America

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  11 August 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Indigenous peoples denounce President Bolsonaro Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in history, indigenous groups have filed a request with the ICC in The Hague for it to investigate Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro over alleged genocide and crimes against ...
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  11 August 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Lascarro Tapia calls on the state to protect communities fleeing violence Magangué (Agenzia Fides) - The bishop of Magangué, Mgr. Ariel Lascarro Tapia, denounced the extremely complex situation in the south of the department of Bolivar as a result of the clashes between illegal armed groups ...
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  10 August 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Interview by Cardinal Rosa Chávez met with criticism San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The interview given by Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador to Vatican News continues to make news in El Salvador. In the context of the debate, the leader of t ...
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  9 August 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The bishops ask "to promote fair processes within the immigration system" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced that it will be placing certain migrant families in expedited removal proceedings, a process whereby immigration officers can quickly, ...
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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 ...