America

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  1 September 2022
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Migration in Central America: Migration officers call for decisive measures and more pastoral support Antigua (Agenzia Fides) - "We call on the social and political leaders of our countries to act decisively and implement local and regional measures and policies that promote inclusive and harmonious development, respecti ...
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  31 August 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Month of the Bible: “Let us also share the experience of the disciples on the road to Emmaus” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Under the motto "The Disciples on the road to Emmaus", the Biblical team of the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and Biblical Pastoral Care has organized a series of special activities for the M ...
• 31 August 2022
  AMERICA/ANTILLES - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Esteban Ramon Kross Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On June 28, 2022, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, confirmed Fr. Esteban Ramon Kross, of the diocesan clergy of Paramaribo, Suriname, as National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
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  30 August 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Love for God, one's neighbor and country: on September 4 the Chileans called to a "historical decision for the future" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Ahead of the referendum meeting scheduled for next Sunday, September 4th, on the draft of the new Constitution, the Standing Committee of the Chilean Bishops' Conference published a message on ...
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  29 August 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops: “Nothing must distract us from the essential task of education. Peace is possible. Educating to build it is a priority" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - At the beginning of the new school year 2022-2023, the Mexican Bishops, in a common message, address teachers, parents, students and society in general, and therefore all those involved in e ...
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  20 August 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - In Brampton: Park named after Catholic Pakistani Minister Shahbaz Bhatti Brampton (Agenzia Fides) - In the Canadian city of Brampton, near Toronto, a public park has been named after Clement Shahbaz Bhatti (1968-2011). The Catholic Pakistani politician was killed by terrorists on March 2, 201 ...
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  9 August 2022
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Personalized video messages for World Mission Sunday New York (Agenzia Fides) - Personalized messages at local level are to be created as part of the campaign of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States for World Mission Day. This year, the directors and coll ...
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  8 August 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Missionary sending of five seminarians to the indigenous communities of the Pemón Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Five seminarians have been sent by the Diocese of San Cristóbal to the Apostolic Vicariate of Caronì, who in the month of August and in various indigenous communities will pastorally accompany ...
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  5 August 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Month of the Catechist in Santa Cruz: "Walking together in Communion, Participation and Mission" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – With the motto: "Forming in the faith at the service of God", the Commission for Catechesis and the Bible of the Archdiocese of Santa Cruz invites priests, animators of the Catechesis of Ch ...
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  4 August 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Against violence in the countryside, for the defense of peoples, waters and forests Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The updated data on violence in the countryside, prepared by the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) and the Indigenous Missionary Council (Cimi), show that the killings in the conflicts went from a ...
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  3 August 2022
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Five Catholic radios closed in the department of Matagalpa: a new violation of freedom of expression and religion Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Nicaraguan diocese of Matagalpa reports the latest events: "On August 1 we received a letter from Mrs. Nahima Janett Díaz Flores, general director of the Nicaraguan Institute of Telecommu ...
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  3 August 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Father Peytrequín, new continental coordinator of the PMS: "I dream of an 'outgoing' America" San Josè (Agenzia Fides) - "I dream of an America that is more and more 'outgoing', that promotes the mission ad gentes and inter gentes first of all from the particular Churches. I dream of greater missionary cooperati ...
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  2 August 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Faced with the escalation of violence in Apartadó: prayers for peace and reconciliation, symbolic acts of rejection Apartadó (Agenzia Fides) - "No reason justifies violence and its consequences on peoples, institutions and families": is reiterated in the "communiqué to public opinion and men of good will" of the Diocese of Apartadó ...
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  2 August 2022
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - For the Bishops "freedom of expression and of the press are the fundamental principles of a democratic system" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The concern of the Bishops of Guatemala for the attack on freedom of the press in the country was expressed in a statement from the Bishops' Conference of Guatemala, signed by the Preside ...
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  1 August 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Vocation Month begins, looking to the next Vocation Year on the theme "Vocation: grace and mission" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The mass that will be celebrated today, August 1, at 7 pm, in the Chapel of Our Lady of Aparecida, at the headquarters of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB) in Brasilia, will mark the nat ...