America

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  24 September 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "We are in the same boat, we row together": Migrant and Refugee Week Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - With the slogan "We are in the same boat, we row together", the "Migrants and Refugees Week 2020" is being celebrated in Colombia from 21 to 27 September, which this year will take place virtual ...
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  24 September 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Catholic Church and American society must recognize the historical and current contributions of the Hispanic and Latin leadership Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The "Hispanic Heritage Month in the United States of America", from September 15 to October 15, is presenting speeches and proposals for recognition both by the Church and by civil society. " ...
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  23 September 2020
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops: "Inequality, poverty and unemployment, consequences of an economic model that does not place the human being at the center" San José (Agenzia Fides) - "Costa Rica is the victim of the lack of decisions aimed at a structural reform of the State, to truly reactivate economy, to contain public spending and to promote production. In recent decad ...
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  23 September 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Towards Mission Day: despite Covid, missionary animation has not stopped Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "This year we celebrate World Mission Sunday (DOMUND) in the midst of the Covid -19 epidemic and also during this time God accompanies us through the Pontifical Mission Societies of Ecuador. Our m ...
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  22 September 2020
  AMERICA - Virtual meeting of the Presidents of the American Bishops' Conferences Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "A service under the sign of missionary synodality, integral conversion, with a prophetic voice, decentralized and with an integrative continental vision and the articulation and integration of ecc ...
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  22 September 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "Being a politician according to the Gospel": reflections in time of elections and in the midst of the pandemic La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "Being a Christian politician implies a commitment above all to Jesus Christ: in discipleship, following and in the mission of rebuilding today's society, according to the heart of God. Belonging ...
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  22 September 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Consternation of the Bishops after the latest massacres: "enough with this mechanism of death" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - After the new massacres of six young people in the rural area of the municipality of Buenos Aires (Cauca) and four other people in the municipalities of Mosquera and El Charco (Nariño), which a ...
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  21 September 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - New surge in violence: the body of a young Catholic found Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "The death of young Bryan José, from our city of Matagalpa, once again shakes Nicaraguan society. He belonged to our 'Pastorale Cristo Joven' of the Cathedral and his parents work with us in ...
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  21 September 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops: "the first work of charity today is to follow the indications of the civil and ecclesiastical authorities" Villarrica (Agenzia Fides) - "Our Country is going through a very difficult period because of the number of infected and dead due to the Covid-19 disease, a situation that is particularly serious in Asunción, Central an ...
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  19 September 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Archbishop of Santo Domingo: Church and government must work together in the fight against crime Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The authorities need to find an effective way to fight crime and insecurity affecting society. And, on the front of education to legality and a culture of mutual respect, justice and peace ...
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  18 September 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Tornado damages 72 houses and the church in a neighborhood of Managua Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in the neighborhood of Monseñor Lezcano, in Managua, suffered serious damage due to a tornado that hit the area yesterday morning. The tornado occurred ...
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  18 September 2020
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops: "Against the viruses that have condemned us to poverty and death, we have the antibodies of justice, charity and solidarity" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - "In the midst of uncertainty, we are in a time of grace, which offers us a historic opportunity to rebuild the social fabric and establish another dynamic that makes us more human, more cari ...
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  17 September 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Sacred Heart of Jesus statue destroyed in St. Patrick Cathedral El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - A vandal destroyed a statue of Jesus at St. Patrick Cathedral in El Paso, Texas on Tuesday morning, September 15. According to the diocese, someone entered the sanctuary of St. Patrick’s Cathe ...
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  16 September 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops in the face of the health and social crisis: "Our commitment is the well-being of Peru" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "We are experiencing a difficult period due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has caused more than 30 thousand Peruvian deaths and over 700 thousand infected", the Bishops of Peru write in their state ...
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  16 September 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Young missionary disciples, builders of the civilization of Love": encounter of the Andean region Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Youth Pastoral sector of the Episcopal Commission for the Laity of the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador, has organized the XVI Youth Pastoral Meeting of the Andean Region, which will take place ...