America

• 5 March 2011
  AMERICA/CUBA - Catholic Church announces release of other prisoners Havana (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church announced yesterday evening, 4 March, the release of eight prisoners at the conclusion of its dialogue with the Government of President Raul Castro. Among the released detai ...
• 4 March 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Initiatives by the Guanellian family for the canonisation of the “father of the poor” Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the upcoming Canonisation of Fr Luigi Guanella, Founder of the Order of the Servants of Charity, on 23 October in the Vatican, various initiatives have been organised in Bogotà. On ...
• 4 March 2011
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bible in the K’iché language, the most widespread Mayan language Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) – During the study of the post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation Verbum Domini, Bishop Julio Cabrera of Jalapa, presented the recent publication of the Bible translated into K'iché, the most ...
• 4 March 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The impression left in Colombia 25 years ago by Pope John Paul II Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – On 3 March the Forum on “John Paul II and his mark on Colombia 25 years later” was held in Bogotà, to remember the significance and teachings from the Papal Visit to Colombia from 1 to 7 ...
• 3 March 2011
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - “Religious education is a right to defend,” affirm the Bishops of Ecuador Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador issued a statement to Fides on public education in the Country, and specifically on religious education. The document gives special r ...
• 3 March 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - New portal for the Archdiocese of Mexico: not just news but also audio and video in service of the Gospel Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Four years after its creation, the Information System website of the Archdiocese of Mexico (SIAME) has modernised its portal for the benefit of visitors, because every day the number of user ...
• 2 March 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church, guarantor of the dialogue in the conflict in the mining sector Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church has been proposed by the High Commission as a guarantor appointed by the executive and the representatives of the “Coalition for the Defence of Natural Resources and the Rig ...
• 2 March 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Pro-life initiative by various parliamentarians, to complement Article 11 of the Constitution Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church wishes to encourage a petition throughout Colombia to support the request by various senators and representatives who wish to present a piece of pro-life legislation to the ...
• 1 March 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “Together we can resolve the problems”: encouragement of Card. Terrazas Sandoval after the torrential rains La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in Bolivia has invited citizens “to unite in the face of the natural adversity” which in January and February resulted in the deaths of more than 60 people and left abou ...
• 1 March 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Priest found dead in his parish in Brownsville Brownsville (Agenzia Fides) – A Catholic priest was found dead, victim of an apparent suicide according to the police report. Agents were called to Barnard Road and Los Ebanos Boulevard on the morning of Monday, 21 Feb ...
• 1 March 2011
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - 28 million school-aged children not attending classes due to armed conflicts New York (Agenzia Fides) - Armed conflicts constitute one of the main obstacles to education. This emerged from Global Report on Education for all entitled: “The hidden crisis: armed conflict and education” just rel ...
• 26 February 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The murder of Fr Romeu Drago in Montes Claros: “we live in a situation of insecurity,” denounces the Archbishop Montes Claros (Agenzia Fides) – Fr Romeu Drago was seen for the last time about 8.00 pm on 19 February. His charred body was found the next day about 25 km from the city of Montes Claros. In the statement sent to Fide ...
• 25 February 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - A missionary parish, in the proposed renewal of the pastoral plan Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – The second meeting convened by the Bolivian Episcopal Conference in Cochabamba, from 14 to 18 February, managed to gather a significant number of priests and laity to work on the theme of � ...
• 25 February 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Senate approves immigration law: “This is the Mexico that we want to see,” comments Fr Solalinde Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – The Mexican Senate has approved a bill on immigration that, for the first time, will impede the criminalization of undocumented foreigners in Mexican territory, regardless of their origin, ...
• 24 February 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest murdered: “a reflection on the corruption, the shame and the immoral social situation which leads to violence,” says the Bishop of Tuxpan Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) – On the night between 21 and 22 February, in the parish community of Mecapala, a community of about 5,000 inhabitants, in the Mexican state of Puebla, Father Santos Sánchez Hernández was fou ...