America

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  28 February 2022
  AMERICA - Bishops, religious, Caritas: united with the world to condemn war and call for peace Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, declarations of Episcopal Conferences, Bishops, religious and secular organizations, demonstrations and initiatives follow one another to condemn the war in Ukraine ...
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  26 February 2022
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The Bishops on the occasion of Independence Day: "Let the truth come out for the good of the nation" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In the usual message published on the occasion of Independence Day, the Dominican Episcopal Conference (CED) addresses the main issues of national interest, presenting to all Dominicans th ...
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  25 February 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "Encounter, listen, discern" so that the whole of society may walk in communion, with the participation of all San José (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of their plenary assembly, which took place from February 21 to 24, the Bishops of Costa Rica published a message addressed to all believers and all people of good will, which is en ...
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  25 February 2022
  AMERICA - "Peace for the world": Churches in America united on a day of prayer and fasting for peace Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We make the appeal of the Holy Father our own and invite the 22 Episcopal Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the ecclesial institutions and organizations of our continent ...
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  24 February 2022
  AMERICA - From the Ecclesial Assembly a new push for CELAM to "bet on a synodal Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidency of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) presented Pope Francis with a summary report of the first Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean, held between ...
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  24 February 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Social peace is a moral question rather than a question of laws Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We must not forget that the social polarization that is being experienced today throughout the country is largely a reflection of what is happening 'above', with the political class, whose ...
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  23 February 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Where the Ad gentes Mission has been a priority for decades Rio Grande do Sul (Agenzia Fides) - In the Sul 3 region of the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), the Mission Ad gentes has been a priority since 1994, when the Church of Rio Grande do Sul became involved in the proje ...
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  23 February 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: "Direct abortion is an immoral act and a violent practice contrary to life" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Perplexity and deep sadness" were expressed by the Episcopal Conference of Colombia after the publication of the note of the Constitutional Court that "the conduct of abortion will only be punis ...
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  22 February 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - "Aguchita", the missionary martyr who gave her life for the Amazon and for the human rights of its peoples Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Sister María Agustina de Jesús Rivas López, known by all as "Aguchita", the Peruvian nun murdered on September 27, 1990 by the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso and whose martyrdom in odium fidei ...
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  22 February 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Fires have been ravaging Corrientes and Misiones for weeks: appeal from Caritas, pilgrimage of the Virgin of Itati Corrientes (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the seriousness of the situation caused by the numerous fires that affect the northeastern region of Argentina, in particular the provinces of Misiones and Corrientes, Caritas Arge ...
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  21 February 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Solidarity campaign to help hundreds of families affected by the oil spill Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The solidarity campaign "Help us to help" has been launched to assist families affected by the oil spill that occurred at the La Pampilla refinery, in the district of Ventanilla (Callao), on Januar ...
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  19 February 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Gospel and the poor, the "missionary program" of Radio Vicentina Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - Commentaries on the Gospel of the day and popular Spanish music, programs on Chilean music and the Pope's Wednesday audience, a young Venezuelan who illustrates the most important cult ...
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  18 February 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops: "It is time to stop wasting time in the instrumentalization of justice" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask that the reform process be started, once and for all, with the participation and consensus of all the institutions and active forces of the country", since "it is urgent to have an adequa ...
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  18 February 2022
  AMERICA - Archbishop Dal Toso: "Faith, missio ad gentes and universality, founding elements of the charism of the PMS" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the American continent took place on a virtual platform: the works were inaugurated by Msgr. Giampietro Dal To ...
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  17 February 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Monsignor Centellas: "Carnival should not be the occasion for a new wave of Covid-19" Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us maintain biosecurity measures, carnival is arriving, but the pandemic continues. Everyone's responsibility is to take care of themselves and respect health measures. Carnival should not be ...