America

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  25 September 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Migrant Day, the Social Pastoral Care-Caritas recalls that over 5 million Venezuelans have emigrated to different countries Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Every year on the last Sunday of September, the World Day of Migrants and Refugees is celebrated. "Towards an ever wider 'we' " is the motto chosen by Pope Francis for the day of September 26, w ...
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  24 September 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The kerygma as the central point of evangelization Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - With the aim of continuing the commitment of evangelization in these times of pandemic and post-pandemic, the Center for Missionary Animation of the Bishops' Conference of Colombia launched an ed ...
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  24 September 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - The Church is always available to collaborate with the State in the social, educational and health sectors, for the common good Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The presidency of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference on September 22 had a meeting with the president of the Congress of the Republic, María del Carmen Alva Prieto, at the structures of the Congres ...
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  24 September 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "I have always acted for the defense of freedom, justice and the rights of the Venezuelan people": the spiritual testament of Cardinal Urosa Savino Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, September 23, Cardinal Baltazar Porras, on behalf of the Archdiocese of Caracas, announced the death of Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop Emeritus of Caracas, which was followed ...
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  23 September 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Exploitation and human trafficking are "chains that generate so much destruction in the world" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – Human trafficking and sexual exploitation are two closely related phenomena and occur in many parts of the world, they affect people of all ages, but especially minors who, in situations of vul ...
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  23 September 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The relics of "Chiquitunga", the first Paraguayan Blessed, return to their homeland Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - It was a great mobilization, perhaps the largest since Paraguay experienced the pandemic, that of the Catholic faithful to welcome the relics of María Felicia de Jesús Sacramentado, known as ...
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  22 September 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Migration Week, the drama of Haitian refugees Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Scenes of anger and despair have broken out at Haiti's main airport, in Port-au-Prince, upon the arrival of Haitian migrants who, after spending thousands of dollars on troubled journeys from ...
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  22 September 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Qualified missionary animators: course to deepen the history and objectives of the Mission Day, Missionary Month and the Missionary Campaign Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Union of Catholic Education (UBEC) and the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil are organizing a free, short-term course on the occasion of the 2021 Missionary Campaign. T ...
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  21 September 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - In times of social change, Catholic radio stations must strengthen their commitment to building a better community, based on the Gospel Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Radio has been, for several years, one of the institutions that has received the most trust from citizens. In this time of social change, we must reinforce our commitment to the values that gu ...
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  21 September 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Veracruz on migrants: "the position of the Church is to protect and help them while they are in our land" Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - After the wave of Haitian emigrants that has occurred in recent days in the state of Veracruz, many of whom come from Tapachula (see Fides, 16/9/2021), which is located on the border with Guate ...
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  20 September 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - The values that should be present in the new Constitution: Cardinal Aós at the Te Deum Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The ecumenical "Te Deum" of thanksgiving for the independence of Chile was celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral, as usual in the presence of the highest authorities of the Country, led by t ...
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  20 September 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The lay ministry of the catechist: a charism for the outgoing Synodal Church Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The lay ministry of the catechist: a charism for the outgoing synodal Church" is the theme of the National Week of Catechesis, to be celebrated from September, 19 to 26 in Venezuela. Promoted b ...
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  17 September 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops on proposals regarding immigration: "We cannot persist in relegating these members of our society to the margins" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Satisfaction was expressed by the Commission for Migration of the Bishops' Conference of the United States of America (USCCB), on the proposal to include in the forthcoming budget reconciliat ...
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  17 September 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "The cry of the communities has not been heard, violations of human rights increase": new appeals for Chocó Cali (Agenzia Fides) - "We join the concerns and appeals that the Church and ethnic and territorial organizations have launched at various times. The dramatic reality that the indigenous and Afro-descendant communities l ...
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  16 September 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Not only are migrants not being listened to, the people of Tapachula are not being listened to" denounces Bishop Calderón Calderón Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of migrants in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas protested yesterday, September 15, against the country's immigration policies, which thwarted their efforts to travel to the Unite ...