America

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  3 October 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop Dal Toso: "It is also essential for today's missionary to use the language of one's contemporaries" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "First of all, I would like to thank you for inviting me to inaugurate this Missionary Year in Mexico. Pope Francis wanted a Missionary Month for the Universal Church in October 2019, but th ...
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  2 October 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishop is attacked on social media, after a letter on the upcoming elections Ruy Barbosa (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the publication of a pastoral letter on the forthcoming elections on October 7, the Bishop of the diocese of Ruy Barbosa (in the state of Bahia) and president of the Pastora ...
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  2 October 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop Dal Toso: "Mexico, a generous nation in the gift of missionaries" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Mexico is among the emerging nations in terms of the gift of missionaries, because more and more faithful from this country leave to bring the Good News of Christ to distant lands": says Mg ...
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  1 October 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Ad gentes" magazine: half a century of service to animation and missionary commitment Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican magazine "Ad Gentes" celebrates its half-century of service to mission with a commemorative day which will take place tomorrow, October 2nd, in Mexico City. The magazine is an of ...
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  28 September 2018
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Right to water: popular mobilization, with the support of the Church San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Two marches took place yesterday morning on the streets of the capital of El Salvador, both of them headed towards the Legislative Assembly to ask deputies to approve a general law on water ...
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  27 September 2018
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops defend the assistance to immigrants and reception towards refugees Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "The new proposed rulemaking on immigrants undermines decades of policies and guidelines on the treatment of immigrants by the US government". This is what was written by an official statemen ...
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  26 September 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - G20 Interfaith Forum: religious contributions for a dignified future Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The 2018 G20 Interfaith Forum will take place from 26 to 28 September 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the theme for this year’s Forum is “Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable ...
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  25 September 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Shots against the church: intimidating message of the narcos Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of María Reina, in the town of Rosario and the school just near the church, were the target of more than ten shots at dawn on Sunday, 23 September, around 4 am. As Fides learns, it i ...
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  25 September 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Emergency continues due to heavy rains, the Bishops call for solidarity with flood victims Michoacán (Agencia Fides) - At least seven people have lost their lives - four children and three adults - and eight others have disappeared after the heavy rains hit a town in the Mexican state of Michoacán (in the we ...
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  24 September 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Food assistance: the Bishops of the province of Buenos Aires meet the Governor Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Fourteen Argentine Bishops from the province of Buenos Aires met the Governor of Buenos Aires, Maria Eugenia Vidal, on September 21, at the headquarters of the provincial government, in the ...
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  22 September 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church renounces the procession of the patron saint, in protest against the violence of the government Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Masaya has decided to celebrate the Patron Saint San Jeronimo, which is celebrated on September 20, in prayer and silence, without public expressions and the traditional re ...
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  22 September 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Venezuela: the Church defends freedom of information While a very harsh report by Amnesty International on violence, the right to life and public security in Venezuela is being published and as the international community intensifies pressure on President Nicolás Maduro's ...
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  21 September 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In Europe there is talk of Amazonia and of integral ecology Berlin (Agenzia Fides) - The path regarding the preparation for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon in October 2019 continues. This week, meetings were held in Berlin and Brussels, promoted by REPAM (Pan-Amazon Ecclesial ...
• 21 September 2018
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Mgr. Daniel Fernandez Torres Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 July 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Daniel Fernandez Torres, Bishop of Arecibo as National Direct ...
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  20 September 2018
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - After 10 days of strike and violence first meeting between government and trade unions, the Bishops present Limon (Agenzia Fides) - "The acts of violence that have occurred have generalized a climate of fear in the population and have gone beyond the line of respect for life and coexistence": these are the words with which the ...