America

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  3 April 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - Recognition of ecclesial organizations for the defense of human rights during the dictatorship Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank you for this work, for risking your life to protect those who were persecuted for their ideas at the time, for believing in a different world, for fighting for justice". These are the wo ...
• 3 April 2023
  AMERICA/GUADELOUPE - Appointment of Bishop of Basse-Terre and Pointe-à-Pitre Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Philippe Guiougou, of the clergy of the diocese of Saint-Denis-en-France, until now vicar general and moderator of the Pastoral Unit of Saint-Deni ...
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  1 April 2023
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Laity: Samaritans of our time and our culture, for social and ecclesial transformation Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - "According to their baptismal identity, the laity assume the commitment to be authentic Christians, so that in every social, political, economic, ecclesial reality ... they can embody values an ...
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  31 March 2023
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Temporary reception centers for immigrants "end up being detention centers, where human rights are violated" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "As we have said more than once, 'Guatemala has the primary obligation to fulfill and enforce the rights of male and female citizens to remain in their country in dignified conditions and ...
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  30 March 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migrants who died in Ciudad Juárez: "a sad reality that deeply challenges us all" Ciudad Juarez (Agenzia Fides) - "A sad reality that challenges us, all of us, profoundly, that does not leave us alone", underlined the Bishop of Ciudad Juárez, Monsignor José Guadalupe Torres Campos, when celebrating ...
• 30 March 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Puerto Carreño Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Francis has appointed the Reverend Fr. Álvaro Mon Pérez, C.Ss.R., until now chaplain of the Colegio Seminario Redentorista San Clemente in Manizales, as vicar apostolic of ...
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  29 March 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Father Jean-Yves Médidor: "During the days of the kidnapping, the strength of prayer sustained me" Croix des Bouquets (Agenzia Fides) - A week after his release, Father Jean-Yves Médidor, a missionary of the Clerics of Saint Viator kidnapped in Croix des Bouquets on March 10, told Agenzia Fides the ordeal of his kidn ...
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  28 March 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - The risk of getting used to violence without asking ourselves "what kind of society are we building?" Chillàn (Agenzia Fides) - "We all want to live in a safer and more fraternal nation, but I would like to invite you to ask us a few questions: why is the world of crime and drug trafficking born and growing among us? Wh ...
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  27 March 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Peace cannot be built because of domestic violence and the disintegration of the social fabric Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Mexican National Institute of Public Health and the United Nations Children's Fund, only 3 out of 10 children are brought up in an environment free from violence. This means ...
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  24 March 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In the state of Piauí, 80% of the population suffers from lack of food Teresina (Agenzia Fides) - 80% of the inhabitants of Piauí, a Brazilian state located in the northeast of the country, in the arid region of Sertão, suffer from hunger. According to the report of the "Rede Brasileira d ...
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  23 March 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - The priest of the Clerics of St. Viator who had been kidnapped at Croix des Bouquets has been released Croix des Bouquets (Agenzia Fides) - Father Jean-Yves Medidor, priest of the Clerics of St. Viator, parish priest of Christ-Roi le Meilleur in Port-au-Prince has been released. The news was announced by Father Nestor Fil ...
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  23 March 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - "She ended her life praying for everyone". Sister Maria Agustina Rivas, killed for being a peacemaker by Stefano Lodigiani La Florida (Agenzia Fides) - "A missionary nun killed for having been a peacemaker", this is the title of the news in which Agenzia Fides reported on the tragic death of Sister Maria Agustina Riva ...
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  22 March 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - Several religious congregations are mobilizing to intervene in favor of the populations affected by Cyclone Yaku Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Collapsed houses, severe flooding, flooding of several rivers, landslides and numerous problems in urban areas are some of the consequences of the passage of Cyclone Yaku in Peru between March 16 a ...
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  22 March 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New attack against indigenous peoples in the state of Maranhão São Benedito (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, March 19, around 4 a.m., the Traditional Baixão dos Rochas community, in São Benedito do Rio Preto, a municipality about 240 kilometers from São Luís, in the state of Maranh ...
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  21 March 2023
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Young heralds of truth: National Youth Day returns after the pandemic San José (Agenzia Fides) - On a pilgrimage from the Church of La Soledad to the Metropolitan Cathedral, dozens of young people placed in the hands of God the "Dream of San José": the National Youth Day (DNJ) which will ...