America

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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 ...
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  17 May 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "We cannot accept violence as a way of life": murders and violence against candidates increase Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Mexico cannot accept violence as a way of life", urged the Archdiocese of Mexico, inviting citizens to choose on June 6 the best political proposal that will help rebuild the social fabric. ...
• 17 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Iquitos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 15 May 2021, the Holy Father appointed as bishop of the apostolic vicariate of Iquitos, Peru, the Reverend Fr. Miguel Ángel Cadenas Cardo, O.S.A., until now superior regional of the Ord ...
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  15 May 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "We are facing two wars: pandemic and corruption, we must emerge victorious", Mgr. Valenzuela at the Te Deum Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "Today we face two wars: the pandemic and corruption. We must emerge victorious. With vaccines and with the moral life of justice and peace". This is what the Archbishop of Asunción, Mgr. Edmu ...
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  14 May 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Announce the truth and denounce injustice: campaign on social networks for the Day of Social Communications Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - On the solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord, recalling the mandate of the risen Jesus to his disciples, "Go and proclaim the Gospel to every creature" (cf. Mt 16.15-20), the Church celebrates ...
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  14 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas Yurimaguas project: chronic child malnutrition reduced by 12% Yurimaguas (Agenzia Fides) - In order to contribute to sustainable development by adapting the most vulnerable families to climate change, Cáritas Peru together with Cáritas Yurimaguas, with the support of Cáritas Spa ...
• 14 May 2021
  AMERICA/GUADALUPE - Resignation of Bishop of Basse-Terre Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Basse-Terre, Guadalupe, presented by Bishop Jean-Yves Riocreux (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 14/5/2021) ...
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  12 May 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Sunday May, 16 a mass in suffrage for those who died from Covid-19 in all churches Asunciòn (Agenzia Fides) - Monsignor Amancio Benítez Candia, Bishop of Benjamin Aceval and Secretary General of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP), sent a note to all the Bishops of the country, proposing "a jo ...
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  12 May 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops' appeals for elections: Making the best choice, participating in the vote with responsibility Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, June 6, more than 90 million Mexicans will completely renew the Chamber of Deputies and 30 local parliaments, as well as 15 governors and members of 1,900 municipal councils, whic ...
• 11 May 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Catechists in the reality of Covid-19: the Holy Spirit continues to blow in different ways Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "If it is true that the world is now united under the same pandemic, the means of dealing with it take particular forms in each region. Covid-19 has also reached Mexico and there is no way t ...
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  11 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Fifty thousand catechists at the service of children, young people and adults Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In Peru, the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and Biblical Pastoral Care is responsible for the animation and formation of catechists in the different ecclesiastical jurisdictions. It gathers mo ...
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  10 May 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - New appeals for an end to violence and respect for life and human rights Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to express my concern for the tensions and violent clashes in Colombia, which have caused deaths and injuries. There are many Colombians here; let us pray for your homeland", Pope F ...
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  10 May 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Respect for democracy and human rights: public declaration required of candidates for the presidency Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP), the Union of Evangelical Christian Churches of Peru (Unicep), the National Human Rights (CNDDHH) Coordinator and the civil association Transparencia present ...
• 7 May 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Mauricio Da Silva Jardim Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 3, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Mauricio Da Silva Jardim, of the clergy of Porto Alegre as Nati ...