America

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  28 February 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The Bishops: without a deep love for the homeland it is impossible to carry out the project of the founding fathers Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "We are convinced that, without a deep love for the homeland, it is impossible to carry out a nation project that reflects the dreams of our founding fathers. Without having a fixed gaze o ...
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  27 February 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Hate, blood and death: a heartfelt SOS to the international community Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Once again the people of Nicaragua have been smeared with hatred, blood and death. Until when? Nicaragua is no longer a rule of law. The Nicaraguan people are launching a strong and vibrant SOS ...
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  27 February 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Girl killed: being indigenous should not be a reason for discrimination and cruelty Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The National Coordination of Indigenous Pastoral Care (CONAPI) of the Paraguayan Bishops’ Conference "is saddened and repudiates what happened to the indigenous girl found dead, with hands an ...
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  26 February 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Bishops hope for a peaceful solution to social tension due to the postponment of elections Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The hope that the political crisis that the Dominican Republic is going through will have a peaceful solution was expressed on Sunday, February 23, by the Archbishop of Santiago, Mgr. Freddy de ...
• 25 February 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of El Beni Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 22 February 2020 the Holy Father accepted the renunciation of the pastoral governance of the Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni (Bolivia), presented by His Exc. Mgr Julio María Elías Monto ...
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  25 February 2020
  AMERICA - The Bishops of Mexico and Paraguay: respect women, recognize their rights, promote their dignity Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply saddened by the violence against women, which has expressed itself in a new and aggressive way, so cruel as to generate confusion, pain, bitterness, sadness, tears, indignatio ...
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  24 February 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church recalls the urgency of a law for national reconciliation San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of El Salvador notes and confirms the need for a specific national reconciliation law that guarantees justice to the victims of the armed conflict that bloodied the nati ...
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  20 February 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - A missionary: "As a Church, as missionaries, we invite the leaders of the country to stop criminal activities, in particular kidnappings" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Human Rights Analysis and Research Center in Haiti (CARDH) defined the lack of respect for the rights to life, safety and free mobility in the country as "alarming", due to the situat ...
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  20 February 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Bishops call for calm and common sense after the suspension of the municipal elections Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Central Electoral Council (JCE) canceled the municipal elections which took place on 16 February due to a serious computer system flop in part of the polling stations. Citizens have be ...
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  19 February 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A missionary connotation to National Youth Day Maracaibo (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the various initiatives planned for National Youth Day (JNJ), which is celebrated in Venezuela on the Sunday closest to February 12, youth missionary groups from the parishes of the ...
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  19 February 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Dengue spreads: the Church urges the population to collaborate to limit its spread Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - In Bolivia the population is on high alert for the spread of the dengue virus which is recording very high peaks of infection. "The Lord asks us to be co-responsible in implementing the preve ...
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  19 February 2020
  AMERICA - The Bishops of the continent gathered to analyze particular situations and identify common lines of action Tampa (Agenzia Fides) - Presiding over the morning prayer and then the Eucharist, the President of the Episcopal Council for Latin America (CELAM), Mgr. Miguel Cabrejos, Archbishop of Trujillo (Peru), kicked off the meet ...
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  18 February 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Stop stealing in the north": Salta area plundered of wealth and the inhabitants abandoned in misery Salta (Agenzia Fides) - "Stop stealing in the north" was the heartfelt request expressed by the rector of the Virgen de la Peña shrine, Father Fray Rubén Sica, OFM, in his homily last Sunday, February 16, referring to ...
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  18 February 2020
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Jubilee Year: "time to relaunch the commitment and hope that comes from the social dimension of Christian life" Limon (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to the authorities and the protagonists of society to unite "to find solutions to the suffering of many Costa Ricans, in particular in the fields of work, health, violence, especially ag ...
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  17 February 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishop of Matagalpa presents an "ethical decalogue" for politicians; the release of all prisoners is still awaited Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The passage of the Gospel proclaimed during Masses last Sunday, the "discourse of the mountain" (Mt 5.17-37) which deals with the subject of the fulfillment of the law, gave the cue to Msgr. R ...