America

• 29 September 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The "crucified" football player is blasphemous: Bishops protest Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Shameful and disgraceful" image published on the cover of the famous sports magazine "Placar" which, in a montage, depicts the player Neymar as the Crucified Christ. The Bishops of Brazil prot ...
• 28 September 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - President of the Episcopal Conference calls for a "vote of conscience, in freedom and without violence" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, His Exc. Mgr. Diego Rafael Padrón Sánchez, Archbishop of Cumaná, asked the candidates in the upcoming presidential elections on October ...
• 27 September 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops on the November 4 elections: "an opportunity to reflect on how power is exercised and politics practiced " Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) issued a Message urging everyone to seriously reflect in view of the upcoming municipal elections. "The country's political life is now dominated b ...
• 27 September 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - A Bishop joins the "Commission for Life and water" Tacuarembó (Agenzia Fides) - The bishop of the diocese of Tacuarembó (Uruguay), His Exc. Mgr. Julio César Bonino Bonino, announced his decision to join the "Commission Tacuarembó for life and water," which aims to pr ...
• 26 September 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Archbishop of Santiago is with the students: it is necessary to get free education Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - A vibrant request, addressed to all Chileans, to commit themselves to winning back trust, was made by the Archbishop of Santiago, His Exc. Mgr. Ricardo Ezzati, on the occasion of the Te Deum ce ...
• 26 September 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "To become active subjects in the transformation of the country": today the pastoral Letter of the Bishops Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua arrived yesterday, September 25, in Matagalpa (a city about 100 km north of Managua), which will host the meeting of the Episcopal Conference. In the note sent to Fide ...
• 25 September 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest found murdered, violence does not spare the Church Los Mochis (Agenzia Fides) - With the participation of a large number of worshipers, on Sunday, September 23, the Catholic community of the deanery of Sinaloa gave a final farewell to the priest Teodoro Mariscal Rivas, f ...
• 25 September 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - In the town of Mazatlan 34 murders in one week; in 2012 there have already been more than a thousand victims in Mexico Michoacán (Agenzia Fides) - In the Mexican town of Mazatlan 34 murders were recorded only in the third week of September. A note sent to Fides Agency reports the statistics of the Attorney General of the State: in Septe ...
• 24 September 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The celebration of the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the Episcopal Conference Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In a solemn Holy Mass presided by Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, which was concelebrated by all the Bishops of the Catholic Church in the Dominican ...
• 21 September 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Hunger and poverty affect most Latin populations Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian organization Bread for the World has just released its annual study on hunger and poverty in the Latino community living in the United States, which shows that Latino families a ...
• 21 September 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - VII Meeting on immigration and human trafficking: Brazil has not yet acceded to the International Convention on the protection of immigrants St. Paul (Agenzia Fides) - The VII International Meeting on Migration and human trafficking in Latin America ends today, September 21, which was held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event, which began on 19 September, discusse ...
• 21 September 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Strong reaction on behalf of the Archbishop of Mendoza against abortion: "it is never a solution" Mendoza (Agenzia Fides) - The Argentinian Archdiocese of Mendoza, in a statement signed by the Archbishop and his Auxiliary, said: "The Chamber of Deputies of Mendoza has given preliminary approval to a project so that t ...
• 20 September 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Dignity and rights of indigenous peoples must be protected from violence" Holy Father’s Letter Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep love for all and in tune with the social doctrine of the Church, I invite you to listen to the voice of our brothers and sisters without prejudice, to favour true knowledge of their hi ...
• 20 September 2012
  AMERICA - Baobab is operational , a network that connects all members of Caritas in the world Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Caritas Internationalis, Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga, has launched a new internal platform on the web called "Caritas Baobab", through which Caritas members from around th ...
• 19 September 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops call on the government for "a better quality of democracy" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay, after meeting yesterday, 18 September, to assess the situation of the country in all its aspects, expressed in writing concerns and wishes that they delivered, also yes ...