America

• 21 February 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - In the northern region of Lambayeque there are about 60 000 working children Lambayeque (Agenzia Fides) - There are approximately 60 000 child laborers in the northern region of Lambayeque, Peru. According to local sources, the number of children committed to working on the streets has increased ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA-Still tension between the government and indigenous people, dialogue is postponed for carnival Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous leaders of the ethnic Ngäbe Bugle and representatives of the Panamanian government have suspended negotiations on the new law restricting the mining and the defense of the wa ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Still rain, the church flooded: it is emergency in Iñapari on the border with Brazil Iñapari (Agenzia Fides) - The small town of Iñapari has been flooded for several days. This district of Madre de Dios (Peru), on the border with Brazil and Bolivia, has been suffering for days because of heavy rains th ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The country affected by rains, floods and an epidemic of dengue La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Landslides alarm and swollen rivers in Bolivia, where 6,585 families have been displaced in the last two months and where there have been 7 deaths so far. The regions most affected are those of O ...
• 20 February 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - The situation of the Haitians in Peru: the Bishops’ note Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference has sent a note to Fides about the situation of Haitians who have been stopped on the border for several months, and would like to enter Brazil. The note explains ...
• 17 February 2012
  AMERICA - The drama of overcrowded prisons in the grip of violence and the commitment of the Church Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI has expressed his deep sorrow for the victims of the fire that devastated on February 15 the prison of Comayagua, in Honduras, causing hundreds of deaths and dozens inj ...
• 17 February 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Clean Ballot" and the situation of indigenous people: the voice of the Bishops Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidency of the Brazilian Bishops Conference (CNBB) informed of the issues discussed during the Pastoral Episcopal Council Pastoral (CONSEP), on the 14, 15 and 16 February. The press conf ...
• 16 February 2012
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Despicable inhuman conditions of life and insecurity": the Bishop of Comayagua after the fire that killed 272 inmates Comayagua (Agenzia Fides) - There are now 272 confirmed deaths in the fire which broke out on the night of February 15 in the prison in Comayagua, in Honduras. The number of injured, hospitalized, is about sixty. The fig ...
• 16 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Archdiocese prepares the lay to a "conscience vote" for the presidential elections Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Less than 50 days since the start of the campaign for the presidential elections, the Archdiocese of Mexico has invited Catholics and people of good will to exercise the right to vote in ac ...
• 15 February 2012
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops, concerned about the increase in death sentences in Florida, write to the governor Miami (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Miami, His Exc. Mgr. Thomas Wenski and five Bishops of Florida sent a letter to Governor Rick Scott, asking him to stop Robert Waterhouse’s execution and commute the death sent ...
• 15 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO- The website for the Pope's visit to Mexico is open Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "From the Mexican Episcopal Conference we give a warm welcome to the official website of Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Visit in Mexico, which began on the evening of Feb. 13. We are confi ...
• 15 February 2012
  AMERICA/REP. DOMINICAN - "A voice for the civilization of love": a radio made by street children Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Following the motto "A voice for the civilization of love", a group of street children, led by the Salesian Father Luis Rosario, broadcast 24 hours a day on Radio Juventus Don Bosco. Found ...
• 14 February 2012
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Family and Youth, support for evangelization in the Bishops' message San Jose (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica (CECR) published a message at the end of 103th Ordinary Assembly, a copy of which was sent to Fides. The declaration of the Bishops is divided into 6 part ...
• 14 February 2012
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Education helps to fight poverty, it is the most important resource a person can acquire Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The new school year for one million and 600 thousand students, from kindergarten to higher education has just started in Nicaragua. The high turnout is due to free access to education proposed b ...
• 14 February 2012
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops mediators in favor of justice for everyone Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC) has offered to mediate in the discussion that is ongoing between the National Government and the Courts on the draft concerning the constitutional refor ...