America

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  6 April 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Message of the Bishops to the people of God: "Christ is not quarantined and his Gospel is not in chains" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Future generations will look back on this as the long Lent of 2020, a time when disease and death suddenly darkened the whole earth. As we enter into Holy Week, these most sacred days of the ...
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  3 April 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 500 years since the first mass: "May our life regain meaning, desire, enthusiasm in order to put it at the service of the poorest" Río Gallegos (Agenzia Fides) - On the 500th anniversary of the first Mass in Argentine territory, in 1520, in the current city of Puerto San Julián, Santa Cruz, the Bishop of Rio Gallegos, Mgr. Jorge García Cuerva, ce ...
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  3 April 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church invites to practice charity with the most vulnerable and publishes a vademecum for priests Xalapa (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Mexico has launched an urgent appeal to the population to practice charity and support the most vulnerable, because in the face of the health crisis caused by the coronavir ...
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  3 April 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "From pain we build unity": call of Bishops to civil society, parties, government, in the face of the pandemic Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "The families of Ecuador are experiencing moments of distress, pain, uncertainty ... for the proliferation of the Covid 19 pandemic in our country, a situation that requires urgent and adequate at ...
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  2 April 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Religious congregations and dioceses provide homes and spaces for coronavirus patients Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Chile and the world are experiencing a serious health reality. The global spread of Covid-19 has caused a painful number of victims and highlighted the needs and shortcomings of the various he ...
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  2 April 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Missionary Childhood: family prayer to stop the pandemic Leticia (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Celina Mota Sánchez, diocesan director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Apostolic Vicariate of Leticia, Colombia, explains to Fides the pastoral and humanitarian initiati ...
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  1 April 2020
  AMERICA - On Easter Sunday the consecration of Latin America to Our Lady of Guadalupe, to invoke the end of the pandemic Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidency of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), together with the Bishops of Mexico, on Easter Sunday, April 12, will celebrate at 12 noon (Mexico time), the Act of consecrat ...
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  1 April 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Hope and support" of the Episcopate for the one-month humanitarian truce of ELN Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "A hope of relief for the Colombian people, especially for those who suffer the consequences of the armed conflict more severely": with these words the Bishops of Colombia accepted the announceme ...
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  1 April 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops: "concrete and immediate solutions" for problems aggravated by the pandemic Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops gathered in the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV), have raised their voices in this time of world health emergency, expressing their concern about the serious situation that th ...
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  31 March 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Solidarity, the strength to overcome the health emergency Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of "semi paralysis" of the economy of many countries, following the global health emergency, is leading on the one hand to see pictures of extreme poverty and on the other hand, the o ...
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  31 March 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In a plane with the ostensory or with the statue of the Virgin Mary to bless the Brazilians during the pandemic Goiania (Agenzia Fides) – In order to invoke the health and protection of the people of God, after the blessing imparted by Pope Francis Urbi et Orbi on Friday, March 27, from St. Peter's Square, some dioceses in Brazi ...
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  30 March 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church complies with anti-covid-19 standards, while the government promotes gatherings of people Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - The Mayor of Granada organized a pilgrimage to the Jesús del Rescate sanctuary, despite the fact that the bishop had canceled it to avoid coronavirus infections. While the Catholic Church in Nic ...
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  28 March 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Appeal by Alianza Interreligiosa: Responsibility and solidarity in the face of the pandemic Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask all the governments of Latin America and the Caribbean, as some are already doing very effectively, to adopt responsibly and decisively the necessary measures to protect the lives of a ...
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  27 March 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - Covid-19: "What will happen will be catastrophic", testimony of a missionary Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "It is enough to see what is happening on the street, what will happen will be catastrophic, since the population lives its day-to-day life and does not have the essential tools to deal w ...
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  27 March 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - "United with the Pope in prayer for humanity!" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile joins the invitation that Pope Francis addressed "to unite our voices to heaven" and to pray worldwide" with the prayer that the Lord ...