America

• 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 ...
• 30 November 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - More than 3,500 children and adolescents work to support families La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian families of low income force many children to work as a shoeshine, peddlers, window washers, carters. According to the recent survey "Infancia sin derechos", carried out by the Obser ...
• 28 November 2011
  AMERICA/PERU-Missionary missing for 5 days in the Peruvian jungle Moyobamba (Agenzia Fides) - Father Alfonso Asencios Zuluoga, a Vincentian missionary has been missing for five days. The priest, of the parish of Our Lady de los Remedios, in La Banda of Shilcayo, belongs to the Congrega ...
• 28 November 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "We must discern the signs of the times and be witnesses of hope before violence", urges Cardinal Rivera Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Cardinal Archbishop of Mexico, Norberto Rivera Carrera, urged Mexicans not to think that they have already been defeated and not to give in to despair in the face of rising violence acro ...
• 26 November 2011
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Bishops' Appeal: building peace in Central America Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Strengthening the culture of life and peace in Central America: is what the Bishops of Central American Bishops' Secretariat (SEDAC) ask at the end of the assembly held in Tegucigalpa. The A ...
• 26 November 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Thousands of believers marching to defend migrants in Chiapas and the earth San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) – To demonstrate against the mining exploitation, the destruction of nature, drug abuse and violations of the rights of migrants: for this purpose, local sources of Fides report that over ...
• 25 November 2011
  AMERICA/PERU -New appeal by the Church to dialogue on the mining issue: "Our country does not deserve to see repeated tragic episodes" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of Peru called for a "fair, equitable and constructive" dialogue after the announcement of a strike against the mining activities in the department of Cajamarca (the Andes, 860 ...