America

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  18 January 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Arauca: "stop the growing whirlwind of murders, violent acts and threats" Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - "We wish to reaffirm once again our closeness and our solidarity with all the most affected population, as well as inviting them not to be discouraged and, on the contrary, to grow in the hope th ...
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  17 January 2022
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - On January 22, the beatification of four martyrs: witnesses of an outgoing Church, which announces the Kingdom of God with words and deeds San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Next Saturday, January 22, at 5 p.m., Father Rutilio Grande, Jesuit, Manuel Solórzano and Nelson Rutilio Lemus Chávez, lay people, and the Italian Franciscan Fray Cosme Spessotto, OFM, wh ...
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  17 January 2022
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops: "faith makes forgiveness, reconciliation and hope possible" Panama city (Agenzia Fides) - "As we begin this year 2022, we are aware of the situations of division, polarization, intrigue, misinformation that exist in the various environments. We know that we have deep wounds due t ...
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  14 January 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops: "Despite the negative signs in the country, we see signs of light and hope" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of their 117th Ordinary Plenary Assembly, the Venezuelan bishops released a Message for the New Year 2022, presented yesterday by the newly elected President of the Bishops' Co ...
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  13 January 2022
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishop of Matagalpa: Human dignity and freedom are prerequisites for a new beginning Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "The principle of human dignity is fundamental to the reconstruction of a country. Respect for the person and his or her dignity must be the axes around which all efforts must revolve so that ...
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  13 January 2022
  AMERICA/HAITI - Twelve years after the earthquake: Redemptorists inaugurate the parish church of St. Gerard after being rebuilt Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Sunday, January 9 will forever be remembered in the hearts of parishioners and in the annals of the Redemptorist Congregation as the date of the inauguration of the new parish church of S ...
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  12 January 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops publish new edition on the office of catechist: "Making the lay ministry understandable" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB) has presented the second edition of the text of Studies No. 95 on the "Ministry of the Catechist". This new edition is intended to be useful after the f ...
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  12 January 2022
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Indigenous pastoral worker, human rights and environmental activist murdered Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly condemn the murder of the representative of the Lenca people, Pablo Isabel Hernández, on Sunday, January 9th, in western Honduras. Human rights activist and environmentalist, p ...
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  11 January 2022
  AMERICA/CUBA - Jubilee celebrations in the communities for the 25th anniversary of the diocese of Ciego de Ávila Ciego de Ávila (Agenzia Fides) - To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the diocese of Ciego de Ávila, erected on February 2, 1996, it was decided that the various pastoral areas together with the communities, celebrate ...
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  11 January 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The first indigenous diocesan priest of the Apostolic Vicariate of El Beni has died Trinidad (Agenzia Fides) - Father Maximiliano Noe Valverde was born on August 18, 1962, the third of eight brothers in the parish of La Fortuna on the Mamoré River. In the ten years from 1990 to 2000, nine deacons and s ...
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  10 January 2022
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Increasing violence and conflict in the department of Solola, the Bishops call for dialogue and prayer Guatemala de la Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Guatemala express their "enormous concern" for the spread of violence that has caused numerous victims, including children, women and innocent people "who sought ...
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  10 January 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Pastoral agents at the service of the mission: the formation carried out in the diocese of Chillán concludes Chillán (Agenzia Fides) - "We wanted to provide all lay pastoral workers with elements in their formation that would allow them to serve the mission of a church that goes forth, because what we need most at this time is ...
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  7 January 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mar del Plata: concerns for the environment and integral development Mar del Plata (Agenzia Fides) - "The bishopric of Mar del Plata expresses its concern about the exploration and exploitation of hydrocarbons on our coasts. We understand the imperative to exploit natural resources, in an ...
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  7 January 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Caritas Bolivia will continue to help migrants at the borders with Peru, Chile and Argentina in 2022 La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Bolivia has renewed its commitment to work for migrants in 2022 by signing new Agreements with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and with the International Organiz ...
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  3 January 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Martyrs from Zenta will soon be beatified San Ramón de la Nueva Orán (Agenzia Fides) - On October 13, 2021, Pope Francis confirmed the martyrdom of the Servants of God Pietro Ortiz de Zárate, diocesan priest, and Giovanni Antonio Solinas, priest of the Societ ...