America

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  9 August 2024
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - “Witnesses of Christ with the power of the Spirit”. The Pontifical Mission Societies towards CAM6 Comayagua (Agenzia Fides) - The American Missionary Congress (CAM6), scheduled for next November in Puerto Rico, is getting closer and closer and the direction of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in Honduras has or ...
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  7 August 2024
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - On the feast of Saint Cajetan: priests from working-class districts raise the alarm about unemployment Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Work is a "criterion of order" for individual and family life. But today in Argentina, work opportunities are falling "like the pieces in a game of dominoes". This is what the priests of th ...
• 30 July 2024
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Chaos and violence after the elections. The bishops: "Just demands are made with peaceful attitudes" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "As pastors of the People of God, we are following closely the development of recent events and we want to express to everyone our closeness and willingness to provide pastoral support in these ...
• 25 July 2024
  AMERICA/PERU - First Assembly of Native Peoples with missionaries: Feeling, learning, walking together in the construction of the 'monifue' San José del Amazonas (Agenzia Fides) - "Strengthen intercultural dialogue with the aim of walking together towards 'monifue' (Good Living) and building a Church closer to the reality of indigenous peoples". This is wha ...
• 22 July 2024
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Resignation of vicar apostolic of Tierradentro Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic vicariate of Tierradentro Colombia, presented by Bishop Oscar Augusto Múnera Ochoa. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 22 ...
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  20 July 2024
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Testimonies, reflections and prayers at the VIII Bolivian Missionary Congress, in preparation for CAM6 Oruro (Agenzia Fides) - Last week was a very intense week for the more than 400 participants of the VIII Bolivian National Missionary Congress, a fundamental stage of reflection and sharing in preparation for the America ...
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  16 July 2024
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Church in Guatemala celebrates 500 years of evangelization in the country Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "Over 500 years the Church in all its communities has grown and expanded, the good news of Jesus has been welcomed by numerous peoples and has made us grow in dignity, aware of that divin ...
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  15 July 2024
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Presidential elections, Bishops appeal not to desert the polls Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The electoral appointment on July 28 "will mark the future" of the Venezuelan Republic. For this reason it is necessary to overcome the temptation of abstentionism and apathy, and take note that ...
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  15 July 2024
  AMERICA/CHILE - National Youth Day: encounter with a Catholic identity, open to all La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of young people from all over the country will gather accompanied by their pastors, assistants and animators who serve in the different youth pastoral environments, on the occasion o ...
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  9 July 2024
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "The Christian mission is a dynamic reality": Cardinal Tagle at the Centenary of the first National Missionary Congress Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "This is a moment to give thanks to our merciful God, to listen again to the call to mission in our time and to respond with generosity, courage and creativity". This i show Cardinal Luis Antoni ...
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  8 July 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Hurricane Beryl devastates plantations: “People in Pourcine lose their only source of income” by Antonella Prenna Pourcine (Agenzia Fides) - "The hurricane has only hit us marginally, but the situation here in Pourcine is very difficult," said the Italian missionary Father Massimo Miraglio, directly from Port ...
• 5 July 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Camillians after Hurricane Beryl: "We are still alive, thank God!" Pourcine (Agenzia Fides) - "We have survived the first hurricane of the season and despite significant damage to crops and the most fragile houses... but we are still alive, thank God," said Father Massimo Miraglio, a Ca ...
• 26 June 2024
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Latin American bishops concerned about the impact of drug trafficking: "We must not give up" Bogotà (Fides Agency) – "The fact that drug trafficking manages to infiltrate and corrupt the power of the state, the police, the armed forces, the media, businesses, in short, all the institutions of democracy, is a ...
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  14 June 2024
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace and justice: Working group for Colombia seeks common solutions Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Migration, human rights violations, peace and environmental protection are just some of the issues that the Working Group for Colombia (GTC) is dealing with these days in Rome to strengthen peace a ...
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  8 June 2024
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops launch digitization in the dioceses Pando (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Eugenio Coter, Apostolic Vicar of Pando in northern Bolivia, wants to initiate a process of digitization and modernization in the country's dioceses. "The introduction of special softwa ...