America

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  31 July 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Letter to legislators: "Is deciding for yourself when to die a human right?" Minas (Agenzia Fides) - "Today more than ever we need an enthusiastic collective project in Uruguay: our biggest problem is the lack of population". This is what Mgr. Jaime Fuentes, Bishop Emeritus of Minas wrote in an o ...
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  31 July 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The National Council of Churches recognizes religious freedom in Cuba Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The National Council of Churches (NCC) of the United States recognized the religious freedom existing in Cuba, and criticized the government of Donald Trump for blacklisting Cuba for serious ...
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  31 July 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Vicariate of Pando sends breathing apparatus to the most distant medical centers Pando (Agenzia Fides) - Sixteen oxygen concentrators were sent by Mgr. Eugenio Coter, Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Pando, to the medical centers in the rural area. The purchase of these medical devices was made p ...
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  30 July 2020
  AMERICA - Patriarchal culture, economic model, unjust laws: religious life against human trafficking Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to the universal community to raise its voice against the phenomenon of human trafficking and denounce the different expressions of the commercialization of life, an expression of mod ...
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  30 July 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A priest in Michoacan seriously wounded Michoacan (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Agustin Patiño was wounded with 15 stab wounds while he was in the parish house in Briseñas, Michoacan, by 3 criminals who entered with the intention to steal. According to an initial ...
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  30 July 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Parish priest found dead San Miguel (Agenzia Fides) - On the afternoon of Monday 27 July, the faithful who, through the social networks of Santander, in the municipality of San Miguel, were waiting to attend the 6pm mass, received the news of th ...
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  29 July 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Campaign: "United for health and for life" - religious groups in support of the health system Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign for solidarity: "United for health and life. We are all Gran Vallegrande" takes place led by three Redemptorist priests, with the support of the Evangelical churches, the Medical ...
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  28 July 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops' message for the national holiday:"It is necessary to assume responsibilities and commitments" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - On Monday 27 July, Mgr. Miguel Cabrejos, president of the Episcopal Conference, celebrated Mass and Te Deum in the Cathedral of Trujillo, on the occasion of the 199th anniversary of the Independenc ...
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  28 July 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "How much is life worth?": Awareness campaign to combat human trafficking Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - From 26 to 30 July, the Episcopal Commission of Special Pastoral Care for the Fight against Human Trafficking (CEPEETH) of the Episcopal Conference of Brazil (CNBB), carries out the campaign en ...
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  27 July 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - New website of the Peruvian Bishops is online Lima (Agenzia Fides) - With the initials ANCEP, which stands for News Agency of the Peruvian Episcopate, the new information website of the Church in Peru is online. Photographs, videos and a presentation that automatica ...
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  27 July 2020
  AMERICA - CELAM has been illuminating and promoting the Church's mission in Latin America for 65 years Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "One day like today, July 25, 1955, the First General Conference of the Latin American and Caribbean Episcopate began in Rio di Janeiro": with these words the Presidency of CELAM informs of this ...
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  25 July 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The crime of human trafficking is not in isolation or under quarantine: half a million people involved Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - World Day against Trafficking in Persons, called by the United Nations (UN), is celebrated on 30 July so that civil society and States work together against this crime against humanity, as ...
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  25 July 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Preaching through social media is like sailing on the open sea" Ibagué (Agenzia Fides) - In times of pandemic, the Church recognizes the importance of intensifying the spiritual accompaniment of populations. For this reason, the priests of the various ecclesiastical jurisdictions, w ...
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  24 July 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - In the face of an increase in infections, the Bishops reiterate that "it is not wise to hold elections" Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB), Archbishop Ricardo Centellas of Sucre, reaffirms the position of the Catholic Church in Bolivia on the priority of preserving and caring fo ...
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  24 July 2020
  AMERICA/CUBA - The first Cuban Catholic radio on the Internet, thanks to the commitment of young people Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "Radio El Sonido de la Esperanza", of the Catholic Youth Network (RCJ), is the first Catholic radio station in Cuba to broadcast online 24 hours a day, thanks to the commitment of a group of youn ...