America

• 15 June 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Third Missionary Congress is approaching: The Missio ad Gentes is the primary mission of the Church Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – In less than a month the Third National Missionary Congress of Brazil will begin, the event is strongly felt in the community. The Congress will be held in Palmas (Brazil), from July 12 to 15 ...
• 14 June 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Violence begets violence and it is always an insult to man" Bishop of Barrancabermeja’s appeal Barrancabermeja (Agenzia Fides) – His Exc. Mgr. Camilo Fernando Castrellón Pizano, S.D.B, Bishop of Barrancabermeja, has launched an appeal to the civil and military authorities, and to the whole community to join eff ...
• 14 June 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The CIMI denounces murders of indigenous people and invasions for the exploitation of their lands Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), organization of the Catholic Church in Brazil, presented in Brasilia the 2011 data on violence against indigenous peoples (see Fides 06/06/2012). The A ...
• 13 June 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A program to eliminate the scourge of child laborers in coal mines Medellín (Agenzia Fides) - In the region of Sinifaná, rich in coal mines, mining is used in the traditional and illegal way, and children are used as a source of cheap production. In the local culture, tradition consid ...
• 13 June 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Religious Freedom and the New Evangelization on the Bishops’ agenda Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Today, June 13, the Assembly of Bishops of the United States of America begins, after a long campaign in the local Churches so that the Bishops can officially express their worries about viol ...
• 13 June 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Rights of children without protection: they work instead of playing, studying and resting La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty, migration, broken families are among the causes which force many children and teenagers to work. In Bolivia, there are 850 thousand boys, girls and teenage workers, accounting for 28% of ...
• 13 June 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 5 elements for sustainable development: Caritas Internationalis for Rio +20 Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - A call for a paradigm shift "toward a new civilization of love for humanity, which concentrates every action in the dignity and well-being of men and women": So says Caritas International ...
• 12 June 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - "We need a new pedagogy for evangelism," says the Archbishop of Concepcion Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - " Dios anda por estos lados, yo lo he visto" is the title of a photo exhibition organized by the Archbishop of Concepción, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Chomali, which will be presented soon in El ...
• 12 June 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Minors abandoned: more than one million poor children, deidicate themselves to begging and crime Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The reality of most Paraguayan children is very serious. Out of 2,500,000 children, 1,100,000 are poor. The situation gets more and more serious with the current change of season and cold weath ...
• 12 June 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bombing of commercials and propaganda posters, but no-one explains the mechanism of voting Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Through the publishing of the weekly "Desde la Fe," of the Archdiocese of Mexico, the Catholic community criticized the Federal Electoral Institute (IFE) as it does not explain to the citize ...
• 12 June 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Seven points of reference for the evangelization of every diocese in the Year of Faith Comayagüela (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Honduras, at the conclusion of the Ordinary Assembly which took place last week, sent to Fides a statement stressing that during this meeting, the situation of t ...
• 11 June 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "The country needs peace and reconciliation" says Cardinal López Rodríguez to politicians Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Nicolás de Jesús López Rodríguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, spoke again of the situation that the country lives and prayed for the new government. "We ask God to assist the ...
• 11 June 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Missing persons or murder disguised? San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, showed during his usual press conference on Sunday, his concern about the number of missing persons reported with an i ...
• 9 June 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Caritas Argentina, the national campaign "Zero Poverty, dignity for all" has begun Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Zero Poverty, dignity for all" is the title of the new campaign of Caritas Argentina, launched today, June 9, as Fides learned from the Episcopal Conference Argentina. Mgr. Oscar Vicente ...
• 9 June 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - More than 500 thousand children without school education: emergency Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - More than 500 thousand children in Haiti are without a school education, the overall illiteracy rate is over 50% and the right to education is denied to thousands of families: is the alar ...