America

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  17 January 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A human rights defender killed every day, the Bishops ask for an immediate response from the institutions Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Colombia feel "immense pain and concern in receiving, every day during this 2020, news of assassinations of leaders and threats to communities", express "solidarity with the surviv ...
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  17 January 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Week of prayer for Christian unity: ecumenical meeting in Guayaquil on 24 January Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - From 18 to 25 January the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated around the world, which in 2020 has the theme "They showed us extraordinary hospitality" (Cf Acts 28, 2). This ...
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  16 January 2020
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The Bishops for the 2020 elections: "As Dominicans and as Pastors we are concerned about everything that is about the human being" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Episcopal Conference (EDC), in its pastoral letter entitled "2020 Elections: space for participation and commitment", which bears the date of January 21, "on the 60th anniver ...
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  16 January 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - New intimidations denounced against the Church, the unity of the people to build a new Nicaragua Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Managua, Archbishop Carlos Avilés, denounced the intimidation against the faithful by the state: "Members of the police take note of the plate of the car ...
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  15 January 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - First missionary experience of the diocese of Floresta: we want to show the missionary face of the Church Floresta (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to show the face of a Church that wants to be missionary. This is why the missions have contributed greatly in our diocese. You too are taking on the missionary nature of the Church", ...
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  15 January 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops' message for 2020: Migrants, protection of minors, violence, religious freedom Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "There are several challenges that we faced in 2019 and that, as a Catholic Church, we faced with due urgency and responsibility. We continue to pray for the special situations we are experi ...
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  14 January 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Thousands of pilgrims at the big feast of "El Niño Dios" in Sotaquí pray for Chile Sotaquí (Agenzia Fides) - The scorching sun did not discourage thousands of pilgrims and devotees of "El Niño Dios" in Sotaquí, who on Sunday 12 January gave birth to the "Fiesta Grande 2020", one of the most importan ...
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  14 January 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Despite the maximum commitment of Caritas, the number of people in poverty is always high Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Our model is Christ, who came to serve with simplicity and humility" said Mgr. Carlos Tissera, Bishop of Quilmes, president of Caritas Argentina, recalling at the beginning of the year tha ...
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  13 January 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - "The earthquake of 12 January 2010 taught us a few things": the testimony of a Redemptorist missionary Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Port-au-prince is totally devastated, shouts are heard from under the rubble everywhere", said to Fides the Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Bernardito Auza, 10 years ago, thus informing the ...
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  13 January 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops of the Pacific and Southwest: respect for human rights, peoples and international law Quibdò (Agenzia Fides) - "On several occasions we have drawn attention to the difficulties that many people are experiencing in the Pacific and Southwest region and we have asked the Colombian state for a global solutio ...
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  10 January 2020
  AMERICA - Message from CELAM: "Let us walk and pray together for peace in the world" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We join together in prayer with the Pope, we reject all forms of violence and social division, and we ask the great nations of the world, in particular their rulers, for mutual respect, harmony ...
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  9 January 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Assembly of Bishops examines the ecclesial and socio-political reality; call for respect for the National Assembly Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - While the ordinary plenary assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV) is taking place, the 41 Bishops of the various ecclesiastical circumscriptions of the country have published a ...
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  9 January 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops appeal at the beginning of the year: let us stop war and violence, the result of intolerance and interests Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico launch an appeal "to stop the violence caused by the intolerance of ideas and the struggle of the interests with each other", in a message published on January 8 with t ...
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  8 January 2020
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The earth does not stop shaking, destruction and fear everywhere Ponce (Agenzia Fides) - The land of the island of Puerto Rico continues to tremble due to a series of earthquakes that have taken place since the end of December, and the population sleeps outside their home, in cars or ...
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  8 January 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Archbishop Gualberti: "the right of citizenship to Jesus Christ must be restored" Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - "Christians are facing the great challenge of giving back the right of citizenship to Jesus Christ, the Son of God made man for the good of all humanity, because his presence has ...