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  10 March 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "For Ukraine, for life": campaign of Caritas Paranà, Ukrainian Catholic Metropolis and the Ukrainian Eparchy Curitiba (Agenzia Fides) - "For Ukraine, for life" is the theme of the campaign launched to send humanitarian aid to the Ukrainian people, on the initiative of the South Region 2 of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNB ...
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  9 March 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops: March 10 - Special Day of Prayer for Peace in all churches San José (Agenzia Fides) - "As pastors of the Catholic Church in Costa Rica, we express our concern at the armed conflict that has broken out in Europe in recent days and is affecting the whole world. We ask you to rais ...
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  8 March 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops, Repam and Cimi: appeal to all Christians for the protection of life, native peoples and forests Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "On several occasions, the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) has expressed concern about economic initiatives linked to mining, to change the preserved territories in our country. ...
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  7 March 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - "Catechists of the 21st century": launch of an online training Lima (Agenzia Fides) - With the aim of promoting an integral formation of catechists in Peru that will enable them to face the challenges of evangelization in the 21st century, the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and ...
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  7 March 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A new place for women, in society and in the Church Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "While it is 'politically correct' to talk about women and gender, in daily life inequalities persist and announcements do not always translate into concrete improvements in the lives of wo ...
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  5 March 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - A century of missionary work in the Apostolic Vicariate of Caroni Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "100 years of sowing the Gospel" is the title of the message of the Permanent Commission of the Venezuelan Episcopate, on the occasion of the centenary of the creation of the Apostolic Vicariate ...
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  5 March 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - The President-elect, Gabriel Boric, meets with representatives of religious confessions Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, Cardinal Celestino Aós, Archbishop of Santiago, participated, together with representatives of various religious confessions present in Chi ...
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  4 March 2022
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Priest shot dead San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Enrique Vasquez was murdered, a body was found in the north of San Pedro. Once again the blood of the martyrs bathes our land": these are the moving words of Monsignor Ángel Gara ...
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  4 March 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Lenten campaign "for an education that promotes universal brotherhood and integral humanism" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The 2022 Fraternity Campaign (FC), launched by the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) on Ash Wednesday, has as its theme: "Fraternity and Education" and the biblical motto, inspire ...
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  3 March 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “We must look beyond ourselves and do good” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "In our world and in our social and cultural context, we are called to sow the seeds of peace, justice and reconciliation. In order to reap these fruits, the seed of violence and war, the seed of ...
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  2 March 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Women want and demand peace, since it is an inalienable human right": manifesto of the International Network of Women Catholic Leaders Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent Russian invasion of Ukraine endangers the life, development and potential of hundreds of thousands of women and girls who live on Ukrainian soil, destabilizing their most precious a ...
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  2 March 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops video message: "United in asking the Lord for peace in the world, the most powerful weapon is prayer" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In a video message released for today, Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent and a Day of fasting and prayer for peace in Ukraine and in the world, the Mexican Bishops launch their "Message f ...
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  1 March 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Religious processions allowed as from April 1, in compliance with health measures San José (Agenzia Fides) - With the new provisions of the Ministry of Health, signed by the Minister of Health, Daniel Salas Peraza, religious processions can be carried out starting from April 1, 2022, which had been p ...
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  1 March 2022
  AMERICA - All religions united for peace and fraternal coexistence: an immediate end to violence Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint statement regarding the Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace on March 2, the representatives of various religious confessions present in Argentina invite all its citizens "to offer a pray ...
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  28 February 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - In Arequipa, lay people, seminarians and parish priests engaged in door-to-door and street missions Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - Young people and adults from different parishes in the archdiocese of Arequipa went out into the streets and squares to proclaim the Gospel. Thanks to the availability and encouragement of the ...