America

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  27 January 2022
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Massacre of Jesuits: Film reconstructs what happened in 1989 and what is still happening today Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - On the morning of November 16, 1989, in the midst of the Salvadoran civil war, six Jesuit priests, university professors and two office workers were murdered at the José Simeón Cañas Central A ...
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  27 January 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - The Missionary Year of Social Commitment opens in the Archdiocese of Cusco Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - On January 23, Sunday of the Word of God, Msgr. Richard Daniel Alarcón, Metropolitan Archbishop of Cusco, officially opened the "Missionary Year of Social Commitment" in the Archdiocese. In his h ...
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  26 January 2022
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - May Christians be guardians of the environment, in solidarity with those who fight against the voracity of fire and drought Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask our Christian brothers to be custodians of the environment, we ask for solidarity and empathy with the authorities and volunteers who fight against the voracity of fire and drought, abo ...
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  26 January 2022
  AMERICA/HAITI - The recent earthquake do not stop the reconstruction work of the Camillian missionaries Jeremie (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the anniversary of the earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010 (see Fides, 13/1/2010), causing more than 250,000 victims and one and a half million homeless, on January 24, 2022 a ...
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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 ...