America

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  19 August 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Catholic world calls for "authentic dialogue between government and society" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot resign ourselves, as individual citizens and even less as organized civil society, to having a government that unilaterally manages the major problems of this country": says Catho ...
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  19 August 2019
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Police are investigating the death of a Polish missionary Ponce (Agenzia Fides) - The Congregation of the Mission of Puerto Rico and the Vincentian Family of Puerto Rico are mourning the unexpected death on August 18, 2019, of Polish missionary Fr. Stanislaw Szczepanik, CM, in ...
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  13 August 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Legislation for asylum seeker- Bishops' comment: "unlawful, unjust, and unwise", Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Fides received a statement from the US bishops regarding the legislation recently released by the Trump administration on migrants residing in the country. A 30-day period was given to submit ...
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  13 August 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - First pediatric cancer hospital in Peru and South America, also supported by the church Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - With the blessing of Mgr. Nicola Girasoli, Apostolic Nuncio in Peru, and Mgr. Richard Alarcón, Archbishop of Cusco, the first pediatric cancer hospital in Peru and South America was presented to ...
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  12 August 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Together against Xenophobia, the church proposes pastoral actions against hatred and weapons Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Mexico and the United States are fighting against time, where xenophobia, which fuels the culture of hatred in the neighboring country in an accelerated manner, is the main enemy to overcom ...
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  10 August 2019
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Latin America at the forefront in the "laboratory" of mission and urban pastoral care for large cities Starting from the challenges that confront the action of the Church in the cities in this "change of epoch", Latin America is at the forefront in theological-pastoral reflection and in the proposals for urban pastoral ca ...
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  10 August 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US immigration raids leave children without parents Jackson (Agenzia Fides) - There is dismay, fear and confusion among many Latin American families in the State of Mississipi (United States) after the police raid left dozens of children without parents on August 8. In a ...
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  1 August 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops to candidates for the elections: "Governing is synonymous with dialogue, listening, building bridges and reconciling" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 July the registration of candidates for the elections of mayors, governors, deputies, councilors and members of local administrative councils for the period 2020-2023 concluded. The Bishop ...
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  31 July 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - Appeal for "mercy" and not to limit the possibilities of entry to a community in difficulty Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to continue to contribute to the dialogue with the immigration authorities. We understand the need to regulate human mobility in the face of the limited capacity of the Country, but we ...
• 31 July 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Pucallpa and appointment of his successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of of the Apostolic Vicariate of Pucallpa (Peru), presented by his Exc. Mgr. Gaetano Galbusera Fumagalli, S.D.B., and ap ...
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  30 July 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Human trafficking: "Let us not be distracted! There is a lot of complicity ..." San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "Where is the brother you kill every day in the small clandestine factory, in the prostitution network, in children used for begging? Let us not be distracted! There is a lot of complicity ... ...
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  30 July 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexican laity have their patron: blessed Anacleto González Flores, martyr Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "With great joy, the Mexican Bishops' Conference announced that the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments approved that Blessed Anacleto González Flores, mart ...
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  29 July 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - We ask God for the courage to hear the cry for help of the victims of trafficking Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask the God of life for the courage and decision to listen to the cry for help of so many sisters and brothers deprived of their dignity and their freedom, and to accompany them, defend ...
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  27 July 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - An organic plan for the formation and organization of the laity based on evangelization Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - On the fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the National Council of the Laity, the Bishops’ Conference of Colombia (CEC) promoted a national meeting which was held from July 22nd to 24 ...
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  26 July 2019
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Day of Prayer for Peace in Puerto Rico San Juan (Agenzia Fides) – Today, from 5pm (local time), July 26, to the same time tomorrow, the Bishops of Puerto Rico have called a day of prayer called "24 hours with Jesus for peace in Puerto Rico". The National Sh ...