America

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  29 March 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Historical memory for reconciliation and peace: project in the diocese of Valledupar Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "Strengthening all processes of remembrance and historical memory is to give roots to communities, and when a community has roots, it can withstand many winds and difficulties", underlined the B ...
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  29 March 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Broaden your gaze" urges Archbishop Chomali for the April elections, with the possibility of postponement due to Covid Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - With a virtual meeting through Zoom, broadcast on social media and broadcast by Radio Chilena Concepción, the document "Reflecting before voting on April 10 and 11" was presented, written b ...
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  27 March 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops: "Together towards the Risen Christ, light in the night of the pandemic" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "From the current situation, marked by suffering, anguish and death, as a consequence of the pandemic, let us reflect together on two fundamental points of these holy days: the cross and the resurr ...
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  27 March 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A missionary: "The Church accompanies the peoples of the Amazon on their path of joy and authenticity" Santarém (Agenzia Fides) - "The wounds inflicted on the environment in the Amazon are not only a serious ecological, social and political problem, but they directly involve the Church because the defense of human life i ...
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  26 March 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Senators ask President Biden to recognize the Armenian Genocide Washington (Agenzia Fides) - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led 37 of his Senate colleagues in requesting the Biden administration join the U.S. Congress in offici ...
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  26 March 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Caritas and civil society organizations launch a campaign to reduce the risk of disasters Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Reducing the factors that cause disasters and the material and emotional impact generated by such events: this is the goal of the national campaign launched yesterday by Caritas Chile and by va ...
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  26 March 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Proposal for dialogue on the part of the Bishops to the Head of State in the face of the worsening health, economic and social situation Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - Paraguay had provided exemplary support for the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and even constituted a model for managing this health crisis for other countries in South America. However, a ...
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  25 March 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops appeal in defense of great human values, against the imposition of the "culture of death" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Permanent Commission of the Venezuelan Bishops has published a declaration on the right to life, entitled "Great Human Values", in which it states: "in the face of the real possibility of im ...
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  25 March 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Dedicated to St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Bishop and Martyr, the hospital chapel where he was killed San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear Monsignor: It was Monday, March 24, 1980 and the clock indicated 6:20 p.m. You celebrated Holy Mass with your usual devotion and tenderness, saying these words: "May this immolated bo ...
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  24 March 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop and priest ask for more security: many parishes affected by the increase in violence Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Eduardo Horacio García of San Justo (Gran Buenos Aires) and his priests wrote a letter to the Mayor of La Matanza, Fernando Espinoza, and to the Police Deputy of La Matanza, Chief I ...
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  24 March 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - April 23 the beatification of the martyrs of Quiché: 3 missionary priests and 7 lay people "faithful witnesses of God" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 23, 2021 the celebrations for the beatification of ten martyrs of the Guatemalan diocese of Quiché will take place in Santa Cruz del Quiché. The bishops of Guatemala published ...
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  23 March 2021
  AMERICA/CANADA - “Univers”: Magazine of the Pontifical Mission Societies appears online for the first time Toronto (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of French-speaking Canada have published the first issue of Univers magazine for 2021, which collects articles on the work of the PMS in Canada and around ...
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  23 March 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fraternity Campaign Collection: Fundraising appeal for families affected by the effects of the pandemic Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On Palm Sunday, March 28th, the Lenten collection for the Ecumenical Campaign of Fraternity 2021 (CFE 2021) will take place. Fundraising, supported by the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB), ...
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  22 March 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The bishops of Chiapas express concern about the current socio-political situation Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Chiapas (Mexico) have expressed concern about the socio-political situation in the area and for the increase in violence in the country. In particul ...
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  22 March 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Towards the Day of the Missionary Martyrs: Father Nazareno Lanciotti, killed "for the love of God and for the love of his people" Jauru (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the 29th "Day of prayer and Fasting in Memory of the Missionary Martyrs" to be celebrated on March 24 (see Fides, 16/3/2021), we offer the testimony of Father Nazareno Lanciotti, an Ita ...