America

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  26 January 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The "Pact for Life and for Brazil" supports the vaccination of children and young people: right to life and health Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The signatories of the "Pact for Life and for Brazil" support the vaccination of children and young people, as is happening in several countries, as a sign of responsibility and a deep sense of ...
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  25 January 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Legalization of Cannabis: the bishops urge the authorities to evaluate the benefits and harms for the population San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Costa Rica have expressed their position on the legislative approval of the bill called "Law on Cannabis for medicinal and therapeutic use and Hemp for food and industrial use". ...
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  25 January 2022
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Bishops ask for sincere and open dialogue, in order "not to endanger the rule of law" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "Violence of any kind, physical or verbal, must be banned from Honduran culture, as it leads only to hatred and pain. We are all children of the same God the Father and, therefore, we are Ho ...
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  24 January 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops: Elections - "Let us seek the good of our nation, beyond partisan struggles" San José (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the elections on February 6, the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica, as pastors of the Catholic Church, invite "to reflect on the decisive moment that our coun ...
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  24 January 2022
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The four martyrs beatified: "May their heroic example arouse in everyone the desire to be courageous agents of fraternity and peace" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday, the Jesuit priest Rutilio Grande García and two lay companions, and the Franciscan priest Cosme Spessotto, martyrs to the faith, were beatified in San Salvador. They stood by t ...
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  22 January 2022
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - CLAR on the new martyrs: "The commitment and defense of the poorest were their death sentence" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The religious life of the Continent, all the sisters and brothers scattered throughout the Kingdom, join in the ecclesial recognition of the martyrial witness of four of our brothers, who ...
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  22 January 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop Cabrejos: "There is an urgent need to repair the enormous environmental damage caused" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "There is great concern and consternation among citizens for the disaster in the sea of Ventanilla, caused by the spill of 6,000 barrels of oil, the consequences of which have not yet been fully ca ...
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  22 January 2022
  AMERICA/SAN SALVADOR - Beatification of the four martyrs, the diocesan Postulator: "Our vocation is to follow the Lord" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "Father Rutilio Grande, on March 12, 1977, went to San José to preside over a Eucharistic celebration during the novena in preparation for the patronal feast of St. Joseph. On the way back ...
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  21 January 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Apostolic vicariates of the Amazon region establish a joint seminary Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Apostolic Vicariates of the Peruvian Amazon have decided to set up a joint seminary, which is expected to start work in 2022. The initiative recognizes the importance of proper ...
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  21 January 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - 50 years since the death of the first Apostolic Vicar of Buenaventura, Monsignor Gerardo Valencia Cano Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Today, January 21, marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Monsignor Gerardo Valencia Cano, an outstanding figure for the missionary work carried out in the then Apostolic Vicariate of Buenave ...
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  20 January 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "New Men" Project: 30 years of journey for integral promotion, from passive poor to free citizens Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – Msgr. Nicolás Castellanos Franco, Bishop Emeritus of Palencia (Spain), arrived as a missionary in Bolivia in January 1992, after having resigned as Ordinary of Palencia, precisely in the P ...
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  20 January 2022
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The Bishops: "St. Joseph supports us in our daily struggles, no one like him knew how to go through difficult times" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In the context of the celebration of the hundredth anniversary of the coronation of the Virgin of Altagracia (see Fides, 19/1/2022) and of the Year of Saint Joseph that has just ended, the ...
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  19 January 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - "Walking towards the lay ministry of the Catechist": week of formation Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and Biblical Pastoral Care of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference is organizing the "Training Week for Catechists 2022" from February 7th to 11th. This new edit ...
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  19 January 2022
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The needs of the Dominican people and the world at the feet of the Mother of Altagracia; national blessing by air, sea and land Higuei (Agenzia Fides) - Within the framework of the celebrations of the Jubilee Year of Altagracia, proclaimed by the Dominican Episcopal Conference - from August 15, 2021 to August 15, 2022 -, to commemorate the Centen ...
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  18 January 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Solidarity is fundamental to follow Jesus Christ who stood alongside the most deprived": floods hit Marabà Marabà (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Marabá, in the state of Pará, is going through difficult times due to the flooding of the Itacaiúnas and Tocantins rivers. Local authorities and organizations (government, civil p ...