of the civilization of love is realized and manifested concretely in the love towards God, he Church and the poor. This is the summary of the XVII Latin American Meeting of Nation ...
• 26 October 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Ecuador in celebration for the beatification of the Missionary Sister, Mary Troncatti Macas (Agenzia Fides) - On November 24, the city of Macas, capital of the province of Morona Santiago, will host a historic event: Cardinal Angelo Amato, SDB, Prefect of the Congregation for the Saints, by mandate of Pop ...
• 26 October 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - A program for the protection of street children has begun in the Andes Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The "Programa de Niños y Niñas en situación Calle de Los Andes" organized by the Peace and Justice Service (SERPAJ-Chile) began in September, an association based on a culture of peace and h ...
• 26 October 2012
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Every year violence causes the death of 80 000 children in Latin America San José (Agenzia Fides) - An "epidemic" at a social level continues to rage in Latin American countries: it is violence against children which every year causes the death of approximately 80 000 children. Preventive me ...
• 25 October 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - "It is not with repression that problems are solved": the call of Bishop Ramazzini Totonicapán (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri, Bishop of the Diocese of Huehuetenango, publicly called for the government to meet the needs of the population of Totonicapán through dialogue and n ...
• 25 October 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - New website guides the faithful Peruvians in the Year of Faith Lima (Agenzia Fides) - To celebrate the start of the Year of Faith, the Peruvian Episcopal Conference offers the faithful a website dedicated entirely to the Year of Faith. This new virtual space has a range of informati ...
• 24 October 2012
  AMERICA - 600 million children are victims of violence, forced to marry to survive Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Of the 600 million adolescent girls living in developing countries, many continue to be invisible to the structures and national programs. Millions of them live in poverty, victims of gender disc ...
• 24 October 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - "We repeat that only dialogue can resolve the conflict" Mgr.Ulloa calls for calm Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Panama, His Exc. Mgr. José Domingo Ulloa Mendieta, who is participating in the General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, sent a message to the people of Panama, fo ...
• 24 October 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - "The State has an obligation to manage the resources of all for the good of all": statement from the Diocese of Colon Colon (Agenzia Fides) - As the Archbishop of Panama, Mgr. Ulloa, from Rome, calls for dialogue to solve the problems in the city of Colon, the statement of the Diocese of Colón-Kuna Yala is relaunched, in which the Bish ...
• 23 October 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The efforts of the Jesuit missionary Antonio Ruiz de Montoya for the Guarani Indians were recalled Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The "Real Academia de la Lengua" (RAE) recently paid a tribute to the Peruvian Jesuit Antonio Ruiz de Montoya (1585-1652), creator of the Guaraní language and a great promoter of the "Reducci ...
• 23 October 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Popular support for the Commission "For Life and Water" in Tacuarembó increases Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - In order to prevent the implementation of mega mining projects in Tacuarembó, the local Commission "For Life and Water" (see Fides 27/09/2012) collected 1,500 signatures during the Fair "Exp ...
• 23 October 2012
  AMERICA - School Education: 22 million children do not go to school or drop out of school Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Although there are 117 million school age children in Latin America and the Caribbean, millions of them still do not have a chance to go to school. Over 22 million children and adolescents in fa ...
• 22 October 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - One hundred thousand young people at the pilgrimage of Santa Teresa de Los Andes: "You must be proud of being Christians," exhorts the Archbishop of Santiago Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - More than 100,000 people, mostly young people took part on Saturday, October 20 at pilgrimage to the Shrine of Santa Teresa de Los Andes, covering some 27 km from the town of Chacabuco to the " ...