America

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  15 October 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - The reorganization of REPAM continues: Cardinal Barreto new President Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Pedro Barreto takes over the Presidency of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), succeeding Cardinal Claudio Hummes, in this important service. Cardinal Barreto, Archbishop of Hu ...
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  15 October 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - A long list of deaths and violence: proliferation of weapons, impunity and corruption among the causes Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Violence does not stop in Haiti, which in recent weeks has been causing a wave of deaths. On Monday, October 12, Eric Elias Diogène, Senator Youri Latortue’s bodyguard, was shot dead i ...
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  14 October 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Reflections of the Bishops of Amazonia on the Encyclical Fratelli tutti Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - "The text of the new Encyclical Fratelli tutti fits perfectly with the Encyclical Laudato Sì (2015), appealing to the whole world to take care of the Common Home. Now the Pope calls u ...
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  13 October 2020
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Archbishop to farmers: land is sacred and cannot be sold Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us not be tempted to sell our inheritance, our land, because we live on it and it is sacred; we must not allow speculators to invade your fields and you should turn down offers from those wh ...
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  13 October 2020
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops' appeal: a "frank, transparent and fruitful" dialogue to overcome social tensions San José (Agenzia Fides) - We want to reaffirm once again the appeal to the President for a frank, direct, transparent, multisectoral dialogue that leads to concrete results. It must be a fruitful dialogue for the benef ...
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  12 October 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Feast of Our Lady of Aparecida for the first time without pilgrims: "People feel the ever-living presence of Mary" Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - The feast of Our Lady of Aparecida, which is celebrated every year on October 12, takes place for the first time without the popular Marian pilgrimages, which had to be canceled due to the pan ...
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  12 October 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Catholics of Concepcion: "Let us pray for the release of our kidnapped brothers" Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - Decisive repudiation of the criminal acts committed by the the group known as the Paraguayan People's Army (EPP) and the request for an immediate release was expressed by the Catholic commun ...
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  10 October 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishops: "there is a great diversity of options and opinions, but its vocation is unity and its path is peace" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, in view of the plebiscite on October 25, invites "citizens to inform themselves adequately about this important decision for the dem ...
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  9 October 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Archbishop Báez: "Nicaragua urgently needs international solidarity and pressure" Miami (Agenzia Fides) - "I personally believe that as long as Ortega, Murillo and their repressive government are there, there is no room for fair, democratic and transparent elections in Nicaragua": said the Auxiliary B ...
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  8 October 2020
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - World Mission Sunday 2020: In times of the pandemic, announce Jesus in the “suburbs” San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - The National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies of Puerto Rico, Mgr. Daniel Fernández, Bishop of Arecibo, invites us to the celebration of World Mission Sunday (DOMUND) and cites an ...
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  8 October 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Caritas and student pastoral care: "Free elections under the sign of peace and democracy" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the presidential elections in Bolivia, which will be held on Sunday, October 18, the Social Pastoral/Caritas (Pasoc), in cooperation with the student Pastoral office, are appeal ...
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  7 October 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Laws must be at the service of the dignity of every human being Nuevo Casas Grandes (Agenzia Fides) - "In view of the current situation in our country, we see the serious risk that another initiative will further divide and polarize society and destroy the most important institution ...
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  7 October 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishop of Matagalpa: "The future of our country is at stake" Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - After Mgr. Mata had already commented on the latest bills (see Fides, 1/10/2020), Mgr. Rolando Álvarez, Bishop of the diocese of Matagalpa, also spoke during a press conference last Sunday: ...
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  6 October 2020
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Bishops: "may this new period of national life be an opportunity to build a different Guatemala" Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of October, the Bishops of Guatemala published a message "of hope and a call to commitment from Catholics and society" entitled "I saw a new heaven and a new earth" (Ap 21-1). ...
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  6 October 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Pastoral plan 2021: Congregations should participate in processes of missionary renewal Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the fundamental challenges the Church and society are facing in this time of health and economic crisis, the Dominican Bishops' Conference (CED), in collaboration with the Natio ...