America

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  12 September 2026
  U.S. Secretary of State Rubio’s South American tour: the fight against drug trafficking and the implementation of the “Donroe Doctrine” by Cosimo Graziani Washington (Fides News Agency) – U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio concluded his three-day tour of South America on Thursday, September 10, during which he met with the heads of State of Colombi ...
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  8 September 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - Father Miraglio: “Invest in education today to reap good fruit tomorrow” Pourcine-Pic Makaya (Fides News Agency) – First day of school in Haiti; the school year traditionally begins with the Mass invoking the Holy Spirit. “Unfortunately, many schools, especially in the capital Port-au-Pri ...
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  8 September 2026
  VENEZUELA/COLOMBIA - When the earthquake has passed, brothers and sisters remain by the side of those who continue to suffer Caracas (Fides News Agency) – When the first images of destruction disappear from the media, communities affected by an earthquake enter a long and silent phase: living in shelters, mourning the loss of loved ones, car ...
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  7 September 2026
  BEATIFICATION OF FULTON SHEEN/II - Beyond the clichés. Fulton Sheen's lessons in ‘communication’ by Marie-Lucile Kubacki New York (Fides News Agency) - The future Blessed did not conquer America solely thanks to the rise of television. His popularity arose from the combination of rigorous theological preparation ...
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  4 September 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - Father Miraglio: “In a country in disarray, we are building communities of peace and solidarity” Pourcine Pic Makaya (Fides News Agency) – Five hours on foot from the nearest paved road, across steep hills, valleys and riverbeds now almost devoid of water. This is the journey required to reach Nan Miel, one of the ...
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  1 September 2026
  BEATIFICATION OF FULTON SHEEN/I - Roger Landry (PMS USA): Fulton Sheen, Blessed, and the present of the mission
  by Pascale Rizk Rome (Fides News Agency) – The missionary zeal that permeated the entire life and work of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was neither an effort nor a strategy. It was ...
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  25 August 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - Massacre in Kenscoff: at Least 47 victims Port-au-Prince (Fides News Agency) – At least 47 people were killed in a massacre carried out during the night of August 23–24 in Kenscoff, a hilltop town overlooking Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital. At least 22 pe ...
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  23 August 2026
  A “security pact” against drug traffickers authorizes U.S. military operations in Colombia by Cosimo Graziani Bogotá (Fides news Agency) – Although it has been in office for only a few days, Colombia’s new presidential administration, led by Abelardo de la Espriella, has already made a decisive shift i ...
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  20 August 2026
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Three days of national mourning for the death of the intelligence chief in helicopter crash in Kenya Quito (Fides News Agency) – Ecuador has declared three days of national mourning to commemorate the country’s intelligence chief, Michele Sensi-Contugi, who died along with his wife, Stephany Hollihan, and five other ...
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  17 August 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos issues urgent appeal to curb spread of illegal mining in the Amazon Iquitos (Fides News Agency) – The Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos has issued an urgent appeal for immediate action against the devastating increase in illegal mining in the Nanay River basin, in an official statement re ...
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  15 August 2026
  What lies behind the diplomatic clash between Argentina and Brazil by Cosimo Graziani Brasilia/Buenos Aires (Fides News Agency) – In recent days, a diplomatic crisis has strained relations between Argentina and Brazil. It all began when Argentine President Javier Milei described h ...
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  13 August 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The commitment of the Pontifical Mission Societies after the earthquake: Amid destruction and suffering, mission becomes closeness, comfort and fraternal service Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – “The Pontifical Mission Societies of Colombia invite their entire national and international network to remain united in prayer and to express their solidarity with the affected populati ...
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  11 August 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Earthquake in Chocó: Church community comes to the aid of displaced people. Bishops: “Recognize ourselves as one family” Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – A devastating magnitude 7.4 earthquake struck Colombia on the morning of Monday, August 10, 2026, with its epicenter identified in the municipality of San José del Palmar, in the departme ...
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  11 August 2026
  Hope can rise again amid the rubble: The mission of Catholic Schools in the peripheries of Latin America by Laura Gómez Ruiz Portoviejo (Fides News Agency) – In Latin America, education remains one of the fields in which the Church’s vital and concrete mission encounters and embraces the real aspirations and needs o ...
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  10 August 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - Edgard Rimaycuna, secretary to Pope Leo XIV, brings the Pope's blessing to Chiclayo Chiclayo (Fides News Agency) – On Sunday, 9 August, Monsignor Edgard Rimaycuna, personal secretary to Pope Leo XIV, presided over Mass in his hometown in Chiclayo, on Peru’s northern coast, specifically in La Victori ...