America

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  20 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cardinal Brenes supports the participation of the Nuncio in the negotiations, the media invited to be prudent Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Managua, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, yesterday declared after the celebration of the Mass for the feast of St. Joseph, that he supports the participation of the Apostolic Nuncio, ...
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  18 March 2019
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Archbishop of San Salvador: "No to the 1993 draft law, yes to true national reconciliation" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, yesterday expressed his disagreement regarding the current draft law on national reconciliation and asked the deputies to rejec ...
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  14 March 2019
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Towards the Missionary Month: promoting the same vision of the Church that goes forth, strengthening the leadership of the laity Canelones (Agenzia Fides) - In the country with the lowest number of Catholics in Latin America (42% of the population of whom only 1% say they go to mass on Sunday), the missionary impulse is a challenge to dialogue wit ...
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  12 March 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Jesuits: a transitional government should prepare free and transparent elections Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The role of the different Venezuelan social and political actors, the position of the Countries and the transnational blocs that affect the crisis and the contribution of the Society of Jesus were ...
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  12 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Apostolic Nuncio visits political prisoners and listens to their concerns and hopes Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Nicaragua, Archbishop Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag, accompanied by Mgr. Andrea Piccioni, secretary of the Nunciature, visited the Women's Penitentiary and the Jorge Navar ...
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  11 March 2019
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Conclusions of the Assembly of Bishops: "Let us not allow negativism to paralyze us" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Panama have published a document at the conclusion of the 209th Plenary Assembly of the Panamanian Episcopal Conference (CEP) held from February 25th to March 1st. "With the h ...
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  11 March 2019
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Bishop of San José de Mayo: "a pastoral reconfiguration to put everything we are and we have at the service of the mission" San José de Mayo (Agenzia Fides) - "Speaking of pastoral reconfiguration means putting Christ at the center of our lives and our activities. The purpose of pastoral reconfiguration is to put who we are and what we have ...
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  8 March 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionaries from Asia and America preparing themselves to go to Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – A Portuguese language course is taking place these days for missionaries starting their work of evangelization in Brazil. The course will last 7 weeks and will end on April 17th. The first me ...
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  8 March 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Itinerant service of the Scalabrinians on the border between Mexico and United States: "there are still too many women who suffer in the world" Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - In conjunction with International Women's Day, 8 March, the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of San Carlo Borromeo (Scalabrinians) launches a new apostolic initiative: the "Itinerant Servi ...
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  7 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Archbishop of Granada: "Among tensions and violence, the baptized live the message of Christ’s love with profound faith" Granada (Agenzia Fides) - "In a context marked by tensions and violence, the baptized live their faith, and remain faithful to the message of Christ’s love and to the Church. Church structures are often used as a shelt ...
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  6 March 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Expocatolica 2019: a great meeting space to "continue to walk together" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord in the Gospel tells us that we are the light of the world and that light should not be put under a bushel, but we must put it high up, so that it enlightens all, this is what Expocatól ...
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  6 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Witnesses, companions and advisers will participate in the national dialogue Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Witnesses, companions and advisers" will take part in the national dialogue in Nicaragua. The agreement reached in the last two days therefore provides that in addition to the two parties (Go ...
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  5 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church has not yet been officially invited to the National Dialogue Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua have not yet been invited to join the negotiating table that the representatives of the Government and the Civic Alliance started again last week (see Fides, 2/3/2019): ...
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  5 March 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Desire of God in the distant communities": mission of the priests in the Amazon area of Chapare Corocoro (Agenzia Fides) - The vast Amazonian territory of the parish of Chapare welcomed a group of 19 priests and a permanent deacon of the prelature of Corocoro, together with Bishop Mgr. Percy Galván, for three days ...
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  4 March 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migrant caravans, "men of faith on their way towards a better future" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Mexico is very involved and follows with concern the events of migrant caravans, from the place of origin to that of destination, showing solidarity and hospitality throughout ...