America

• 28 June 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church wants to be a bridge for unity among all political protagonists, for the good of the country Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - President Ricardo Martinelli and the Archbishop of Panama, Monsignor José Domingo Ulloa, met on the afternoon of June 26 at Palazzo der Las Grazas, according to a note sent to Fides Agency. ...
• 27 June 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Disappointment of the Bishops before the reform of justice Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference, through the Office for relations with the State, has negatively assessed the procedures for approval of the reform of justice and called on members of Congress who parti ...
• 27 June 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Poverty increases human trafficking and prostitution La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - In Bolivia, at least 200 people each year fall into the net of criminal organizations that bind them in centers where they are exploited sexually or taken out of the country to work as seamstress ...
• 27 June 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Support on behalf of the U.S. Bishops to the pastoral care in Latin America, primarily in Haiti Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of the United States of America (USCCB) has announced the delivery of aid to the Church in Latin America for a total value of $ 5 million. 121 projects of various pas ...
• 26 June 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Hope and caution on behalf of the Bishops after the Supreme Court ruling on immigration Washington (Agenzia Fides) - A step towards a human reform of immigration, but to be considered with caution, because there is still a fair immigration system lacking: is the meaning of the note published by the Episcopa ...
• 26 June 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church’s appeal to avoid violence and open dialogue La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church and the Defensoria del Pueblo have urged the government of Bolivia and the police, whose agents have been asking for a salary increase in the past few days, to speak without t ...
• 25 June 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "No foreign country can impose its rules on immigration": the complex issue of illegal Haitians Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, Archbishop of Santo Domingo, said that "no foreign country can come to the Dominican Republic to impose its rules on immigration" and called on l ...
• 25 June 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Xavante indigenous fight to regain their homeland Marãiwatsédé (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous population Xavante of Marãiwatsédé in the state of Mato Grosso, continues to fight to regain their territory of origin. Although in 1998 the Brazilian government reco ...
• 25 June 2012
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "The true path to social inclusion is paid work in a dignified manner," Social Week 2012 has just concluded Mar del Plata (Agenzia Fides) - "The true path to social inclusion is paid work in a dignified manner. We renew our commitment to the culture of work. We reject the spread of negative consumerist and materialistic behavi ...
• 25 June 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Social exclusion and poverty for the people of Chiapas, despite natural resources Tuxtla Gutierrez (Agenzia Fides) - In spite of the natural resources available in the Mexican State of Chiapas, poverty continues to be the principal stigma to fight. Chiapas lives in conditions of social, cultural and e ...
• 23 June 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - President Lugo disqualified, Bishops’ appeal for peace Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "Given the serious political crisis that the Republic is experiencing, as Bishops of Paraguay, we turn to the representatives of the government and all citizens to express once again our exhor ...
• 23 June 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Sexual intercourse among minors: No on behalf of the Bishops to the amend of the Criminal Code Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference criticized a bill that proposes to decriminalize sex among minors in Peru: this bill would increase, "libertinism and promiscuity," they said. In a statement sent ...
• 22 June 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Fortnight for freedom: "These rights are fundamental to every human being, we cannot allow them to be trampled on" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Fortnight for freedom": from June 21, the eve of the feast of St. John Fisher and St. Thomas More, to July 4, Independence Day, the campaign for religious freedom promoted by the Bishops wil ...
• 22 June 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "A truly secular state respects the religious freedom of citizens": Bishops' statement Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Mexican Bishops' Conference (CEM), calls Catholics to defend the amendments made by Congress, which are now under discussion in the local chambers, on everything that concerns the const ...
• 21 June 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "To take charge of reviewing ways and decisions that have excluded and condemned the poor to misery": Bishops of Brazil for Rio +20 Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB), expects that the Rio +20 meeting confirms the commitment of the construction of an alternative development model, integral and based ...