America

• 7 December 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Stop the pre-election excitement and solve real problems, asks the Archdiocese of Mexico, including the indifference and contempt for migrants Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Mexico has asked all the political institutions of the country to stop the pre-election "excitement" and to deal responsibly with national emergencies that are far from th ...
• 7 December 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The National Agreement for Reconciliation and Peace: the Church is committed to the Colombian community Villavicencio (Agenzia Fides) - In the second phase of the National Agreement for Reconciliation and Peace (NARP), on December 5, a forum and meeting on peace-building was held in the city of Villavicencio. The event, he ...
• 6 December 2011
  AMERICA/PERU -Calm returns in Cajamarca, the Church supports dialogue for a permanent solution Cajamarca (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Cajamarca is returning to its normal activities without any kind of public concern, said the Minister of the Interior, Oscar Valdes Dancuart yesterday, speaking to a national radio ...
• 6 December 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A truce to violence, at least for the Christmas season Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Cuernavaca (Morelos) in Mexico, Archbishop Alfonso Cortés Contreras joined the request for a truce for Christmas proposed to the drug cartels by the poet and journalist Javier ...
• 5 December 2011
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church calls for respect towards indigenous people and the defense of their rights Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Paraguay urged indigenous people to be united and defend their communities, their families, lands and natural resources. This is what His Exc. Mgr.Lucio ALfert, Bishop of the Apo ...
• 5 December 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The number of children infected by HIV is increasing in Chiapas Tuxtla (Agenzia Fides) - HIV-positive children in the Mexican state of Chiapas continue to increase. The "Fundación Nuestro Hogar en Chiapas" currently assists 40 indigenous children of the North and Altos affected by A ...
• 5 December 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA - Cardinal Ortega publicly blesses athletes and baseball fans Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "I hope that my blessing is able to cross the walls of the stadium and reach all the fans who are there, and all the players playing today". With these words, in an event that is unprecedented, t ...
• 5 December 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Girls are more disadvantaged and discriminated than boys San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "Being a child" is the title of the report recently presented by the organization Plan El Salvador, which deals with children's rights, where the main obstacles to the development of girls ...
• 3 December 2011
  AMERICA/PERU -The Dominicans defend Radio Santo Domingo from the culamny "that stains the honor of the Church and the Order of Preachers" Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - "The transmission of the truth is a cornerstone of our Dominican charism and many times this may not appeal to some, but does not give anyone the right to attack and insult to silence means of ...
• 2 December 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Course for lay missionaries: to deepen the sense of parish missionary Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Second Course for lay missionaries held in the Archdiocese of Cochabamba has just concluded with success and optimism. The coordinator of the activities of the Pontifical Mission Societie ...
• 2 December 2011
  AMERICA/PERU- The search to find father Alfonso continues, lost in the Peruvian jungle Moyobamba (Agenzia Fides) - From several ecclesiastical institutions and structures prayer requests and help arrive for father Alfonso Asencios Zuloaga, a priest of the Congregation of the Mission (also known as the Vinc ...
• 1 December 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-The Catholic Church may appoint religion teachers in public schools Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church and the State have reached an agreement in Bolivia as far as education is concerned: The government recognizes the educational structure of the Catholic Church, through t ...
• 1 December 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest denounces the tragedy of 68 families of Guatemalan refugees abandoned by everyone Tabasco (Agenzia Fides) - The 68 families of Guatemalan refugees who since August 23 are in the municipality of Tenosique, Tabasco (Mexico), after being evicted from their village in Guatemala by the army and police, hav ...
• 30 November 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - A massive demonstration against the mining project in Cajamarca Cajamarca (Agenzia Fides) - According to information sent to Agenzia Fides from Radio Marañón, today, November 30, the region of Cajamarca is preparing a massive mobilization. The city of Cajamarca is isolated due to a ...
• 30 November 2011
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Only with families one can think to build the new Paraguay": the Pastoral Letter on the Family has been presented Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The first day of the novena to Our Lady of Miracles of Caacupé, on November 28, the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) presented the Pastoral Letter on the Family, which opens the three y ...