America

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  17 March 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops: offer sympathy towards those who do not work, in order to face this hard moment as a family Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a hard moment that must also be an opportunity to offer our sympathy and face together as a family ... this disease that knows neither skin color nor limits, so we must follow the government ...
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  16 March 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Priests close to the sick and poor, even in this moment of the pandemic Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – With regards to the critical situation caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, Venezuela, a country affected by poverty, suffers and feels that it will not be spared. The church in Venezuela, whic ...
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  16 March 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - When fundamental rights, the right to life are denied, all human rights are hanging by a thread Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - "By taking care of life, we build our neighborhoods", is the title of the statement by the team of priests from the city and suburb areas of the Argentine capital and the province, who present ...
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  14 March 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishops: the reawakening of Chile cannot be seen, the requests of the population have still not been fulfilled Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In a message that will be read in all the Catholic churches of Chile this weekend, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 March, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile recalls the conce ...
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  7 March 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "No" to violence against women: on 8 March the statues of saints covered in church, while on 9 March it is "women's strike" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of Saints Cosme and Damián in Mexico City has covered the images and statues of saints and virgins as a symbolic gesture in support of women's rights and to draw attention to the ...
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  6 March 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "With Mary, beyond borders": the preparation of the National Missionary Congress proceeds Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian dimension of the Mission, expressed by the motto "With Mary, beyond the borders", is the main theme of the XIII National Missionary Congress which will be celebrated from 25 to 28 June ...
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  5 March 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas meeting of the Bolivarian area Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "The identity of Caritas is seen in our service, it is within us", said Ricardo Calle, Pastoral Councilor of Caritas Peru, on the occasion of the meeting of the Bolivarian area held from 2 to 4 Mar ...
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  4 March 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Protesters disrupt Fr. Ernesto Cardenal’s funeral mass Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Followers of the ruling Sandinista Front of Nicaragua desecrated with insults, robberies and aggressions the mass in honor of the late poet and priest Ernesto Cardenal, who died on Sunday 1st Ma ...
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  4 March 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Yes to women, Yes to life": a great prayer for life on 8 March announced by the Bishops Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the celebration of International Women's Day, March 8, and on the occasion of the legislative discussion of the project to legalize abortion, the Executive Commission of the Arge ...
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  3 March 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Two other social leaders killed in northern Colombia, while President Duque is visiting the country Antioquía (Agenzia Fides) - Once again the north of Colombia, in particular the department of Antioquia, was the scene of violence: last weekend, in the municipality of Campamento, the social leader Didian Arley Agudelo ...
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  3 March 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops and religious together reflect on the ecological challenges in the country Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The Joint Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) and the Conference of Religious of Paraguay took place yesterday, March 2 to reflect together on the theme "The ecological chal ...
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  2 March 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Let us walk together for the construction of a missionary and committed Church Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB) has published the Guidance Document and pastoral guidelines for the period 2020-2024, encouraging the faithful and all pastoral sectors to welcome it, study ...
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  29 February 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The official opening of the 2020 Fraternity Campaign in the Shrine of Aparecida Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 1 March, first Sunday of Lent, the Archbishop of Belo Horizonte and President of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference (CNBB), Mgr. Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo, will preside over the ...
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  29 February 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Servants of Maria Riparatrici: "For a hundred years in the Amazon at the service of God and humanity" Sena Madureira (Agenzia Fides) - "The Servant Sisters of Maria Riparatrici who operate in the Amazon region of Alto-Acre, Brazil, continue to offer pastoral service, the reception of girls who want to consecrate themselv ...
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  28 February 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The law on reconciliation approved, for the opposition it is only "a disguised amnesty" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – On Wednesday February 26, El Salvador's Congress approved a law to investigate and punish crimes committed during the country's civil war, rejected by human rights defenders and by the pr ...