America

• 3 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The facts are to be clarified and violence has to be stopped: appeal on behalf of Mgr. Aguiar Retes after the killing of Father Jenaro Atizapán (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement of the Archbishop of Tlalnepantla, Monsignor Carlos Aguiar Retes, the identity of the priest murdered on January 28, 2012 is clarified and any act of violence is condemned. In f ...
• 2 February 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-Young Dominicans denounce corruption and ask for "a new political culture" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The young Dominicans call the attention of the authorities and leaders on the need to promote the political, cultural, economic and social development of the nation. The occasion was given ...
• 1 February 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Benedict XVI in the land watered by the blood of the martyrs who died to defend faith Leon (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Benedict XVI during his visit to Mexico, "will tread the land that was wet with the blood of martyrs" who fought to defend their faith in times of persecution. This is what Mgr. Fidel Hernánd ...
• 31 January 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Street children create a social network to survive Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to a researcher at the Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico City (UNAM), in order for street children of Mexico City to grow and survive, they need to be part of a social networ ...
• 31 January 2012
  AMERICA/CHILE - Children and indigenous adolescents are more vulnerable than their peers Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - 8,7% of Chilean children younger than 18 years of age belong to an indigenous group, and this really puts them in a situation of greater vulnerability than their non-indigenous peers. A recent ...
• 31 January 2012
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Course for new missionaries, to illustrate the reality of the nation and the Church's commitment La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for the Missions of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference has promoted the organization of a course for new missionaries arriving in the country, to be held from March 12 to 17 at the ...
• 27 January 2012
  AMERICA/HAITI - Manifesto for the defense of Haitian migrants human rights in Brazil Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The national and international Organizations in support of migration, together with migration research groups from different Brazilian universities follow with concern the reality faced by Haiti ...
• 26 January 2012
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The Mission of Christians in public politics": formation course of Diocesan Missionary Councils Maranhão (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday, January 28 the 20th edition of missionary formation course that brings together representatives of the Diocesan Missionary Councils (COMIDIS) in Bacabal, in Maranhão ends. The ...
• 26 January 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Mgr. Salvador Piñeiro García-Calderón elected President of the Episcopal Conference Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The 99th Ordinary Assembly of the Bishops of Peru, elected the Archbishop of Ayacucho and castrensian Bishop of Peru, His Exc. Mgr. Salvador Pineiro Garcia-Calderon, as the new President of the Pe ...
• 26 January 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - More than 300 000 Dominican children forced to work to survive Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300 000 children in the Dominican Republic are forced to work as adults to survive and to be able tonourish themselves. In a recent meeting, the representative of the local Mini ...
• 25 January 2012
  AMERICA/PERU - Haitian trafficking, the earthquake survivors, towards Brazil: 254 stops at the border with Peru Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - They are victims of human traffickers who are speculating on the earthquake that struck Haiti two years ago: As Fides learns from the local Church, 254 Haitian immigrants, survivors of the ...
• 24 January 2012
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - National Assembly of the family pastoral: preparing for the World Family Meeting Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Venezuela has sent an informative note to Fides on the National Assembly of Responsibles and diocesan Directors of the Family Pastoral, held from January 20 to 22 at ...
• 24 January 2012
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The II Symposium of preparation for the CAM4 has started: multiculturalism, the challenge to mission Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - Under the slogan "multi-cultural present and future, the challenge for the mission", the work of the Second International Symposium on Missiology opened today, January 23 whose main goal is ...
• 23 January 2012
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-"To become a fraternal and fair Nation" Cardinal Lopez Rodriguez at the feast of the Virgin of Altagracia Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, has asked the Dominican people to join efforts and determination to overcome the situation of violence and moral ...
• 23 January 2012
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Gunmen burst into a chapel and shoot against the faithful: 7 people died, 5 were injured Corral Falso (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday night, January 21, a group of armed men burst into a chapel in the community of Corral Falso, in the municipality of Atoyac de Alvarez, and opened fire on the faithful who had ...