America

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  27 April 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Bishops: we can recover from Covid-19, but we must overcome hatred, indifference and violence Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of the Chilean Episcopal Conference was held in an unusual way, via video conference, where the Bishops exchanged information on the different problems, challenges and solutions fa ...
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  24 April 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Interreligious Council set up: working together for the good of the Venezuelan family Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the Christian Churches (Catholics, Evangelicals, Anglicans and Adventists), the Jewish community and a group of social organizations, came together to form the Venezuelan inte ...
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  24 April 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Sunday 26: National day of prayer from one's own house for the end of the pandemic Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Permanent Council of the Dominican Episcopal Conference (DEC) has invited all the faithful to join the "National Day of Prayer" from their homes next Sunday, April 26, from 9 to 11, to ...
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  22 April 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops: "hunger is a current cry", need to alleviate the food and economic crisis that accompanies social isolation Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "The spread of coronavirus (Covid-19) in our country and all over the world has important and serious repercussions in the life of each person, in social life and in our way of dealing with li ...
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  22 April 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Indigenous people reject food parcels for fear of contracting Covid-19 Loreto (Agenzia Fides) - The National Coordination of Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples, in the face of the global health emergency, have asked the Peruvian government for precise and targeted directives regarding the c ...
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  21 April 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Week of indigenous peoples: the pandemic is "further pain and suffering, among many delays and forgetfulness" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Although other priorities can be identified in this emergency situation, it would not be reasonable and right to lose sight of our brothers and sisters of the Original Peoples, since for m ...
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  20 April 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Covid-19: "We entrust ourselves to Divine Providence", writes a missionary from the State of Roraima Caracarai (Agenzia Fides) - Pastoral activities in the Brazilian state of Roraima, including the celebration of mass, have been suspended since March 22 to avoid the spread of the virus. Civil authorities have ordered pr ...
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  20 April 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Oil pipeline breakage: disaster for populations and territory Aguarico (Agenzia Fides) - An ecological disaster that affects local populations and the territory: Mgr. José Adalberto Jiménez Mendoza, bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Aguarico (Ecuador), has reported with concer ...
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  20 April 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops: solidarity with other countries affected by coronavirus Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - Solidarity, spiritual closeness and prayers for the dramatic situation underway due to the terrible consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic: this is what the Bishops of Paraguay express in a lett ...
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  18 April 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Hungerless Families": Caritas campaign against Covid-19 continues Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Mexico continues and relaunches the "Hungerless Families" campaign launched on Easter Sunday. The campaign aims to collect food to feed families who, due to the crisis caused by Covi ...
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  17 April 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Religious close to the people of God in many ways during the pandemic, expression of a "Church that goes forth" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "Creativity in spiritual accompaniment by men and women religious, priests, deacons, pastoral workers, with many expressions, with different means, has penetrated very deeply into the communi ...
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  17 April 2020
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Human rights do not disappear nor lost when crossing borders: hundreds of migrants stranded in Honduras Choluteca (Agenzia Fides) - "About 300 people originally from Haiti, Cuba and Africa (mostly Haitians) have already overcrowded the rooms they had rented in Choluteca, Honduras for more than 24 days", this is how the let ...
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  16 April 2020
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops in the United States and Mexico: in times of pandemic "stop deportations in the name of the suffering people" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - One month after the beginning of the restrictions imposed to contain the Covid 19 pandemic, the Bishops of Guatemala note that some of the compatriots do not seem to have become fully awa ...
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  16 April 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Solidarity among parishes in the face of Covid-19 Pesqueira (Agenzia Fides) - The Emergency Solidarity Action, initiative of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) and of Cáritas Brasileira launched on Easter Sunday (see Fides, 11/4/2020), has already prom ...
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  16 April 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Covid-19: the voice of mission among collapsing healthcare facilities, corruption and war scenarios Durán (Agenzia Fides) - "The churches of Guayaquil have been closed since Saturday 14 March and the streets are deserted. Only the basic necessities are open in the morning". Fr. Saverio Turato, a fidei donum priest in ...