America

• 11 August 2011
  AMERICA/CHILE - "The country cannot go on like this": Bishops' appeal for dialogue between students and authorities Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "The country cannot go forward under the pressure of demonstrations or police repression, and neither under threat or provocation. In this decisive hour, dialogue is the key to objectively eval ...
• 10 August 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A seminar on human trafficking has just concluded : deep concern in view of the Olympics and World Cup Teresina (Agenzia Fides) - The formation Seminar for instructors and trainers in the fight against human trafficking organized by the inter-congregational network "A cry for life" has just concluded. The seminar was he ...
• 9 August 2011
  AMERICA/PERU '- 20th anniversary of the martyrs of Peru Pariacoto (Agenzia Fides) - Today, August 9, 2011, marks the 20th anniversary of the martyrs of Peru. On August 9, 1991, Fr. Michal Tomaszek and Fr. Zbigniew Strzalkowski, Franciscan friars were killed by "Sendero Lumi ...
• 8 August 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-The Archdiocese of Santo Domingo celebrated its 500th anniversary Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) -With a solemn Eucharistic celebration, presided by the papal legate, Cardinal Carlos Amigo Vallejo, Archbishop Emeritus of Sevilla, the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo yesterday concluded the ...
• 6 August 2011
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church against death penalty: it does not solve the problem of violence in the country. Panama City (Fides Service) - Congressman Marcos Gonzalez, of the Democratic Change (DC) party, has introduced a bill to introduce death penalty in Panama, in cases of murder and femicide, crime against the collective ...
• 4 August 2011
  AMERICA/PERU-Missionary formation enters social networks Carabayllo (Agenzia Fides) - The Missionary Studies Center (MSC) in the diocese of Carabayllo, Peru, has made its entry into social networks, opening up a profile on Facebook. "The MSC has decided to venture into virtua ...
• 3 August 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Catholic Church convenes the V National Congress of Reconciliation to facilitate the peace process in Bogota (Agenzia Fides )-The V National Congress, organized by the National Secretariat of theSocial Pastoral (NSSP / Caritas Colombiana) to be held in Bogota on 10 and 12 August will be focused on the issue of social justice t ...
• 2 August 2011
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Cholera threatens prisons, denounces the Catholic Church Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Commission in the Dominican Republic prisons has accused the National Directorate of Prisons (NDP) of hiding information about cases of cholera which have occurred in detenti ...
• 2 August 2011
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Cardinal Terrazas launches an appeal in favor of the most needy Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval, Archbishop of Santa Cruz in Bolivia, said that the threats and repression are not the ways to combat social deprivation and asked to share and distribute wea ...
• 1 August 2011
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "We must urgently face the problem regarding prisons", said Cardinal Urosa, commenting on the creation of the Ministry for the management of prisons Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The creation of the Ministry to manage the prisons has been hailed by the People's Defender, Gabriela Ramirez and by the Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, who expressed the hop ...
• 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 ...