America

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  18 May 2020
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Dignity and freedom are worth our prayers with all our strength": the Archdiocese of Havana in the face of a health emergency Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Cuba is experiencing moments of discouragement in the face of the health emergency. The population, although informed of the need to follow the measures to maintain social distance to avoid the c ...
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  16 May 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary rosary on social networks for Covid patients; the Bishops urgently ask for State aid Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Every Sunday the missionary rosary prayer is broadcast as a message of hope, faith and motivation for the faithful in this moment of pandemic on the social networks of the Pontifical Mission ...
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  16 May 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - "Let's spread hope": Caritas competition, committed throughout the country since the first signs of the pandemic Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - For the sixth consecutive year Caritas Uruguay launches the national illustration competition on the theme "Let's spread hope". In this particular moment marked by the pandemic, Caritas invit ...
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  15 May 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Bishops express solidarity with indigenous communities during the pandemic Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Shelton J. Fabre of Houma-Thibodaux and chairman of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and chai ...
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  15 May 2020
  AMERICA - "Time of pandemic, time of opportunity in the light of Laudato Sì": Laudato Sì week Aysén (Agenzia Fides) - In communion with the initiatives promoted all over the world 5 years after the publication of Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Sì" on the care of the common home, the Apostolic Vicariate of Ay ...
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  14 May 2020
  AMERICA - Bishops of the continent participate in the "Day of prayer, fasting and works of charity" to invoke the end of the pandemic Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopal Council (CELAM), Archbishop Héctor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, urged the Bishops of the continent to accept Pope Francis’ call to join ...
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  14 May 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "We must know if this government is interested in life", asks Mgr. Centellas on Journalist's Day Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivia celebrated "Bolivian Journalist's Day" on Sunday 10 May. On this occasion Mgr. Ricardo Centellas, apostolic Administrator of the diocese of Potosi, recently appointed Archbishop of Sucre a ...
• 13 May 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Rev. Estefan Turcios Carpano Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 23 January 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed rev. Luis Estefan Turcios Carpano, of the clergy of the Archdioc ...
• 13 May 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Luis Alberto Hernandez Guzman Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 January 2020, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Luis Alberto Hernandez Guzman, of the diocesan clergy of Ma ...
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  13 May 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Rueda Aparicio after the latest murderers: "Cauca, sing and fight for peace" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot silence the pain we feel in the face of this cruel reality: the elderly are not respected and children are eliminated, crime is killing the memory of peoples". These are the heartfelt ...
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  13 May 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - Covid-19 and aid from the PMS: "Challenges to the mission of Christ in our dear Haiti" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "People are very worried because nobody knows when this virus can hit us. The Church is closed, schools are closing. Families suffer due to the psychological, socio-economic and political ...
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  12 May 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Addressing the pandemic: responsibility, serenity and trust in God" underlines Mgr. Baez Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - Fides received a video message from Mgr. Silvio José Báez, Auxiliary Bishop of Managua with the title "Addressing the pandemic: responsibility, serenity and trust in God" where, after advising ...
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  12 May 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Our pilgrim Lady of Fatima in the dioceses, May 13 celebration in streaming from the Shrine of Maipù Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Wednesday, 13 May, feast of Our Lady of Fatima, Mgr. Cristián Roncagliolo, Auxiliary Bishop of Santiago, will preside the prayer of the Holy Rosary, the Mass and the act of Consecration to t ...
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  11 May 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Bishops: "Avoid the layoff of workers, this is the moment in which we must help each other like brothers and sisters" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Salvadoran Episcopal Conference, through a statement entitled "A country according to the heart of God" asks employers to avoid the layoff of workers or the suspension of their contract ...
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  9 May 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Schmitz to politicians: "You must not play with the life of humble people" Bluefields (Agenzia Fides) - In Nicaragua the health emergency situation continues to be increasingly difficult and confusing. While the population, also following the advice of the Catholic Church, is spontaneously unde ...