America

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  8 May 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards the gradual reopening of churches ensuring the safety of the health of the faithful Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (CEE) met with the technical-scientific Commission to detail its plans for the reopening of churches, following agreements between bishops and government repres ...
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  8 May 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Covid-19: health mission in the Vicariate of Inirida, the Bishops of Nariño ask the President for "urgent care" Inirida (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the social actions carried out by the Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida (Colombia) in this period of pandemic and with the support of a group of health professionals, a boat left in pas ...
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  7 May 2020
  AMERICA - Urgent dissemination of necessary minimum information on Covid-19 among the indigenous peoples of the Amazon, initiatives of Christian groups Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - With the aim of spreading and strengthening the minimum information needed on Covid-19 among the indigenous peoples of the Amazon, a team of bilingual interpreters, communicators and educa ...
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  7 May 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Families without work and without food because of the pandemic: initiatives of the Chilean dioceses Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The pandemic has affected everyone, in particular hundreds of Chilean families who have been left without work or resources to meet basic needs. For this reason, the diocese of Iquique, through ...
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  6 May 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Family month in times of pandemic: "With Mary, we experience the domestic Church" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian Church usually celebrates "Family Week" in May, however, given the current reality due to the coronavirus pandemic, this year the Bishops have proposed to experience "Family Month" ...
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  6 May 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops: a new date for the elections so as not to endanger the health and life of Bolivians La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Episcopal Conference suggests that the Plurinational Assembly together with the Supreme Electoral Court, work in a coordinated way and take into account the difficulty that currently ...
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  5 May 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Bishops of the Amazon ask the authorities for more attention for Covid-19 which is spreading more and more in the region Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We Bishops of the Amazon, in the face of the uncontrolled spread of Covid 19 in Brazil, especially in the Amazon, express our immense concern and ask for greater attention from federal and sta ...
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  5 May 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Church campaign raises double the funds needed for Covid-19 patients Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - Good news in the midst of the Covid 19 crisis come from the region of Loreto (Peruvian forest), one of the Peruvian areas most affected by the pandemic. On Sunday 3 May, the Apostolic Vicariate ...
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  4 May 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Appeal by Mgr. Rebolledo: "Effective solidarity towards the poorest and most defenseless" Coquimbo (Agenzia Fides) - "The crisis, caused by the consequences of coronavirus all over the world, is of proportions yet to be defined, and unfortunately it will affect the poorest, most defenseless and excluded of so ...
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  4 May 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops reaffirm "the defense of democracy, for justice and for peace" in times of health crisis Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with perplexity and indignation that we witness violent demonstrations against measures to prevent coronavirus; that we have listened to distorted declarations of contempt for life by pu ...
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  30 April 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Scalabrinians: "The issue of migration is central even in this period of pandemic" Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great concern about the condition that thousands of migrants currently live along the border line between Mexico and the United States. With the closure of the borders, due to the Covi ...
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  30 April 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - May 1: "An embrace of solidarity in the pain and difficulties of workers, a message of great hope" Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - This May 1st "finds us in the midst of a global storm, imagining a future of great economic and social crisis that will require the greatest responsibility and generosity of all, social movem ...
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  30 April 2020
  AMERICA / HAITI - Covid 19, a Redemptorist: "Many believe that the disease does not exist in the country and the diaspora no longer sends money" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "It should be said that the predictions of experts on Haiti, regarding this pandemic, can come true in all their brutality since the country has weak points that seem to condemn it. We t ...
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  29 April 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - World premiere on the internet: "Shepherd of souls", life of Mgr. Salvador Montes de Oca Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Among the initiatives of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela to express its closeness to the community of believers in the country, a "world premiere on the internet", the film about the life ...
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  29 April 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "I do not mind, he is my brother": campaign to welcome those who return Guasdualito (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the return of Venezuelans to their country, on the border with Alto Apure, the Bishop of the diocese of Guasdualito, in Venezuela, launched the campaign "I do not mind, he ...