America

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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 ...
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  20 March 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Denunciation of the violence perpetrated by the police against Venezuelan immigrants and humanitarian workers Pacaraima (Agenzia Fides) - On March 17, agents of the Federal Police and the Civil Police of the State of Roraima carried out an operation in Pacaraima, a town on the border between Brazil and Venezuela, entering homes ...
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  20 March 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Death of the Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote from Covid-19, known for his continual struggles of the marginalized Lima (Agenzia Fides) - With His Exc. Bishop Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, SJ, an icon of the Church in Peru, at the service of the poor and the humble disappears. The "Bishop of the suburbs" (pueblos jovenes), as ...
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  18 March 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Three North American nuns and lay missionary killed 40 years ago in view of Missionary Martyrs Day San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and volunteer Jean Donovan were four missionaries from the United States who were killed on December 2, 1980 in E ...
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  18 March 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Appeal of the Pope and the local Church during the continuing protests against the mismanagement of the pandemic and the economy Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "This week I have been concerned about the news from Paraguay. Through the intercession of Our Lady of Miracles of Caacupé, I ask the Lord Jesus, Prince of Peace, that a path of sincere dialog ...
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  17 March 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Call of the Bishops for the elections on the need to come out of the ongoing multi-dimensional crisis together Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In a document entitled "The politics we need", the Bishops of Peru have expressed their views on the next elections to be held next April. In the message signed on March 15, they point out that Per ...
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  16 March 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Call of the Bishops to the government to abandon revenge and political persecution La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Mgr. Sergio Gualberti, deplored the latest actions of the government within the context of the alleged "coup d'etat" and asked to "act according to the truth". "Ther ...
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  15 March 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Call to combat human trafficking: new forms of recruitment devised during the pandemic Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the dramatic reality of human trafficking, aggravated by the Covid-19 pandemic, the Special Pastoral Episcopal Commission for the Fight against Human Trafficking of the Bishops' Conf ...
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  15 March 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Salvadorans remember Father Rutilio Grande on the anniversary of his assassination, in the hope of an early beatification El Paisnal (Agenzia Fides) - Many parishes and communities in the country remembered yesterday, Sunday, March 14th, the 44th anniversary of the death of Father Rutilio Grande in the hope of his speedy beatification. On F ...
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  12 March 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Rite of reparation in the Cathedral of Ibagué after the desecration of March 8 Ibagué (Agenzia Fides) - Today, March 12, at 11.30 am local time, a rite of reparation celebrated by the Archbishop, His Exc. Bishop Orlando Roa Barbosa, after the desecration that took place in recent days. On the occa ...
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  12 March 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - A blog run by young people to support the mission in the Peruvian forest during the pandemic Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - "Anthropology of the mission", "Recent history of the mission in the forest", "Curiosities about the missions", "Teaching to fish", are the latest titles to appear on the new Blog that an ever-g ...
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  12 March 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Appeal of the Pact for Life and for Brazil in the face of the worsening pandemic situation in the country Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no time to waste, negtionism kills. The virus is circulating from north to south of Brazil, replicating strains, affecting different age groups, punishing the most vulnerable. Patient ...
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  11 March 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The mission of the politician: a vocation at the service of national reconciliation and the construction of the common good Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Political vocation cannot be reduced to belonging to a party or to supporting an ideological postulate from a platform. Politics, on the other hand, implies a "vocation to service". This ser ...
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  11 March 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The situation remains very difficult, the Church constantly invokes peace and dialogue to solve problems Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church cannot take a position in favor or against the accusation of impeachment of the President of the Republic. The position of the Church is to constantly invoke peace": these are the w ...