America

• 17 January 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Number of deaths reaches 600, collecting aid continues Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) – According to information send to Fides from the Archdiocese of Rio, the number of deaths due to the torrential rains in recent days has already risen above 600 and is so elevated that t ...
• 17 January 2011
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Online school to achieve high school diploma Bucaramanga (Agenzia Fides) – In recent days the most recent project initiated by the Guanellian missions in Colombia has taken off: an online school to achieve an high school diploma. “The project,” says Father Co ...
• 15 January 2011
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The tragedy of Rio mobilizes the Church to accommodate the homeless; image of the Patron Saint of Rio on a train collecting aid; Bishops launch a solidarity campaign Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) – The State of Rio de Janeiro is experiencing the worst climatic tragedy ever recorded in the Country. The latest developments, sent to Fides by the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro, speak o ...
• 11 January 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - One year on after the earthquake: five priorities for the Jesuits Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - There are about 20 Jesuits who live in Haiti, the majority of them being Haitian, all very committed to the reconstruction of the Country. According to information provided to Fides by t ...
• 11 January 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - Reconstruction still far away, one year on from the earthquake; fear of attacks and blocked roads for the ballot Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – A year on after the repercussions of the devastating earthquake that struck Haiti on 12 January, 2010 continue to be felt especially in rural areas, aggravated by the running epidemic o ...
• 10 January 2011
  AMERICA/HAITI - Signs of hope: 3 Haitian deacons among the Claretians, a year on from the earthquake Jimani (Agenzia Fides) – The Father General of the Congregation of the Claretians, Father Josep Maria Abella, shortly before Christmas, visited the missionary zones of Kasal and Nason in Haiti, and met with the local ...
• 10 January 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Another Bishop takes up Twitter: presence of the Church increases in social networking sites Durango (Agenzia Fides) – The Archbishop of Durango, Archbishop Héctor González Martínez, opened a Twitter account in the last few days. Including him, there are now five members of the Mexican ecclesial hierarchy w ...
• 8 January 2011
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “Step by step towards peace”: a march to stop the violence against migrants Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) – Dozens of central American immigrants and activists from Mexico began a march in south-east Mexico on the afternoon of 7 January to protest against the violence suffered by clandestine migran ...
• 29 December 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - “The level of development of a community is measured by the ability to take care of the weak” declare the Bishops of Chile Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Chile (CEC) published a statement entitled: “Cry for innocent lives” in which everyone is invited to protect unborn human life, offering useful in ...
• 29 December 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Acquittal of missionary Father Bartolini and director of Radio East welcomed with joy Yurimaguas (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Bishops' Conference announced that the Amazonian High Court acquitted Father Mario Bartolini, Italian Passionist priest and pastor in the town of Barranquita. Along with him, jou ...
• 28 December 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - From 180 to 200 patients a day in the clinic of the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation in La Plaine La Plaine (Agenzia Fides) - Before the earthquake that devastated Haiti on 12 January, 2010, the Dominican Sisters of the Presentation had two communities: one in the capital, Port au Prince (the house called “Maison M ...
• 28 December 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Jorge Urosa-Savino fears Venezuela is moving towards a dictatorship Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – Cardinal Jorge Urosa-Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, has expressed concern that a dictatorship is being established in Venezuela. According to local press reports, the Archbishop of Caracas has ...
• 23 December 2010
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - New programs for the 52,000 Colombians migrated to Ecuador Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministers for Foreign Affairs from Colombia and Ecuador have asked the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help in assisting more th ...
• 21 December 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop Cabrejos asks presidential candidates to support proposals for the good of the country, regardless of ideology Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference (CEP), Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos, asked the presidential candidates to not fall into the “politics of trivial things”, but to support the prop ...
• 20 December 2010
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church insists in calling for international observers for the elections of 2011 Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Nicaragua insists on the presence of international and domestic election observers to legitimize the outcome of the presidential and legislative elections which are schedu ...