America

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  12 December 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Social tension and health crisis: "We need to promote fraternity and solidarity" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, in our context of social tension, we must strengthen and give priority and attention to the health emergency and the economic and social crisis affecting our country. It is time to build ev ...
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  11 December 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The hermit who evangelized America: Ramón Pané Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In April 1493, Christopher Columbus returned from his first trip to America and met the Spanish Royal family in the Cenobio de La Murtra (Badalona), which was entrusted to the friars of St ...
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  11 December 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Position of the Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Managua against violations of fundamental rights and for the construction of a pluralist society Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Justice and Peace Commission of the Archdiocese of Managua urged, in a pastoral letter, to put an end to the violation and lack of respect for human rights and expressed the hope that Nicara ...
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  11 December 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - A nun appointed Vicar General of the diocesan pastoral care San Felipe (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Council of the Diocese of San Felipe (Valparaíso, Chile), chaired by the Bishop, Mgr. Gonzalo Bravo Álvarez, appoints Sister Nelly León, as "Episcopal Delegate for General Pas ...
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  10 December 2020
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The United States extends TPS until October: aid for reconstruction after pandemic and hurricanes Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández, announced on Monday 7 December that the Temporary Protected Status, known as TPS will be extended to Honduran citizens present in the Unit ...
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  9 December 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops "welcome the reinstatement of the DACA program" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - On December 4, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ordered the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to reinstate the entire Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (kn ...
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  7 December 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - On the 40th anniversary: CELAM commemorates the “selfless” service of the missionaries who died as martyrs in El Salvador Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Latin American Bishops' Council (Celam), Archbishop of Trujillo, Mgr Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, expressed his solidarity with the Church in El Salvador on the 40th anniversary ...
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  7 December 2020
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Elections: the Bishops praise the civic spirit of Puerto Ricans, the authorities need to listen to the request for change San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - While the eyes of the world were on the elections in the United States on November 3rd, the same day the citizens of Puerto Rico also elected the governor, mayors and MPs for the next four year ...
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  5 December 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Meeting of communion and sharing in digital form of the Pontifical Mission Societies in America and the Caribbean Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in America and the Caribbean was also held in virtual form due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but nevertheless it allowed direct contact betwe ...
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  4 December 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops: "Our dreams for Ecuador and for the pilgrim Church in these lands" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Ecuador express their "dreams" for the country and for the Church in the 2020-2024 Pastoral Guidelines. "Dreams in the Sacred Scripture represent the passage of God in the lives of ...
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  4 December 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - "Christmas is sharing": Caritas campaign for communities suffering the consequences of the pandemic Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Social Pastoral and Human Dignity (Cáritas-Lima) of the Archbishopric of Lima, together with the RPP group, are promoting the "Christmas is sharing" campaign, which intends to collect food to ...
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  2 December 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Statement of the Bishops in view of the elections Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Commission of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela sends a message to the people of God in view of the legislative elections for the renewal of the unicameral Parliament, scheduled ...
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  2 December 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - A missionary reports: "The population is losing hope, but we continue to proclaim Christ the Savior" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The population is losing hope, there seems to be no way out, but as a Church we continue to proclaim Christ the Savior!" says the missionary, Father Renold Antoine CSsR, of the Redemptor ...
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  1 December 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Caritas: no to the abortion law, we must protect life, especially the most fragile and vulnerable Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "The pandemic that we are still suffering from has, as in any country, made the health of all Argentines a priority. Caritas has redoubled its efforts to meet the basic needs of our brother ...
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  1 December 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - Three days of prayer and fasting in all dioceses: "Let's give Haiti a chance!" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Prayer, fasting and intercession for conversion and for the liberation of the country" is what the Bishops of Haiti are asking the faithful, from 5 to 7 December, in the parishes of the ...