America

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  3 September 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A week of meeting and dialogue on the building of peace in the country Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, September 5 the celebration of the annual "Week for Peace" begins in Colombia, which this year has the motto "Truth that we can". The Director of the National Secretariat for Social Pa ...
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  3 September 2021
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Archbishop of Panama: "We have a corrupt society and no one takes the first step to transform it" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Panama, Mgr. José Domingo Ulloa, made an energetic appeal to Panamanians to tackle and resolve the "great problem" of corruption that afflicts the country and society, and ...
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  2 September 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The government rejects the reactivation of the migrant protection protocol, which violates the rights of asylum seekers Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Government of Mexico must maintain a position that, while respectful, must be firm, clear and of absolute rejection of the intention to reactivate the 'Stay in Mexico' program": is the ...
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  2 September 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Request for investigations into the massacre of 13 indigenous people Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "We can, without exclusion, stop, speak, correct, forgive ourselves, on the basis of the fundamental right to truth (...), establish a document that defines the fundamental rules, minimum and ...
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  1 September 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - September: from "Month of the Bible" to "Month of the Word" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The National Commission for Biblical Animation of Pastoral Care in Chile, has decided this year to change the name of the traditional "Month of the Bible", which is celebrated in September in v ...
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  1 September 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - On January 22, the beatification of the four martyrs Rutilio Grande, Manuel Solórzano, Nelson Rutilio Lemus Chávez and Cosma Spessotto San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Salvadoran Catholic Church has announced that the Beatification of the Salvadoran martyrs Father Rutilio Grande, Jesuit Manuel Solórzano and Nelson Rutilio Lemus Chávez, lay people, a ...
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  1 September 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A priest killed in the state of Morelos Galeana (Agenzia Fides) - On the morning of August 31, the lifeless body of Mexican priest José Guadalupe Popoca was found in the parish of San Nicolás de Bari, in the town of Galeana, municipality of Zacatepec, in the ...
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  31 August 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migrants: forced disappearances are not a memory of the past and times of dictatorship, new cases are increasing day by day Yucatan (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to draw attention to the disappearance of thousands of migrants on our continent. There are many routes and different forms of irregular migration, but all full of risks and among them, ...
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  31 August 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops complain about obstacles to aid for flooded areas: “Charity knows no boundaries” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to the country's authorities to remember that "they are at the service of all Venezuelans" came from the Venezuelan bishops, who complained in a message on August 30 about the behavior ...
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  30 August 2021
  AMERICA - Catechists: evangelizing force of the Church, especially in this period Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Several countries in Latin America celebrate "Catechist's Day" every August 21, on the occasion of the feast of Saint Pius X, who was the editor of the "Major Catechism". This year the publicat ...
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  28 August 2021
  AMERICA - “MigraSegura”: Digital platform with useful information for Venezuelan refugees Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The digital platform "MigraSegura" is aimed at migrants, especially Venezuelans looking for reliable information about basic services and the migration policy in Brazil and Ecuador. The digital ...
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  27 August 2021
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Bishops express themselves unequivocally: Catholic moral teaching is not a pretext for opponents of vaccinations San Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - So far, 4,459,946 people around the world have died of Covid-19. In Puerto Rico, 2,742 people have died and a total of 164,179 have been infected. And those numbers continue to rise, as do hosp ...
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  26 August 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cardinal Brenes invites us to comply with the coronavirus rules Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Aware of the critical health situation we are facing, I invite you, with faith and trust in Divine Providence, with serenity and great responsibility, not to let your guard down in observing th ...
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  26 August 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops on the division of the country: "We need reconciliation" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In their joint message of August 25th, the Peruvian bishops affirmed that they "share the suffering and great uncertainty that our beloved country is experiencing". In this situation, they invite u ...
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  25 August 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - Camillians provide help after earthquakes: "We must give people dignity and love, as Jesus teaches us" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Our medical team is mobilized and is already available to continue welcoming more and more people and provide them with the necessary care. We wish the Haitian people resilience, let us ...