America

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  26 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Ahead of the presidential election: Bishops comment on “difficult moments” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - According to Peruvian custom, the Peruvian Bishops' Conference has invited the two candidates in the run-off election for the presidency to a "fraternal meeting" on June 6th. The meeting with Keiko ...
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  25 May 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - Biden administration grants Haitian immigrants the Temporary Protected Status Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the United States welcomes the announcement by the Biden administration that it has included immigrant citizens from Haiti under the protection of the "Temporary Protec ...
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  25 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - "No more terrorism. No more violence in Peru": strong condemnation of the Bishops for the massacre of 16 people Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "No more terrorism. No more violence in Peru", says His Exc. Mgr. Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte OFM, Archbishop of Trujillo and president of the Bishops' Conference of Peru (CEP) in condemning the cruel ...
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  24 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Recognition of the martyrdom of "Aguchita": religious missionary among the indigenous Ashaninka people Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis authorized the Congregation for the Causes of Saints on May 22 to promulgate several decrees, including the one recognizing the martyrdom of the Servant of God, Sister María Agostina ...
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  24 May 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops reiterate the need for dialogue: "factors of rapprochement prevail over those of division or hatred" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Colombia are launching a new appeal to follow the path of dialogue in search of agreements that will lead to overcoming this difficult moment that the country has to face. "We rati ...
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  22 May 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Scalabrinians inaugurate an educational center for refugees and migrants in Tijuana Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - "In this new space, many families and adults will be able to realize their goals, dreams and life plans. It will be a safe place, in which we will continue a fight that began more than 130 years ...
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  22 May 2021
  AMERICA - To all the Bishops' Conferences the task of assuming and promoting Renewal and Restructuring Project of CELAM Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In these days "we have carried out, in a spirit of communion and fraternity, a contemplative gaze at the Latin American and Caribbean reality, with a universal and hopeful vision, and in the pers ...
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  21 May 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Laudato Sì Week: symbolic embrace of solidarity with the population mobilized for open pit mining projects Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the activities promoted for the "Laudato Sì Week", the National Commission for Justice and Peace is promoting for today, May 21, at 6 pm, a symbolic embrace to thousands of peop ...
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  21 May 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - New meeting between government and protesters, as Covid 19 increases Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday for the third time, the representatives of the Colombian government met with those of the National Strike Committee (CNP), to begin negotiations (see Fides, 18/5/2021). "We want guarant ...
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  20 May 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Online dissemination workshop for parish communicators of the Archdiocese of La Serena La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - Within the framework of the World Day of Social Communications, the pastoral agents who regularly collaborate in the dissemination of the activities of their communities in the Archdiocese of ...
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  20 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - New oil spill causes damage to communities and the environment: indigenous peoples ignored Loreto (Agenzia Fides) - A new oil spill has been reported in the Corrientes river, near the district of Trompeteros, in the province of Loreto, in the Peruvian Amazon. The leak originated from the plant managed by PlusP ...
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  19 May 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Democracy is not only exercised at the time of voting, but it is an attitude and a permanent way of life Tlalnepantla (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops who exercise their pastoral service in the states of Mexico and Morelos, and who are part of the ecclesiastical provinces of Tlalnepantla and Toluca, have expressed in a message ...
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  19 May 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Bishops: safeguarding and defending the family is the responsibility of civil authorities, but also of each family Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Guatemala have sent a message, "as a greeting of appreciation, a call to hope and an exhortation to the commitment of all families to continue being, with God's blessing, t ...
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  18 May 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Week of prayer for Christian unity: building a culture of encounter, dialogue and fraternity Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In Brazil and in many nations of the southern hemisphere, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated between the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord and that of Pentecost. This yea ...
• 18 May 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Negotiations remain difficult, bishops urge not to lose hope Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - After the announcement of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC) on Sunday, May 16, according to which the national government and the organizers of the National Strike (CNP) had expressed t ...