America

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  22 June 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Two Jesuit priests are murdered in a church and their bodies are taken by armed men Cerocahui (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep sorrow, I inform you that on the afternoon of June 20 in Cerocahui, Tarahumara, Jesuit Fathers Javier Campos Morales, SJ, (79 years old) and Joaquín César Mora Salazar, SJ, (80 ye ...
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  22 June 2022
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Protests increase, state of emergency in six provinces, Bishops call "to build bridges" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Ecuador, led by the President of the Republic Guillermo Lasso, has extended the state of emergency from three to six provinces, giving greater powers to the police and restrictin ...
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  21 June 2022
  AMERICA - Civil society and religious organizations at the forefront of aid to asylum seekers and migrants Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A request to the main international organizations, in particular the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), to increase thei ...
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  21 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop Rueda Aparicio: "it is important that we look at the present and the future of Colombia" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The second round of the presidential elections held in Colombia on Sunday, June 19 (see Fides, 18/6/2022), saw the victory of Gustavo Petro, who obtained 50.47% of the vote, while the other candi ...
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  20 June 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The diocesan phase of the Synod towards its conclusion: the results of 4,000 meetings are processed Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - From 13 to 17 June, the National Commission of the Synod on Synodality met at the headquarters of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV) to read, reflect and draw up a synthesis of the cont ...
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  18 June 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - More than 80,000 euros collected for humanitarian aid for the Ukrainian people Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Chile has announced the result of the national collection for Ukraine, promoted by the Chilean Church, which was launched on April 24, Sunday of Divine Mercy, and which since then has r ...
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  18 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Eve of the elections: "Let us exercise our right to vote and be sowers of hope" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the elections for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the Republic, the Bishops of Colombia renew their invitation to the Colombian people to participate widely and vote at the po ...
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  17 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "No to deaths and degradation in the Amazon" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - British environmental journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian anthropologist Bruno Araújo Pereira, a specialist in indigenous issues, have been missing in the jungle on the border with Peru sinc ...
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  17 June 2022
  AMERICA - The Bishops of Central America: "We hear the cry of the Nicaraguan people and we are saddened by the situation they are going through" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - On the solemnity of Corpus Domini, June 16, the Episcopal Secretariat of Central America (Sedac) published a statement of solidarity with the Church of Nicaragua, with "all the Bishops, pri ...
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  15 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - First census of Catholic radio stations: an important tool for evangelization Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Recognizing the value of the radio and the significant role of Catholic broadcasters in spreading evangelical values, the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) approved the creation o ...
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  15 June 2022
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Bishops: "Despite the difficulties, a new horizon is in sight" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite the difficulties, we see a new horizon": this is the exhortation that the Bishops of the Bishops' Conference of Honduras (CEH) address to all the People of God in a message made pub ...
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  14 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "A Church moving forward in the Amazon, overcoming fears and apprehensions": visit to the Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano Puerto Leguizamo (Agenzia Fides) - "Walking together allowed us to listen with patience and sincerity to the communities and their institutions. It was a safe space in which, as pastors, we welcomed the cries and encoura ...
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  14 June 2022
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Support and awareness of the missions at the center of the national meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies New York (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the United States will begin tomorrow, Wednesday June 15, in San Diego, California. The meeting, which will en ...
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  14 June 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops ask to include the question about the religion that is professed in the next census La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "As Catholic Church, we once again ask that the question about the religion that each person professes be included": this is the request of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (CEB), contained in ...
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  13 June 2022
  AMERICA - Religious lament the decay of democracy and the social fabric in Latin America and the Caribbean Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Confederation of Religious of Latin America and the Caribbean (CLAR) deplores "with deep concern the deterioration of democracy, the social fabric and the growing political instability in man ...