America
13 February 2025
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Diocese of La Rioja celebrates the Tinkunaco festival as part of the 90th anniversary of its foundation
La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - The Diocese of La Rioja celebrated the 90th anniversary of its foundation and the beginning of the Jubilee Year. Bishop Dante Braida presided over the numerous masses and participated in most o ...
11 February 2025
AMERICA/USA - Pope Francis shares with the US bishops the concern about migration policy and mass deportations
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - "I have followed closely the major crisis that is taking place in the United States with the initiation of a program of mass deportations. The rightly formed conscience cannot fail to make ...
7 February 2025
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops on the serious crisis in the country: "We must not let ourselves be deprived of hope"
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We are seriously concerned about the requests for help and the needs of the populations and communities that are seriously affected," write the Colombian Bishops gathered in Bogota for the Plena ...
4 February 2025
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Appointment of new director of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On January 2, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Sister Justina ...
31 January 2025
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - In Toribio, the end of a historic stage, but not the end of a mission
Toribio (Agenzia Fides) - "Thank you for having walked with us, for being part of our history," were some of the words that resonated during the Mass of thanksgiving celebrated on Sunday, January 26, which marked the 41 ...
30 January 2025
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Catatumbo: Humanitarian aid corridor established and state of emergency declared
Tibú (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of violence, mainly due to the control of international cocaine trafficking in the Catatumbo region, has led President Gustavo Petro to declare a state of emergency and deploy the army.
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29 January 2025
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Catatumbo: Bishop of Tibú wants to maintain hope for a better future
Tibú (Agenzia Fides) - In less than a week, violent clashes between members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) and dissident groups of the former Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the Catatumbo region, ...
28 January 2025
AMERICA/USA - The Franciscans martyred because they refused to approve polygamy will be beatified
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - They refused to approve the practice of polygamy among baptized Native Americans. For this they became martyrs. Four centuries after the events of 1597 in the coastal villages of Georgia, P ...
25 January 2025
AMERICA/CHILE - First National Youth Day: “Jesus calls you, do not say no”
La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - “Let us all open our hearts. You, especially young people, open your hearts to Jesus. Do it, do not be afraid, because the Lord needs you today, he needs all of us today”. With these words ...
24 January 2025
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - People in Barquisimeto do not lose hope: the poor help the poor
Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) - After the elections held in July last year (see Fides, 30/7/2024), there is an impression that an air of sadness, frustration and disappointment is hanging over Venezuela. Father Miguel Ang ...
17 January 2025
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops’ commitment for the Jubilee: “Country, person, truth, justice, rule of law, freedom and peace”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Venezuela continues to be in one of the worst economic and social crises in history. Currently, 82% of Venezuelans live in poverty and 53% in extreme poverty. According to the United Nations Hig ...
17 January 2025
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Diocesan Mission in San Roque: "God fixes everything, it is the experience of being missionaries"
San Roque (Agenzia Fides) - More than 70 missionaries, including entire families, are participating in the Diocesan Mission 2025 of the Diocese of San Roque of Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, which is taking place in the ...
11 January 2025
AMERICA/HAITI - Father Massimo Miraglio: “We too want to be pilgrims of hope”
by Antonella Prenna
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation in Haiti has become really difficult, not only in the capital but also in the surrounding areas, where gangs dictate the law. Even in the provinces t ...
8 January 2025
AMERICA/CHILE - More than 1,500 young volunteers on a mission to meet Christ at the service of the community
Santiago de Chile (Agenzia Fides) - Young volunteers are currently visiting 55 areas of the country to bring a message of peace and hope to families. There are more than 1,500 students on mission to encounter Christ at t ...
7 January 2025
AMERICA/NETHERLANDS ANTILLES - Resignation of bishop of Willemstad
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the diocese of Willemstad, Netherlands Antilles, presented by Bishop Luigi Antonio Secco, S.D.B. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, ...
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