America

• 16 May 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “Overcome poverty and corruption”: the voice of the Church on the anniversary of independence Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) – The celebration of the Te Deum for 201 years of independence in Paraguay was marked by an unique note: the people were not allowed to go into the Cathedral or the Square in front, though thi ...
• 16 May 2012
  AMERICA/ DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Presidential elections: vigil of prayer and reflection prescribed by the Church Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – The Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic has exhorted all citizens to vote according to conscience at the Presidential elections next Sunday, 20 May. The Bishops also asked t ...
• 15 May 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The celebrations for the 500 years of the foundation of the first American diocese Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The Primate Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, presided on Sunday, May 13 the celebration for the 42nd Eucharistic Meeting of Panama, as the initial par ...
• 15 May 2012
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Against human trafficking, a scourge that affects more than 6 000 people only in Ecuador Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Every year about 800 000 people around the world are victims of human trafficking, a growing business that is based on slavery, deceit or violence, said Hiroshima Villalba, Undersecretary to the d ...
• 15 May 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Children should not continue to die or remain disabled because of hunger Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – It is unacceptable that children die or remain disabled because of hunger. This is what emerges in a document released by the Archdiocese of Mexico, which is based in Mexico City, which pr ...
• 14 May 2012
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - " Priority to the welfare of society must be given": the Church's appeal to political parties San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, insisted, in his regular press conference on Sunday, on the importance that it is necessary to have a national program dedicate ...
• 14 May 2012
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Solar panels bring the internet in schools without electricity Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Secretary General of the Organization of Iberoamerican States (OEI), thanks to a pilot program involving the installation of solar panels, 100 colleges in rural areas and diffi ...
• 12 May 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Appeal of the Church for the journalist kidnapped: 28 journalists murdered since 2003 Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Honduran Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, and of the Association dei Media of the Central American country, have strongly condemned the kidnapping of ...
• 12 May 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Three hundred years of the "Fiesta de los Indios" in honor of St. Michael the Archangel Puerto Montt (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Chile, Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, along with the Archbishop of Puerto Montt, His Exc. Mgr. Cristián Caro, presided the celebration of 300 years of the "Fiesta de los I ...
• 10 May 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - After more than 2 years since the earthquake, seminarians still study in tents Rome (Agenzia Fides) - For Father Clark de la Cruz, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Haiti, the biggest concern right now is caused by the Seminary, because after the earthquake, in January ...
• 10 May 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Trafficking of children in the Peruvian jungle, a tragedy denounced by very few Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - It is estimated that 212 children fell victims of human trafficking during the first two months of 2012 in the forest region of Madre de Dios in southeastern Peru, where "the Gold Rush" ha ...
• 9 May 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - In the face of social protests, the Church invites us to avoid violence and to take the path of dialogue La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Bolivia calls for dialogue and to avoid violence, "before the rising tide of social protest in Bolivia". In fact the country is preparing for a strike on behalf of drivers ...
• 9 May 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - "Your smile is the best gift for your mother": thousands of children born with cleft lip San Bartolomé (Agenzia Fides) - Every year thousands of children in Peru are born with a cleft lip and cleft palate. Also this year, the hospital of San Bartolome of the Ministry of Health has launched a free campaign c ...
• 8 May 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Deaths decrease but violence increases in the countryside: the PLC report Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - The number of deaths due to conflicts in the Brazilian countryside fell from 34 in 2010 to 29 in 2011, but rural violence has increased, according to a report published by the Pastoral La ...
• 8 May 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The rains do not stop, the toll: 46 deaths and 113 000 homeless Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - 46 deaths is the toll due to the rains affecting Colombia, where there are 113,602 homeless, according to the report of the National Unit for the Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD). From the data c ...