America

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  3 October 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops express disappointment: Congress wants to further reduce the number of refugees Washington (Agenzia Fides) - On Wednesday evening, the US State Department released its report to Congress recommending the admission of a maximum of 15,000 refugees to the United States in 2021. The report is the first ...
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  3 October 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 6th Brazilian Social Week: mobilize society to strengthen democracy Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The chairman of the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), Archbishop Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo of Belo Horizonte (MG), recorded a video to contribute in the participation of the 6th Brazilian ...
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  2 October 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Towards Mission Sunday: sowers of hope and mercy Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Colombia, which have responded to the Pope's call to proclaim the Gospel even in times of pandemic, have offered the 77 ecclesiastical circumscriptions in the ...
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  2 October 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Catholics and the referendum: the testimony of each one can be a source of peace, brotherhood and unity Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - A referendum will be held in Chile on October 25th, where citizens will decide whether to amend the Constitution and what mechanism should be used to draft it if its amendment is approved (s ...
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  1 October 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In 2019, violence against indigenous communities and territories doubled Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Report on violence against the indigenous peoples of Brazil, prepared by the Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), was released yesterday, 30 September, which reiterates the portrait of an ...
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  1 October 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Nobody is above the Constitution": Mgr. Mata on the new laws that repress human and political rights Esteli (Agenzia Fides) - Monsignor Abelardo Mata, Bishop of the diocese of Esteli and spokesman for the Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference (CEN), harshly criticized the proposal of the President, Daniel Ortega, on the lates ...
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  30 September 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico is the main destination for Central American migrants Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - Mexico's border with Guatemala, which had been closed due to the pandemic, was reopened a few days ago, and the number of migrants arriving in Mexico is already increasing. The note sent to Fi ...
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  30 September 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Archbishop of Bogotà: "Life is threatened, destroyed and massacred, but we still have time to love it again" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "A complaint and an anguished cry rise from the four cardinal points of Colombia. Life is threatened, devalued, wounded. Life is destroyed and massacred. With deep sorrow we repudiate all forms o ...
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  29 September 2020
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Cardinal Maradiaga: politicians must fulfil what they promise in the electoral campaign Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "A politician is not applauded for his good intentions or for his promises in time of elections, but when he fulfils what he said": this is what Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, ...
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  29 September 2020
  AMERICA/ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES - First mission opened in Belle Vue: the work of the Redemptorists celebrates its first year Kingstown (Agenzia Fides) - About a year ago, the Redemptorist missionaries accepted the task of opening a mission in the south of St. Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG), a nation in the southern part of the Caribbean, for ...
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  29 September 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mother of Sister Gloria, kidnapped in Mali in 2017, died awaiting her return Pasto (Agenzia Fides) - The mother of Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez, the Colombian nun kidnapped while on a mission in Mali on 7 February 2017, died in Pasto. Ms. Rosita Argoty de Narváez was 87 years old, and she did ...
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  28 September 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Migrants: a reality of suffering for many Venezuelans Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 106th World Day of Migrants and Refugees celebrated yesterday, Sunday 27 September, Red Clamor published a message addressed to "the holy people of God who are pilgrims in ...
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  26 September 2020
  AMERICA - The Church is close to migrants with prayer and with projects of reception and support San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "On 27 September we celebrate the World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The Pope is sensitive to the migratory reality which makes people more vulnerable to human trafficking, hunger, violence a ...
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  25 September 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Aid delivered to more than 3,500 vulnerable families in the first phase of the "Five loaves and two fish" campaign Rancagua (Agenzia Fides) - The first phase of the "Five loaves and two fish" solidarity campaign, promoted by the diocese of Rancagua, which was able to deliver aid to over 3,500 families in particular situations of need ...
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  25 September 2020
  AMERICA - "Missionary disciples on the way": preparations for the 13th anniversary of the Aparecida Conference Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - During the virtual meeting of the Presidents of the 22 American Bishops' Conferences, gathered in CELAM, connected via the internet on 21 and 22 September (see Fides, 22/9/2020), the preparation ...