America

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  2 April 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Communities that welcome with joy: the key to missionary awakening Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - “Baptized and sent. Missionary action in the context of the evangelizing process", is the title of the National Missionary Meeting held in Bogotá from 26 to 28 March, within the framework of ...
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  1 April 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops of Nicaragua denounce "the harsh repression against peaceful citizens" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua have condemned the harsh repression carried out last Saturday against peaceful demonstrators, who had gathered in the center of Managua. The protesters were literally at ...
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  30 March 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Cardinal Pimiento, one hundred years and seven Popes: "Discernment and wisdom to overcome polarization" Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Church in Colombia we have not always done the right thing. We should have begun to preach a Gospel of freedom so that Colombia would not begin its independent life as a quarrelsome countr ...
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  29 March 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops concerned about pension reform: penalizes the poor, women, peasants, the disabled Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Among our current concerns, we highlight the pension reform presented by the government to the National Congress for debate and approval", reads the statement of the Permanent Council of the B ...
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  28 March 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Dilma Ferreira Silva, the first social activist murdered in the Amazon in 2019 Tucurui (Agenzia Fides) - A "rapid investigation of the crime" and the implementation of "security measures for people damaged by the construction of dams throughout Brazil" are the requests contained in the statement of ...
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  28 March 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Catholics committed to combating feminicides and gender-based violence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to deepen, through an open, interdisciplinary dialogue, issues related to discrimination based on gender, its influence on the family reality and on the problems of social exclusion ...
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  28 March 2019
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Lay people reaffirm the commitment to being a "Church that goes forth " and to evangelize all areas Ypacarai (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Church that goes forth, the lay faithful must be concerned and committed to all dimensions of contemporary reality: ecclesial, social, political, economic, cultural and environmental in t ...
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  27 March 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops on religious freedom: "To recognize conscientious objection" La Paz (Fides) - The General Secretary of the Bolivian Bishops’ Conference (CEB), Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, OFM, Auxiliary Bishop of La Paz, presented a bishops’ statement on two current issues in the country, on March 2 ...
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  26 March 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Violence and death will never be paths of peace and justice Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In Argentina, March 24 is now commonly called the "National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice" (Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia), because it recalls the coup d'ét ...
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  25 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - After the words of the Holy Father: dialogue is the only way forward, prayer will make this moment productive Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Dialogue is not the space needed to crush the other, but where everyone can express their ideas, listen and choose the best option, for the good of the community that always seeks the common go ...
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  25 March 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - March 25: mobilization in the country for the right to life since conception Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300,000 people participated in the march that took place in the capital, Buenos Aires, on Saturday 23 March, to say "Yes to life" and to demand respect for this fundamental human ...
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  22 March 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Monitoring and preventing child abuse: the commitment of the Archdiocese of Mexico City Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Mexico City has announced the establishment of an interdisciplinary team to assist victims of abuse to monitor, with efficiency and transparency, any kind of abuse within ...
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  21 March 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Demonstrations to respect the terms of 2016 peace agreements, the country is divided, violence continues Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of people took to the streets in several cities of Colombia, on March 18 and 19, to demonstrate in favor of the "Special Justice for Peace" (JEP the abbreviation in Spanish), asking Pr ...
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  21 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Government-opposition dialogue resumes: release of political prisoners and electoral reform Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, thanks to the work of the Apostolic Nuncio, as witness and supporter of the dialogue, and of the envoy of the Secretary-General of the Organization of American ...
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  21 March 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Indigenous catechist: the Synod reflects on how to ensure major participation of the sacraments in the communities of the Amazon São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - The figure of catechists is of particular importance in the Amazon Church, as they are the ones who carry out daily pastoral work in many communities. Agenor Freitas Prado has ...