America

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  29 April 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - MCA Day: "From my home, like Santa Teresina, I am also a missionary!" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Adapting to the time in which we live for the Covid 19 pandemic, the National Day of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (MCA) was celebrated in the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz, with the motto ...
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  28 April 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Suspension of masses for the pandemic is painful, but can help save lives Belo Horizonte (Agenzia Fides) - The social isolation measures decided by the authorities to curb the growth of cases and the spread of covid-19 in Brazil have also been adopted by the Brazilian archdioceses and dioceses ...
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  28 April 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest threatened with death, but the Church does not stop in defense of the rights of the population San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - Quarantine to combat the pandemic is not enough to stop organized crime that continues to threaten the population in Mexico. This is what happens in Chiapas, where priests have been threat ...
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  28 April 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Government-Bishops Commission at work for the reopening of churches according to the concrete situation of each city Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidential Council and some Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador (ECE) met with the Government Minister, Maria Paula Romo, and her councilors, to discuss the issue of the reopening ...
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  27 April 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - COVID-19: for missionaries it is the "time to 'stay' and do 'acts of solidarity, even if with simple gestures" Duràn (Agenzia Fides) - “Those who can afford to be at home and have the opportunity to go out to do shopping live a 'quarantine' which is certainly different from those who live in barracks, without basic services, w ...
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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 ...