America

• 1 August 2011
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Violence creates an environment of uncertainty and tension", the Bishops denounce San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "We see with sorrow the perpetuation of delinquency and crime, which always brings new deaths in the family and society in El Salvador", say the Bishops of El Salvador in a statement signe ...
• 30 July 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA-The Argentinian PMS help to re-build the seminaries of Haiti Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The International Secretary of the Pontifical Society of St. Peter the Apostle (SSPA), Mgr. Jan Dumon, sent a letter to Father Osvaldo Leone, Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies ...
• 30 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - II Meeting of the Catholic radios on the Internet: Identity and Mission. Challenges and confrontations. Mexico City (Fides Service) – To analyze the current condition of the radio and to plan its future is the main objective of the second Meeting of the people Responsible of Catholic Radio on the Internet. Participants w ...
• 29 July 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "The educational reform has to be an effective service for poor families", says Mgr. Solari, spokesman of the Bishops of Bolivia Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church intends to contribute to the reform of public education, established by the law called Avelino Sinani, in a note sent to Fides, Archbishop Mgr. Tito Solari, Archbishop o ...
• 29 July 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - The Church is present in social work with newly elected president Ollanta Humala Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church is willing to cooperate with the government of newly elected President Ollanta Humala in Peru to improve the social inclusion of the poorer population. This is what was said by ...
• 28 July 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishop of Puno urges political authorities to deal with social problems Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of Puno Mgr.Jorge Pedro Carrion Pavlic, during the Eucharistic celebration for the 190th anniversary of the independence of Peru stressed that no representative of the central governme ...
• 28 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Caravan "Steps for Peace" meets representative of the OAS Ixtepec (Agenzia Fides) - The speaker of the Organization of American States (the Spanish acronym is OAS), Felipe González Morales, yesterday afternoon received, the caravan of migrants "Steps for Peace" at the hotel, " ...
• 27 July 2011
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops’ message for the National Anniversary: "For a future of progress and hope" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - 28 July is a special date for Peru: it is the anniversary of national independence, but this year the celebration has a special meaning because it coincides with the start of newly-elected Preside ...
• 27 July 2011
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Catholic University of Buenos Aires for the formation of missionaries Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Fr. Victor Manuel Fernandez, Rector of the Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina "Santa María de los Buenos Aires" (UCA), and Don Osvaldo Pablo Leone National Director of the Pontific ...
• 27 July 2011
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - New homes have been given to families of 300 street children Guayaquil (Fides Service) - Guayaquil is one of the most important cities in Ecuador, developed mainly on the right bank of the Guayas River, its population reaches 3 million and half. The Nigeria area, which is located ...
• 26 July 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO-Seven million young people who do not study and do not work, are easy prey for criminal organizations (Mexico City Fides)- Seven million young people do not study and are unable to find a job, and risk being sucked into the criminal organizations that perfection their networks to recruit more and more young people who li ...
• 26 July 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Izabal and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on July 26, 2011 accepted the resignation of the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal (Guatemala), by His Exc. Mgr. Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez B ...
• 26 July 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Church proposes dialogue on an issue which is still open: Public education Santiago (Fides) – The Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati, has stressed his appeal to put a stop to violence and seek solutions through dialogue, after talking for about an hour and a half with ...
• 25 July 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Those who govern should ask for the wisdom to distinguish between good and evil: this is Cardinal Terrazas Sandoval's appeal Santa Cruz (Fides Service)- Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval has urged government authorities to set aside punishment and to ask God for wisdom to distinguish between good and evil. The Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la ...
• 25 July 2011
  AMERICA/PERU- A new canteen for malnourished children in the suburbs of the capital has been inaugurated Lima (Agenzia Fides)- As part of the celebrations for the 21 years of their arrival in Peru, the nuns of the “Little Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi” have opened a new canteen for malnourished children in the area ...