America

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  13 April 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Scalabrinians: "The mission in today's world is a call for all Christians" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Evangelization in this great country requires enormous human resources for any ecclesial and social project", says to Agenzia Fides Fr. Mario Geremia, Superior of the Scalabrinian missionary c ...
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  12 April 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The drama of migrants: 4 reception centers closed, everything falls on the Church and NGOs Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - Just a few hours ago the jury of the World Press Photo 2019 presented the award as best photo of the year to "Crying girl on the border" by John Moore. The winning image was taken on 12 June 201 ...
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  11 April 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Baez called to Rome for a period, as the first anniversary of the crisis draws near Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "I thank Pope Francis who, after confirming my ministry, has asked me to go to Rome for a period. I carry in my heart the joy, the pains and the hopes of my Nicaraguan people. Thank you all for ...
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  11 April 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Missionary Childhood Day: "We are baptized, we are missionaries" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the National Day of Missionary Childhood (IAM), which in Bolivia will be celebrated on May 5, on the third Sunday of Easter, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) published the materi ...
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  10 April 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops multiply efforts to welcome migrants but the situation is catastrophic Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops in north east Mexico have united to welcome convoys of migrants attempting to enter the country and pass the border with the United States of America. Bishop Alonso Gar ...
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  10 April 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Religious today “more contemplative, more humble, more committed to the common good and the rights of individuals” AMERICA/ARGENTINA – Religious today “more contemplative, more humble, more committed to the common good and the rights of individuals” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – “These times of rapid and profound change ...
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  9 April 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Four priorities to elaborate the National Mission Programme Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – Missionary formation, mission ad gentes, missionary animation, prophetic social comittment : these four priorities identified by the 36th assembly of the National Mission Council (COMINA), 4 ...
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  8 April 2019
  AMERICA/CHILE - From the youth of Santiago the impulse to promote the missionary experience Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a great missionary project, with which we try to reach all the young people of the parishes who want to share a missionary experience. We know that mission changes life, the perspective ...
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  5 April 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Catholics involved in the politics of five countries confront the Bishops Marianela (Agenzia Fides) - There will be about 80 participants in the meeting of Catholics with political responsibilities at the service of the peoples of the Latin American Cono Sur, which will be held from 10 to 12 A ...
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  5 April 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Tobin's statement on the proposed funding cutoff for the Northern Triangle Newark (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with a profound sense of sadness that I have read about the proposed cutoff of humanitarian aid to the Northern Triangle countries of Central America. I continue to be amazed that some sti ...
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  4 April 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The law on religious freedom pending the signature of the President La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivia will have a law that intends to regularize the activity of evangelical groups and Aymara ten years after the approval of the Constitution, which guarantees full religious freedom and wors ...
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  4 April 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - CELAM meeting of indigenous pastoral workers Latacunga (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of indigenous pastoral workers, organized by the CELAM Department of Culture and Education, is taking place in Latacunga, Ecuador, from 1 to 6 April, through its executive secretar ...
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  3 April 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops' message: the challenge to build a nation that is the home for all, respecting dignity and human rights Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Given the seriousness of the situation we are experiencing in Venezuela, we Bishops, interpreting the cry and desires of our communities, have written several messages regarding particular situ ...
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  3 April 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops ask to investigate the death of a British Lasallian religious Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference, through a statement sent to Agenzia Fides, informs of the death of brother Paul McAuley, a member of the Institute of the Brothers of Christian Schools (La Sa ...
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  2 April 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A response from the Brazilian Church to the Venezuelan migrant crisis Leme (Agenzia Fides) - Solidarity in welcoming Venezuelan migrants is one of the challenges the Brazilian Catholic Church is facing in recent months. Most Venezuelans arrive in the country along the border of Pacaraima, ...