America
10 January 2024
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Latin American countries concerned about the situation in Ecuador
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing concern in Latin America about the situation in Ecuador, where President Daniel Noboa spoke yesterday, January 9, of an "internal armed conflict". Noboa, meanwhile, ordered the mi ...
9 January 2024
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Gangster boss manages to escape from prison: President declares a state of emergency
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In Ecuador a state of emergency has been declared due to the escape of the country's "number 1 criminal". The measure was taken yesterday, January 8, by President Daniel Noboa after José Adolfo M ...
3 January 2024
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Kenyan missionary found dead; Warao indigenous people call for "serious and credible" investigation
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - A "serious and credible" investigation into the death of the missionary "with a big smile". This is what the Warao community from the Delta Amacuro state in eastern Venezuela is demanding in ord ...
21 December 2023
AMERICA/CUBA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 13, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Fr. Víctor López Latore as National Director of the Pontifical Mis ...
21 December 2023
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - El Tren de Aragua: the transnational gang that exploits Venezuelan migrants
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Among the transnational gangs of Latin American origin, El Tren de Aragua is the only one born in Venezuela that also operates in several countries of the Southern Cone. The group, which emerged ...
15 December 2023
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Pironio and Romero: friends also in Paradise
by Gianni Valente
Campana (Agenzia Fides) – Friendships emerge among the Saints, a reflection of their common friendship with Christ. Friendships that also help them to go through the apostolic sufferings that almost ...
11 December 2023
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic priest killed in Nebraska
Omaha (Agenzia Fides) - Catholic priest Stephen Gutgsell was stabbed to death during a burglary yesterday, Sunday, December 10, in the rectory of the parish of St. John the Baptist in Fort Cahloun, a small community in N ...
6 December 2023
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Venezuela announces the creation of a Military Zone that includes the area of Guyana claimed by Caracas
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, December 5, the President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro announced the creation of the Global Defense Operational Zone ZODI (a sort of military command region) "Guyana Esequiba", cover ...
1 December 2023
AMERICA/GUYANA- Contested region of Guyana Esequiba: Tensions between Venezuela and Guyana
Georgetown (Agenzia Fides) - The relationship between Guyana and Venezuela is tense since today, December 1st, the decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Guyana's request for interim measures to stop the ...
15 November 2023
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fifth National Missionary Congress invites you to a pilgrimage in the footsteps of the martyrs of the Amazon region
Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - Communities of faithful, parishes, mission territories of the Archdiocese of Manaus took part in the pilgrimage of the Martyrs of the Amazon region, which took place last Sunday within the framew ...
10 November 2023
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fifth National Missionary Congress: From the Amazon Region to the ends of the world
Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - In Manaus, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, around 1,200 people from all over Brazil have gathered to take part in the Fifth National Missionary Congress, which begins today and runs until N ...
9 November 2023
AMERICA/CUBA - "The Church is where the Christian is and the Lord is there": Jubilee Year for the fifth centenary of the first diocese on Cuban soil
Santiago de Cuba (Agenzia Fides) - Last October 22 marked a historical milestone for the Cuban population with the opening of the Jubilee Year for the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Diocese of Santiago de Cuba, ...
16 October 2023
AMERICA/JAMAICA - Resignation of Bishop of Montego Bay
Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - On October 16, 2023, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Montego Bay, Jamaica, presented by Bishop Burchell Alexander McPherson.
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9 October 2023
AMERICA/HAITI - Education, food, health care, faith formation: glimmers of light and hope for a small rural community
Cap-Haïtien ( Fides News Agency) - Despite years of political upheaval, the earthquake in 2010 and the COVID-19 pandemic, children in a rural community 10 miles south of Cap-Haïtien are not losing faith, and thanks to ...
29 September 2023
AMERICA/MEXICO - The bishops of Tierra Caliente and Chiapas: violence and insecurity are destroying the Mexican people
Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - "The State of Michoacán is a violent State with a history of increasing violence with clashes between criminal gangs, some of which seem to be involved with the authorities." This is what the A ...
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