America

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  25 November 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The health of the parish priest of Masaya, hospitalized, is improving Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Sunday 24 November, Fr. Edwing Román, parish priest of San Miguel in Masaya, informed through his Twitter account that his health is improving and will soon return to his parish in M ...
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  25 November 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Peace dialogue agreements presented, law approved for new elections in 2020 La Paz (Agenzia Fides) – On Saturday 23 November, representatives of the Bolivian Episcopal Conference, of the United Nations Organization and of the European Union, presented the points of the agreement reached at the ...
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  22 November 2019
  AMERICA - Presidency of CELAM: "Peace in Nicaragua!" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly urge the authorities of Managua to immediately order the end of assaults and violations of fundamental rights, and we urge all those responsible for these acts to change their behav ...
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  21 November 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Today national strike; violence in Cauca and Chocò does not stop Cauca (Agenzia Fides) - The so-called "Paro Civico" takes place today, 21 November in Colombia: Colombian trade unions, natives, students and social sectors have called a day of protest. The national strike and the natio ...
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  21 November 2019
  AMERICA - CELAM: "Walking together for the peace of our peoples" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Proximity to the Latin American peoples who are experiencing serious instability, solidarity with the Churches of individual nations that bear witness to their faith, rejection of all forms of v ...
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  20 November 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Violence in Latin American countries: Bishops call to "pray and work for peace" Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "In response to situations of great violence and attacks on people and holy places in different countries of the Latin American and Caribbean region, we invite all the Catholic faithful and al ...
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  19 November 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - National dialogue convened: to pacify the country, hold elections and a new electoral Court La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB), representatives of the European Union and the United Nations officially convened the national dialogue table yesterday, November 18, at 2.30 pm, with thre ...
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  19 November 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "One does not improvise to become martyr": the testimony of Fr. Moscoso, the first martyr of Ecuador Riobamba (Agenzia Fides) - "The virtuous life and the heroic death of Blessed Emilio Moscoso encourage each of us to bring the light of the Gospel to our contemporaries with enthusiasm, as he did. His testimony is curren ...
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  18 November 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Come, Lord Jesus": Bishops’ message of hope, December 8 day of prayer for Chile Lo Canas (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Chile (see Fides, 13/11/2019), the Bishops published a message addressed "to the faithful and to the communities of the ...
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  15 November 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Strengthening of police and army controls on the activities of the Catholic Church Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - "The world sees and knows that there is no freedom of worship in Nicaragua!" says Father Edwin Roman, parish priest of San Miguel parish of Masaya, who cannot enter the church because is blocked ...
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  15 November 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Sunday 17th day of prayer for Colombia: everyone is needed to look to the future with hope Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the national strike called for on November 21, the Colombian Bishops recall in a statement that "mobilizations are a democratic right when they are the expression of freedom and respo ...
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  14 November 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - San Francisco de Valdivia Temple desecrated Valdivia (Agenzia Fides) - Sorrow for the profanation and damage caused to the church of San Francisco, heritage of southern Chile and Valdivia, were expressed by Mgr. Nelson R. Huaiquimil, Vicar General of the Chilean d ...
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  13 November 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - National dialogue and the end of violence, because "Chile cannot wait!" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Chile calls for national dialogue without exclusions and to end all forms of violence. In a message published on 12 November, as part of the 119th Plenary Assembly ...
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  13 November 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops: "We look to the future with hope and, through peace, we continue to build Bolivia" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us build a Bolivia with respect, tolerance, freedom, justice and authentic progress for all", is the appeal launched by the Bishops of Bolivia, through a statement of the General Secretariat ...
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  12 November 2019
  AMERICA - The President of CELAM: "Throughout our region there is a sort of unprecedented ‘social explosion’ Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) - "I wish to express my strongest rejection of violence, wherever it comes from, and appeal to the rulers and the authorities of our region to implement concrete and real policies that guarantee ...