America

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  17 November 2024
  AMERICA/USA - Archbishop Nappa to the representatives of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the USA: May gratitude be the source of your contribution to the mission of the Universal Church San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "We must begin by recognizing the extraordinary generosity of the universal Church towards the Church in the United States. Until 1908 the United States was considered a mission territory and t ...
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  16 November 2024
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - President of the Bishops, CELAM expelled, regrets "the events that afflict the pilgrim Church in Nicaragua" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Sadness for "the events that afflict the pilgrim Church in Nicaragua". This is the message that CELAM, the Episcopal Council of Latin America and the Caribbean, addressed to Cardinal Leopoldo Jo ...
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  15 November 2024
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Our Lady of the Consolata: a missionary parish in Bogota Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Six African theology students of the Consolata Missionaries, the parish priest Fr. Naftaly Matogi (IMC) and the assistant parish priest Fr. José Lorenzo Gómez Sánchez (IMC) form the "Apostoli ...
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  14 November 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - In January, the process for the canonization of Sister Clare Crockett will begin Quito (Agenzia Fides) - On January 25, the cause for the Canonization of Sister Clare Crockett, an Irish missionary of the Congregation of the Servant Sisters of the Home of the Mother (‘Siervas del Hogar de la Madre-S ...
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  13 November 2024
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Catholic priests can no longer enter public hospitals for the Anointing of the Sick Managua (Agenzia Fides) - According to local press reports, Catholic priests will no longer be able to enter public hospitals to administer the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. After the expulsion of about a quart ...
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  13 November 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Instability and violence: "Missionaries literally risk their lives every day" Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Continuing to work, to keep the hospital in Port-au-Prince open and to continue with all the activities we have in Haiti is becoming more and more difficult and the Missionaries literall ...
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  8 November 2024
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - On the VIII World Day of the Poor: charity "does not confer dignity" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "In our beloved Archdiocese of Buenos Aires we want to dedicate the month of November to a careful reflection on how we treat the poor, how we accompany them, the challenges we face and to ...
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  7 November 2024
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Comboni community in the suburbs of Cali: between drugs, poverty and global warming Cali (Agenzia Fides) – “I think that, in an environment where everyone feels despised, it is good news to find a priest who is not ashamed to sit next to them and listen to them.” This is what Father Franco Nascimb ...
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  6 November 2024
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops raise alarm over instability in the country: "The situation is chaotic and worrying" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Church, we will always defend the life of all, especially that of the weakest," say the Bolivian bishops in light of the current national crisis between former President Evo Morales, who w ...
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  31 October 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - More violence on the Caribbean island: Convent of the Missionary sisters of Charity in Sanfil set on fire Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Last Saturday evening, October 26, 2024, armed gangs under the command of Jimmy Chérizier, alias Barbecue, entered the compound of the Missionary sisters of Charity in Sanfil, looted the ...
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  31 October 2024
  AMERICA/USA - Electoral campaign between Harris and Trump is challenged on foreign policy and ‘World War in pieces’ Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The war in the Middle East has entered the race for the White House especially in those States like Michigan where there is a large percentage of the population of Arab origin (Palestinian, L ...
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  28 October 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Celebration in Pourcine for access to drinking water and the launch of the Scout movement of the Catholic Church Pourcine (Agenzia Fides) - While Haiti remains immersed in a deep crisis, the small mountain town of Pourcine has found reasons to celebrate: the arrival of drinking water and the launch of its first group of Scouts of t ...
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  26 October 2024
  AMERICA/PERU - “Being a Christian means following Jesus.” In memory of Father Gutierrez by Gianni Valente Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "A genius, yes, a genius. But above all, a good man." These were the words of the Jesuit Francisco Chamberlain, many years ago, addressing his Peruvian confreres. He was refer ...
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  26 October 2024
  AMERICA/USA - Presidential election: migration issue at the heart of the electoral campaign Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Sending away migrants, not giving them the opportunity to work, not welcoming migrants is a sin, it is grave," said Pope Francis at the press conference on the return flight to Rome on Septe ...
• 23 October 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of vicar apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C., until now superior of the order of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in the province of Curitiba, as vicar ...