America

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  6 July 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - School after the pandemic: strengthening the school-family relationship Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - One of Chile's biggest problems is Public Education: for decades, different government systems have managed to propose new methods and different forms to restructure the country's education sys ...
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  4 July 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "We cannot get used to crime and violence and be indifferent to death": the diocese in the face of the massacre of Irapuato Guanajuato (Agenzia Fides) - "The greatest massacre of the six-year period", "Unacceptable crimes", "Yet another battle and terrible massacre", "One of the worst events in the history of Mexico", "Justice is urgently nee ...
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  3 July 2020
  AMERICA - Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico: together to involve sick missionaries in their mission projects Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday 8 July, the leaders of the missionary and elderly sick groups from Venezuela, Colombia and Mexico will have a virtual meeting to share the work they will do during the confinement d ...
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  3 July 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Assembly of the Episcopal Conference, in a virtual way but with an analysis of the reality of Venezuela Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - On this occasion, the Venezuelan Episcopate will meet virtually, thus respecting the prevention measures established for the Covid-19 pandemic. The ordinary plenary Assembly of the CEV number CX ...
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  2 July 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "In addition to doing mission, we are mission": the invitation of Mgr. Centellas in the pandemic Sucre (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Ricardo Centellas, Archbishop of Sucre has urged to take on the spirit of co-responsibility, fraternity and mission in our life of faith, and the challenge of renewing ourselves at this mom ...
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  2 July 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Dramatic lack of oxygen in hospitals for Covid-19 patients, the Church in the emergency aid campaign Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Peru, with more than 288 thousand cases of Covid-19 and until yesterday registered about 10 thousand deaths, is also experiencing a parallel crisis that it cannot solve: the lack of oxygen in hospi ...
• 1 July 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, His Exc. Mgr. Waldo Ruben Barrionuevo Ramirez Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 27, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Waldo Ruben Barrionuevo Ramirez, CSsR, Apostolic ...
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  1 July 2020
  AMERICA - CELAM announces the birth of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, and President of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), Cardinal Claudio Hummes, announced ...
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  1 July 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Corruption is a crime that condemns the poor to death": Bishops denounce corruption on behalf of authorities Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the scandalous proliferation of corruption cases involving our Ecuadorian society, just when our people suffer the serious consequences of the Covid 19 pandemic, the Ecuadorian Epi ...
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  30 June 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Help from the bishops to the poor population after the earthquake Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - The bishops of Mexico have spoken out to help those affected by the latest earthquake in the southern state of Oaxaca which caused the death of at least five people. "We put ourselves under the ...
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  30 June 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul during the pandemic Nehuentue (Agenzia Fides) - Since fishermen, divers and their families are already part of the tradition of the coastal sector of La Araucanía, together with the community of San Roque de Nehuentue, de la Costa de Trovo ...
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  27 June 2020
  NEWS ANALYSIS - Laudato Sì year, opportunity for pastoral and missionary renewal in Latin America Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The special year dedicated to the encyclical "Laudato Sì" will be a fruitful opportunity for pastoral renewal and evangelization in Latin America. Exponents of the Churches who have accepte ...
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  27 June 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Message from the Bishops to the police: "If you want peace, work for justice" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In the wake of the recent deaths of African Americans in police custody and the national discussion on police reform and racial justice, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman ...
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  26 June 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Bishops: "Our society must support laws that prevent and discourage any type of euthanasia and assisted suicide" Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "We need a Uruguay that welcomes, protects, promotes and accompanies each person during their existence, including the final stage of their earthly life, through the fundamental help of famil ...
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  26 June 2020
  AMERICA/PERU- Families and homeless people of Cuzco receive help from the Church, while the cold weather aggravates the situation due to the pandemic Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of Santiago Apóstol in the district of Lamay, Cusco, has brought over 100 parcels to the most vulnerable families in the province of Calca, as part of the donations made through the ca ...