America

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  17 February 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Petropolis launches urgent call for help after the storm Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask every Catholic Christian, men and women of good will, to share the pain of those who have lost what little they had, victims of the climate tragedy. We especially support the bereaved a ...
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  16 February 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Lenten Campaign for a three-year period will be in support of vulnerable families affected by Covid-19 Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - This year the Fraternity Lenten Campaign will have the slogan "Chile reaches out to vulnerable families". After a process of national consultation with the dioceses, informs the note sent to Fi ...
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  16 February 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Repam: spaces for the solidarity market in 91% of the local Churches in the Amazon Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - A survey by the Pan-Amazonian Eclesial Network (Repam-Brazil) has shown that 91% of the archdioceses, dioceses and prelatures of the Brazilian Amazon have permanent spaces for the marketing of ...
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  15 February 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "Honorary citizenship" to Pope John Paul II: encouragement and commitment for the entire country San José (Agenzia Fides) - On February 10, in an official act of the Legislative Assembly, the portrait of Saint John Paul II was unveiled to celebrate the Honorary Citizenship of Costa Rica that was granted to him. In ...
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  15 February 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Churches and ethnic-territorial organizations request an urgent meeting with the government due to the dramatic situation in Chocó Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church, other Churches, ethnic-territorial organizations, and social organizations of Chocó and Western Antioquia, presented a letter to President Iván Duque in which they urgentl ...
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  14 February 2022
  AMERICA - "Querida Amazonia" two years later: CELAM reaffirms its commitment to the "four dreams" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the second anniversary of the publication of the Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Querida Amazonia" (February 2, 2020), "a source of joy and hope for the Church in Latin Am ...
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  14 February 2022
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops: "We are wounded by inequalities, mismanagement and corruption; let us work for the common good" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "We want, in the name of Jesus, to renew the call to work for the common good, to announce God present and at work among us, to denounce the lack of commitment and indifference. Building ...
• 14 February 2022
  AMERICA/CASTRIES - Resignation of the Archbishop of Castries (Santa Lucia) and appointment Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 11, 2022 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Castries (Santa Lucia) presented by His Exc. Msgr. Robert Rivas, O.P. ...
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  12 February 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Brave and creative young people, a sign of hope for Venezuela Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Department of Adolescence and Youth of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference, through the National Youth Program and Youth Pastoral Days, invites all young people to joyfully celebrate the 16th ...
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  10 February 2022
  AMERICA/CUBA - The catechists of Ciego de Ávila on the 25th anniversary of the diocese: "do not transmit concepts, but faith" Ciego de Ávila (Agenzia Fides) - Within the framework of the 25th anniversary of the Cuban diocese of Ciego de Ávila, erected on February 2, 1996, the different pastoral areas celebrated the jubilee together with the c ...
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  9 February 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Meeting of indigenous and peasant catechists: synodality experienced by catechists and their communities Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The 19th meeting of indigenous and peasant catechists promoted by the Pastoral Care for New Evangelization and Catechesis of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM), will be held from 21 to 2 ...
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  9 February 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops: continue to work for the progress of the country San José (Agenzia Fides) - "Like a family, Costa Rica went to vote on February 6. We congratulate all those who participated in this election day with their vote; as well as all those who put their name to be considered ...
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  8 February 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishop of Buenaventura receives death threats: “Today he is the victim” Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - "We are very concerned for the life of Bishop Rubén Darío Jaramillo of Buenaventura, who, as a good pastor and with the pain of his people in his heart, denounced what was happening in th ...
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  8 February 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops call for a joint effort to achieve political stability Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the political crisis that Peru has been going through for some time, in addition to the third wave of the Covid 19 pandemic, the ethical, moral and ecological crisis, the Bishops of the ...
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  7 February 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A special place for ethnic minorities in the synodal journey Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - In the synodal journey that the Church has undertaken, the indigenous Friars, the Afros, the Palenqueros, the Raizales and the Roma, have a special place: this is highlighted by the section "Eth ...