America

• 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 ...
• 4 July 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - No to the closure of "bi-national markets," a source of livelihood for thousands of families Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the Dominican Republic has expressed a negative opinion on the closure of "bi-national markets" that are held every week at different points along the border with Haiti, ...
• 4 July 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Young Catholics take the gospel door to door, especially to the most disadvantaged areas Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In order to evangelize and to serve the most vulnerable communities in Ecuador, "Universidad Tecnica Particular de Loja " (UTPL) and the Youth Idente, which includes Catholic university students f ...
• 3 July 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Democracy, the privileged path to achieve peace, justice and development": the Bishops on the elections Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM) congratulated the Mexican people for their actions during the elections last Sunday, July 1st, and asks the new government of Enrique Peña Nieto to sa ...
• 3 July 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Multiculturalism and challenges for the Mission", in view of the Year of Faith Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - On days 7, 8 and 9 July, the Centre of Missiology for the Southern Cone, "John Paul II" of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) will hold a refresher course on "Multiculturalism, seculari ...
• 3 July 2012
  AMERICA/CANADA - Missionary animation in the context of the new evangelization Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - "Heirs, heirs of God's Word .. let's give a drink to our brothers and sisters" is the theme of World Mission Day 2012 for the French-speaking Canada that led the meeting of the National Council ...
• 2 July 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Bishops concerned about the conflict of authority between State organs San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Salvadoran Episcopal Conference (CEDES) has launched an appeal to the Members of the Assembly so that they abandon the attitude of confrontation against the judges of the Constitutional ...
• 2 July 2012
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - National Catholic Youth Day to renew faith and share the enthusiasm of proclamation Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - There are now more than 3,000 young people enrolled in the 34th National Catholic Youth Day in Uruguay, to be held in Maldonado on 1 and 2 September. According to information sent to Fides Age ...