America

• 18 November 2011
  AMERICA/PERU -"Sustainable mining activity and development are possible with a frank and patient dialogue": Mgr. Bambarén on social conflict Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The regional and local authorities must insist on dialogue between the State, enterprises and community, on what concerns the sustainable mining activity and development of their areas. This is wha ...
• 18 November 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Sexual violence and child abuse increase Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent report released by the authorities of the municipality of Cercado, this year in the city of Cochabamba (Bolivia) cases of sexual violence and child abuse have increased ...
• 18 November 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "We bring a word of encouragement and evangelization to these detainee brothers ": volunteers at the VI Pastoral Care Meeting in Prisons Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The sixth National Pastoral Care Meeting in Prisons ended yesterday, November 17, organized by the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (ECC). According to a statement sent by the ECC to Fides, the e ...
• 18 November 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Child labor in the country has declined in the last 10 years Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - According to the results of a study just published by local authorities, in the past 10 years there has been a 14% reduction of child labor in the Dominican Republic. According to these da ...
• 17 November 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - Clergy and Consecrated Life "Witnesses of Christ in communion": III National Missionary Congress Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, the Solemnity of Christ the King, the diocese of Callao, the Episcopal Commission for the Clergy and the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Peru officially convene the Third National ...
• 17 November 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Episcopal Conference is concerned about the life of a journalist on hunger strike Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement entitled "Reconciliation, Peace and Justice", the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela urges the judiciary authorities to "carefully consider" why the journalist Leocenis Garcia is ...
• 16 November 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - From Brazil's National Missionary Congress to the Latin American Missionary Congress Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The annual meeting of the National Missionary Council (COMINA) of Brazil, which was held this past weekend, from 11 to 13 November, at the headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) ...
• 16 November 2011
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "The family is called to treasure the transmission of faith, it must become supportive and missionary" the conclusions of the Second Congress for the Family Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Ecuador has published the conclusions of the II National Congress of the Family, held simultaneously in Quito, Guayaquil, Portoviejo, Loja and Tena, from 9 to 12 Novemb ...
• 15 November 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Afropaz Project: to change the situation of 4 million Afro-descendants excluded from society Bogota (Agenzia Fides ) - The Afropaz project has started a new phase in Colombia, an initiative coordinated by the National Secretariat of Social Pastoral/Caritas and the National Association of Mayors of the Municipali ...
• 15 November 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Food Security, prices increase and obesity endangers the Brazilian population Salvador de Bahia (Agenzia Fides) - The Fourth National Conference on Food Security has just ended, in the State of Bahia. Organized by the Conselho Nacional de Segurança Alimentar and Nutricional (CONSEA), 2 000 partic ...
• 15 November 2011
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Recognizing the limits and demonstrating without violence": the President of the Episcopal Conference after the elections Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua, the Archbishop of Managua, Mgr.Leopoldo José Brenes Solórzano said there was a lack of transparency in the elections held on November 6, ...
• 14 November 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Ecology and environment: the Bishops are preparing a pastoral letter La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The 92nd Bolivian Episcopate Assembly has been on since Thursday 10 November and has three important issues on its agenda: the permanent diaconate, the statutes of the Bolivian Episcopal Conferen ...
• 14 November 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Solidarity Campaign promoted by the PMS for the victims of the volcanic ash Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Every year the national secretariats of the four Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) gather in the region of Patagonia-Comahue with PMS Diocesan Directors to evaluate and propose lines of ac ...
• 14 November 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Indigenous Women: the poorest of the poor, marginalized and discriminated Antigua (Agenzia Fides) - "Creating Opportunities" is a program launched by the international American NGO concerning public health, Population Council, in the Guatemalan province of Alta Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Sololá, ...
• 11 November 2011
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Marriage is the foundation of the family: the National Congress of the family is in progress Quito (Agenzia Fides) - From November 9 to 12, the Second National Congress of the Family on the theme "Family, work and free day- The Ecuadorian family in mission: work and feast day at the service of the person and the ...