America

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  7 August 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Study: 58 indigenous areas particularly affected by persistent forest fires La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The fires in Bolivia are the focus of the debate and every year there are new regions and cities affected. According to a recent report by the Center for Legal Studies and Social Research (CEJIS) ...
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  7 August 2021
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Radio Seybo: 47 years at the service of the mission Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Radio Seybo has been at the service of the mission for 47 years. The radio, which has been operated by the Dominican Order since 1974, has embarked on a path rich in experience in promotin ...
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  6 August 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Violence generates violence", the Catholic community calls for an end to clashes between police and Roma Vitória da Conquista (Agenzia Fides) - The Office for Nomadic Pastoral Care of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil, published a note on the violence in the region of Vitória da Conquista, in the State of Bahia, which re ...
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  5 August 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - REPAM the "Vacuna Amazzonia" campaign begins Leticia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM) active in the Amazon region, started the “Vacuna Amazonia” initiative this week after the number of deaths due to the coronavirus infection in the ...
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  4 August 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop of Arequipa on the current situation in the country: "We can only overcome the crisis together" Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - "The bicentenary of our national independence confronts us with a multidimensional crisis, perhaps the worst in our life as a republic. The health crisis that has intensified as a result of the ...
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  4 August 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Cardinal Rosa Chávez: Dialogue strengthens democracy in the Country San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The government led by President Nayib Bukele continues to receive compliments and words of encouragement for dialogue with civil society organizations. Among the favorable voices is that of ...
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  3 August 2021
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - March against the imposition of gender ideology San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - The Puerto Rican Bishops' Conference has called for a march on August 14th against the introduction of gender ideology in the country's public school program. In an official statement, the Pre ...
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  3 August 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Covid-19: Mayor of Managua holds celebrations for the feast of St. Domingo de Guzman without the approval of the Catholic Church Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, on the feast of our patron saint, we should take the opportunity to ask ourselves what moves us to seek the Lord", said the Archbishop of Managua, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, at the mass o ...
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  2 August 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops express solidarity on the occasion of the World Holocaust Day of the Roma people Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The Colombian Church, through the Episcopal Conference, wishes to express its deepest sense of solidarity with the Roma peoples around the world and in particular with the Roma who have lived in ...
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  31 July 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops join the cry of "so many brothers and sisters who ask for peace, respect for life and human rights" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Bishops of Colombia support this cry for peace, life and respect for the human dignity of so many of our brothers and sisters", declared the Episcopal Conference of Colombia, expre ...
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  31 July 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Missionaries prepared to face today's challenges: the PMS Missionary Formation Center inaugurated Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Promote and foster paths of permanent formation, missionary updating and accompaniment of pastoral workers and all the people of God: this is the objective of the new Missionary Formation Center ...
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  30 July 2021
  AMERICA - Continental campaign of the Catholic Church against human trafficking: "Life is not a commodity on sale" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Today, July 30, the World Day against Human Trafficking is celebrated. Red Clamor, an organization that brings together men and women committed to accompanying, defending, promoting and includi ...
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  29 July 2021
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Bishops: "The 'Zede' are in open violation of the Constitution and to the detriment of our territorial order" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "The Episcopal Conference expresses its solidarity and joins the pronouncements of the brother Bishops in their Dioceses, who have embraced the protests of civil society, demanding the non-c ...
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  28 July 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A day of silence and prayer for peace and reconciliation for Nicaraguans on July 31 Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes, Archbishop of Managua, urged the faithful to live a "Day of silence and prayer" on Saturday July 31, the date that commemorates the first anniversary of the act o ...
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  28 July 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops for the Bicentenary: defend democratic institutions, build peace and integral human development, reject all forms of violence Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Peru will celebrate the bicentenary of its independence on July 28 and 29. A massive deployment of police across the country, especially in places that will host official events, will help ensure p ...