America

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  12 July 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops: "Venezuela cries out for a change of direction, a return to the constitution" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - At noon yesterday, 11 July, on behalf of all the Bishops of Venezuela, Archbishop Jesús González De Zárate, Archbishop of Cumaná; Mgr. Jorge Aníbal Quintero, Bishop of Barcelona and Mgr. Jo ...
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  11 July 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The first liturgical feast of the blessed martyrs of La Rioja: an opportunity to learn and imitate their testimony of faith La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - "The joy of the beatification of our martyrs Enrique, Carlos, Gabriel and Wenceslao continues to beat in our hearts and encourages us to continue walking as a community in the "state of beatifi ...
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  11 July 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Church will continue to remain on the side of the people, mainly alongside those who suffer the most Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Maracaibo and President of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference (CEV), Mgr. José Luis Azuaje, assured that the Church will remain with the people, especially with those who suff ...
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  10 July 2019
  AMERICA/PANAMA - May governors work for the dignity of the person and for the common good, and may citizens contribute to building a better Panama Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "The new authorities have the historical possibility of regaining the trust of people with a government management centered on the dignity of the person and on the common good; and the citizens h ...
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  10 July 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Costa Rica welcomes the children who fled from Nicaragua in its schools Jinotepe (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the generosity of the border towns in Costa Rica, thousands of children fleeing the social and political crisis in Nicaragua have managed to return to class. According to the note se ...
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  9 July 2019
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Prison emergency: the new President’s fight against violence, with the support of the Church San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The average daily number of murders in El Salvador between June 1 and July 6 was 7.6, thus much lower than the daily average of 12.7 murders that occurred during the previous government. Th ...
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  9 July 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Priests: a sign of unity, which inspires solidarity among the people of God and attention to fundamental rights Villa Montes (Agenzia Fides) - "The market economy is causing the so-called economic deceleration that is being experienced in Latin America and our country, generating unemployment and the return to poverty of the most ...
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  8 July 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The only wall to stop migrants is economic, political, cultural and social development in their countries of origin Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Mexico is living an unprecedented reality. According to the National Institute of Migration, it is estimated that, in the first six months of this year, the flow of migrants has already exc ...
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  4 July 2019
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Catholic Church - "important advisor" in the national social dialogue San José (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Republic of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado, met yesterday, July 3, the Archbishop of San José, Mgr. José Rafel Quirós, for more than two hours, with the aim of establishin ...
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  4 July 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Assassins of social leaders and uncertainty regarding peace agreements catalyze the Bishops' debate Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Assembly of Bishops of Colombia is currently underway on the theme "The economy at the service of human dignity and the common good" (see Fides, 2/7/2019), but the presentation of the differ ...
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  3 July 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Criminals kill layman as he opens the church Morón (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Morón, Mgr. Jorge Vázquez, expressed his "profound sadness" regarding the murder of 80-year-old Ernesto Cavazza, a parishioner and lay person involved in the life o ...
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  2 July 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops in assembly: "to put economy at the service of all and not just a few" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "Economy at the service of human dignity and the common good" is the theme of reflection of the Plenary Assembly of the Colombian Bishops' Conference (CEC) which opened yesterday, 1 July. During ...
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  2 July 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Tobin: "Children must not be used as pawns for political ends" Newark (Agenzia Fides) - "Like many of you, I was horrified by the picture of Oscar Martinez and his daughter, Angie Valeria, lying lifelessly by the Rio Grande after fleeing their country to seek refuge in our country. ...
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  1 July 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The first element to work on today: the unity of all members of the Church Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Mexico invites those who form the Catholic Church to remain united after the difficult moments experienced in recent days. In the editorial of the weekly "Desde la Fe", se ...
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  1 July 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Also for the Church of Bolivia the month of October "will be something extraordinary" Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - "For us too, this October will be something extraordinary and an important opportunity to renew our missionary spirit as a Church in Bolivia. But it is important not only to think about October, b ...