America

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  30 December 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Enhancing and expanding the contribution of women to the mission of the Church Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The visibility of the contribution offered by women to the mission of the Church, in Brazil and in the world, was one of the main objectives of the Commission for Missionary Action and Inter-ec ...
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  28 December 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Every year there are three hundred and sixty-five pages, on which we are like pencils writing our biography, day by day Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "In this year 2022 we are pencils in the hands of God. He can write straight on the crooked lines of the pandemic, disease and suffering; He can write with our collaboration his words that g ...
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  28 December 2021
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Bishops: "Let us undertake the serious and responsible commitment of the reconstruction our country’s needs" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In their Christmas message, the Bishops of Honduras asked the People of God and all people of good will to assume "the serious and responsible commitment to the reconstruction of which our c ...
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  23 December 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Faced with the legalization of gambling: we need to "promote the culture of work, not squeeze the poor" Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - "Legalizing gambling is squeezing the poor", denounces the Social and Addiction Pastoral of the Archdiocese of Córdoba, in view of the imminent discussion at the provincial level, of the bill t ...
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  23 December 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Another year concludes without enactment of meaningful immigration reform Washington (Agenzia Fides) - As another year concludes without enactment of meaningful immigration reform, Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville, auxiliary bishop of Washington and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bisho ...
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  22 December 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Five million Colombians affected by the deadliest and longest-lived virus: hunger Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan "NAVIDAR, a time to nourish hope", the Food Bank hopes that more than 25,000 low-income families by Christmas will benefit from the initiative, for this reason it invites everyone ...
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  21 December 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Chilean religious put themselves "at the service of the country project that opens after these elections" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "As a country, we had an election day in which our sense of democracy was re-evaluated and the new President was elected for the period 2022-2026, starting a new phase on March 11, when he will ...
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  21 December 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - "We cannot remain indifferent to the tragic events of recent months": new appeal to international solidarity Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The "SOS Haiti" campaign, promoted by the Church of Brazil (Episcopal Conference, Caritas Brasileira, Conference of Religious, Movement for Basic Education and Catholic Education Associat ...
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  20 December 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Caritas Brazil: Covid prevention kit and information activities for vulnerable Amazonian communities Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - By the end of December 4,500 families from 9 municipalities in the Amazon, for a total of 22,500 people, will receive COVID-19 hygiene and prevention kits thanks to the "Ajuri pela Vida na Amazô ...
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  20 December 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops to President-elect Gabriel Boric: "The Country entrusts you with a great mission" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In a letter signed by Cardinal Celestino Aós Braco, Archbishop of Santiago and President of the Chilean Episcopal Conference (CECh) and by Monsignor Sergio Pérez de Arce Arriagada, Bishop of ...
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  18 December 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Dominican missionaries sow hope and dignity with a musical project Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - In Bañado de Tacumbú, a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Asunción, the capital of Paraguay, the hope for a better future passes through music. The population of this neighborhood is mo ...
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  17 December 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Indignation and sadness for the destruction of two statues of the Virgin Mary Montelibano (Agenzia Fides) - The season of Advent presents the Virgin Mary as the woman who waits, with ineffable love, for the fulfillment of the promise of salvation, for this reason "it causes great indignation and s ...
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  17 December 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Presidential elections: "a new opportunity for the country" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Next Sunday we will have a new President of the Republic and we already pray for him and his government. We ask him to govern for all Chileans, seeking ways of dialogue, agreement, justice and ...
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  16 December 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA: "Trabayo y persona": the challenge to create jobs thanks to training Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "It would be nice if all trades became a fashion, a 'trend', to be able to decide whether do this or that job". Fides speaks with Alejandro Marius, founder of "Trabajo y persona", a non-profit c ...
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  16 December 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Bishops: the second Christmas overshadowed by the pandemic leads us to appreciate the splendor of Christ who comes to enlighten the world Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - A "call to hope" to live the celebration of the birth of the Son of God and to let oneself be enlightened by the Light of the world offered to each person, has been launched by the Bishop ...