America

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  11 November 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - Looted and desecrated places of worship, the Bishops ask to apply the law and rebuild the social fabric Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Solidarity with the Apostolic Administrator Mgr. Celestino Aós and all the faithful of the Archdiocese of Santiago after the looting and desecration of the parish of the Assumption of Mary, wa ...
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  11 November 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - After the resignation of the President, appeal for non-violence and a peaceful constitutional solution La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of people took to the streets a few hours ago in La Paz to celebrate the resignation of Bolivian president Evo Morales, at the end of the protests and disputes over the results of the O ...
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  9 November 2019
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The Bishops: "We need political leaders who work coherently and for the people" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "The disadvantage of the country, from violence in the streets to government crisis, show the situation in which we live ... despite the situation we have the opportunity to build the country w ...
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  9 November 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops' message: "to make a more missionary and merciful Church a reality" Luque (Agenzia Fides) - "We Pastors, together with consecrated persons, priests, seminarians and consecrated lay people, want to make a more missionary and merciful Church become a reality": say the Bishops of Paraguay i ...
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  8 November 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Set aside sectoral interests: Bishops and UN representative call for an end to violence Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Mgr. Sergio Gualberti, and the Archbishop of Cochabamba, Oscar Omar Aparicio, together with their Auxiliaries, have invited to establish a sincere dialogue betwe ...
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  7 November 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Archbishop of Asunción: increasing the salaries of politicians instead of supporting the poorest is "immoral" Luque (Agenzia Fides) - The request to increase the salaries of politicians instead of allocating money to create and strengthen health, education and housing programs for the most vulnerable sectors of the population is ...
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  7 November 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops: "Need to overcome the various forms of violence and build social friendship" Pilar (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask God to help us so that the democratic path is translated into a dignified life, integral development, work for all, access to health and quality education": this is what the Bishops of Arg ...
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  6 November 2019
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops: "listening, respect and dialogue are needed to build the homeland" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to citizens and authorities so that "mutual respect, attentive listening, dialogue, wisdom and tolerance prevail as ways to find national consensus on such a delicate and important ...
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  6 November 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - CIMI: the natives can no longer move safely in their territories Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "The Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), with indignation and sadness, accuses and blames the State and the Brazilian government for the cowardly assassination of Paulo Paulino Guajajara, whi ...
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  5 November 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Assembly of Bishops: Youth Triennium and Year of the Word of God, for a Church in missionary outreach Luque (Agenzia Fides) - The conclusion of the Youth Triennium, the commitment to be "a Church that goes forth" according to the desire of Pope Francis, the Year of the Word of God: these are the main themes touched by th ...
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  5 November 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Desecrated tombs of killed protesters; the Church calls for peace, justice and respect for all Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "We must respect tombs, because a saint rests there. For us here they are saints, here we have buried them and here we come to pray for them": said the Archbishop of Managua, Cardinal Leopoldo B ...
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  4 November 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church reaffirms commitment to justice, truth and the common good La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - With the declaration "Understanding and peace, with truth and justice", the Bolivian Bishops' Conference expresses its deep concern about the current situation in the country, calls for an end to ...
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  4 November 2019
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Celebration in the diocese of Caguas for the beginning of the diocesan synod and the journey towards CAM 6 Caguas (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Caguas in Puerto Rico yesterday celebrated its 55th anniversary with the beginning of the first stage of the diocesan synod and the diocesan journey towards CAM 6 (Sixth American M ...
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  29 October 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "The people of Nicaragua are no longer afraid", says the Bishop of Matagalpa Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Rolando Álvarez, Bishop of the Diocese of Matagalpa, issued a video interview, shared with Fides, in which he analyzes the reality of his diocese and that of Nicaragua. First of all, B ...
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  29 October 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops on beach pollution: there is no future for humanity without respect for the common home Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The patches of oil and oily waste that have reached the beaches of the Brazilian Northeast since the beginning of September, causing the death of animals and damage to tourist resorts, have led ...