America

• 19 July 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - XII continental meeting: challenges and hopes of the Afro-American Pastoral Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - The twelfth meeting of Afro-American Pastoral Meeting (EPA) is in progress, held in Guayaquil, Ecuador, from July 16 to 20, on "The Afro-American and the Caribbean Pastoral Care and the Docume ...
• 17 July 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Third National Missionary Congress: new places to evangelize Palmas (Agenzia Fides) - The Third National Missionary Congress of Brazil ended on Sunday, July 15 with a Mass celebrated by the Archbishop of Palmas, His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Brito Guimaraes, and concelebrated by the Secreta ...
• 16 July 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - For the Bishops the November municipal elections are not free and fair Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) will not invite the Nicaraguans to vote en masse in municipal elections to be held on November 4: this is what was said during a press conference held ...
• 13 July 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "We need to evangelize in the midst of the conflict, filling these people with hope, faith and love who continue to believe", conclusion of the Assembly of Bishops Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – The 93rd Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of Colombia ends today, July 13. According to information gathered by Fides Agency, among the problems the Bishops faced is that concerning the situat ...
• 13 July 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Catholic Newspapers: "To become a voice to defend life before all the challenges" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The 2nd National Meeting of Catholic newspapers, which was held from July 10 to 13 at the Casa Lago, in Cuautitlán Izcall in Mexico City D.F., to reflect on the Catholic press and the chall ...
• 12 July 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "A great nation must defend the weak": Exhortation of Archbishop Mendoza Mendoza (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Mendoza, His Exc. Mgr. José María Arancibia, presided the Te Deum for Independence Day of Argentina, on July 9, in the parish of San Carlos Borromeo, in the Valle de Uco. "Na ...
• 12 July 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The mediating Church of reconciliation: conclusion of the 98th Assembly of Bishops Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The 98th Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV) ends today, July 12. The words that were our guide in the work are those of His Exc. Mgr. Diego Padron, Archbishop of Cumanà an ...
• 10 July 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - From July 12 to 15 the third Missionary Congress, a national event Palmas (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Brazil is preparing for its third National Missionary Congress (3 CMN) which will take place from July 12 to 15 in Palmas (TO) and will count on the participation of over 600 people ...
• 10 July 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appeal of Bishops to the government and the guerrillas: "the conflict must cease!" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference, His Exc. Mgr. Ruben Salazar Gomez, made an urgent appeal to the government and the guerrillas so that they open peace negotiations, according ...
• 9 July 2012
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Because of the ethnic tensions, about 200 people, mostly children, are struggling with hunger San Pedro Carchá (Agenzia Fides) - In the area of the Parish "St. Joseph", entrusted to the Salesian missionaries of the municipality of San Pedro Carchá, there are about 120 villages of the ethnic Maya-Q'eqchi ', not ...
• 9 July 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - The President of Peru announces the intervention of the Church to dialogue on the issue of Cajamarca Lima (Agenzia Fides) - After a week of heated protests against the Conga mining project, which caused five deaths in Cajamarca, the government of Peru has maintained a state of emergency in the region (see Fides 05/07/20 ...
• 9 July 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops propose an Electoral Ethics Pact for the 2014 elections Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Panama expressed its concern at the approach of politicians and for the comparison created among them, dominated by aggressiveness and intolerance. The Church has ...
• 6 July 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Violence is unnecessary and contrary to the dignity of every man; even the Church supports the march of Tipnis Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "On many occasions the Catholic Church has condemned the use of violence, perceived as unnecessary and contrary to the dignity of every person and to their exercise of fundamental rights ... ...
• 5 July 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops: violence cannot be a means to achieve the development of peoples Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of painful episodes on Tuesday, July 3, the Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP) launched a new appeal to all protagonists of the conflict, so that they put aside the speeches that inci ...
• 5 July 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZI - "Even today, the Amazon is considered as a colony": the voice of the Bishops against a model that does not consider the native population Santarem (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the problems currently faced by the peoples of the Amazon is that of the major projects which, besides having a huge impact on the environment, generate profits for some and cause numer ...