America

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  13 December 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Red Clamor: "We do not want migrants, victims of various forms of violence, to continue to increase in the world" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Red Clamor, the Latin American ecclesial network committed to migrants, refugees and victims of trafficking, together with the Episcopal Dimension of Human Mobility of the Mexican Episcopal ...
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  11 December 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - "Believing in life and becoming multipliers of goodness and hope", the Camillians strengthen their missionary commitment Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "How can a people of 12 million inhabitants survive despite the natural catastrophe which, on August 14, 2021 (see Fides, 25/8/2021) devastated the cities of southern Haiti, but even more ...
• 10 December 2021
  AMERICA/FRENCH GUIANA - Appointment of the Bishop of Cayenne Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed Rev. Alain Ransay of the clergy of Fort-de-France (Martinique), currently parish priest of Notre Dame de Bellevue, as Bishop of the Diocese of Cayenne ...
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  10 December 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Apostolic Vicariate Ñuflo de Chávez celebrates its 70th anniversary: "Church is community, participation and mission" Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - "As we celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of our Vicariate of Ñuflo de Chávez, we remember the important events that have happened and of the people of our people, whom many of ...
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  10 December 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - President of the Episcopal Conference: Mission is a priority Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Argentine Church faces a number of challenges in the years to come. This was confirmed by the President of the Argentine Bishops' Conference (CEA), Bishop Oscar Ojea of San Isidro after ...
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  9 December 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishop of Caacupé: "we have an obligation to 'organize hope' in order to leave the pandemic and impunity behind" Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - "We have an obligation to 'organize hope' in Paraguay in order to leave behind the effects of the pandemic and put an end to the national epidemic of impunity, because corruption also kills". T ...
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  7 December 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Young people gathered in Caacupé: "We are the today of God and of the Country, today we must participate, commit ourselves and act" Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, December 4, about five hundred young people from all over the country gathered in Caacupé to pray and ask for the blessing of Our Lady of Miracles, Patroness of Paraguay, in the c ...
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  7 December 2021
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Bishops: "May the elected authorities working for the common good project Honduras towards a prosperous future and integral well-being for all" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Iris Xiomara Castro, 62, was elected President of Honduras on Sunday November 28. The first woman to hold this position, the Social Democratic leader is the wife of Manuel Zelaya, the former ...
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  6 December 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Despair and violence among migrants are the answer to the many broken promises of the government Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation of migrants in Tapachula, Chiapas, has taken on an alarming dimension and complexity. In addition to overcrowding, delays in the application procedures for the recognition of ...
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  6 December 2021
  AMERICA - The Bishops of Central America: "let's leave our churches and set out to announce the Good News of the Gospel" San José de Costarica (Agenzia Fides) - "We reaffirm our commitment to listen to, accompany, guide and defend our peoples in their struggles, aspirations and hopes, especially in these times when the Covid-19 pandemic h ...
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  3 December 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - The new authorities must conceive migration "as a human reality which demands protection and not exclusion" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "In this election period, and in the face of the implementation of new immigration legislation, we are concerned that the person is not seen as the axis of the law, but that the migration is as ...
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  3 December 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Church, your name is mission": new Venezuelan edition of the CELAM Missiology Manual Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The new "CELAM Missiology Manual, Church your name is mission", which is in its third edition, is intended for priests, religious and lay people. Created by experts in missiology from the contin ...
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  2 December 2021
  AMERICA - "Misión Celam" is born: to be a voice and give a voice to the People of God that "go forth" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “Misión Celam” is the new publication, printed and digital, that the Communication Center of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) presented to the Ecclesial Assembly, held from Nove ...
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  2 December 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Indigenous pastoral care: respect for national laws and international agreements signed by Paraguay Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "The National Constitution in the fifth chapter, recognizes the existence of indigenous peoples as groups of cultures prior to the formation and organization of the Paraguayan State, and guaran ...
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  1 December 2021
  AMERICA - New web portal for the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (Repam) Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (Repam) has launched a new web portal (www.repam.net) that is more usable and accessible, so that everyone can consult the documentation and multimedia conte ...