America

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  13 June 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Fishing bans by the Institute of Fisheries: Thousands of fishing families without a living San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Costa Rica are deeply concerned about the difficulties faced by the fishing communities in the provinces of Puntarenas and Guanacaste on the Nicoya Gulf, following the total ban ...
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  11 June 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Caritas fundraiser: Four out of ten Argentines are poor Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "There are 5,687 poor villages or working-class neighborhoods in our country. Thousands of families have very limited access to basic services. Here lies the hard core of poverty. These are ...
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  10 June 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Dead and injured in violent clashes of miners: the Bishops appeal to the authorities Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Bishops' Conference issued a communiqué dated 8th June on the violent clashes between miners in Ica and Arequipa over land, which, according to the first official assessment, have lef ...
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  10 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - IV Meeting in Santarém: "Continue sowing the Gospel and the signs of the Kingdom in our Beloved Amazon" Santarém (Agenzia Fides) - In a concluding message, the participants of the IV Meeting of the Catholic Church in the Legal Amazon, held at the Saint Pius X Seminary in Santarém from June 6 to 9 - recalling what happene ...
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  9 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops invite families "to look to the Holy Family in order to face the challenges of the historical moment in which we are living" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From June 22 to 26, the X World Meeting of the Family convened by Pope Francis will be held with the theme: "Family love: vocation and path to holiness". Bishop Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino, bi ...
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  9 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Catholic Church organizes “Week of Migrants”: The focus is on the topic of listening Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Brazil will celebrate the 37th "Week of Migrants" from June 12th to 19th. Bishop of the Diocese of Pesqueira and President of the Pastoral Service for Migrants (SPM), str ...
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  8 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - After half a century, the Santarém meeting continues to illuminate the path of evangelization in the Amazon Santarem (Agenzia Fides) - "Be courageous and daring, opening yourselves with trust to the action of God who created everything, gave himself to us in Jesus Christ and inspires us with the Spirit to proclaim the Gospel w ...
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  8 June 2022
  AMERICA - Enrollment open for the online intercontinental course on theology and practice of synodality Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The organizing team of the Synod on Synodality has opened registration for the free online course "Common Discernment and Decision-Making in the Church", which "aims to accompany the formation of ...
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  7 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Peace and tolerance in elections: cooperation agreement signed by religious confessions Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Superior Electoral Court (TSE, Tribunal Superior Electoral) and representatives of various religious realities, including the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), signed yesterday, Monday, ...
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  7 June 2022
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Cardinal Tagle encourages the U.S. Pontifical Mission Societies New York (Agenzia Fides) - Prayer, meetings and pastoral closeness. These are the traits that marked the visit of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, to the Nationa ...
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  7 June 2022
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Bishops in solidarity with the Church of Nicaragua, "concerned about the social and political situation" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops of El Salvador raise our voices today to express our solidarity with the bishops, priests, men and women religious and laity in Nicaragua: we are concerned above all for the sa ...
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  6 June 2022
  AMERICA - Consecrated Life must be the sower, cultivator and harvester of a new way of being Church Guatapé (Agenzia Fides) - "It was a beautiful occasion to pray together to the God of the ‘call’ and reconfirm that Consecrated Life is a prophetic vanguard and an expansive gift. Let us return to each of our countr ...
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  6 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Chocó asks the Pope to intervene to achieve a humanitarian agreement and a solution to the conflict Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, June 4, the Bishop of Quibdó, Monsignor Juan Carlos Barreto, during a meeting with Pope Francis at the Vatican, presented to the Pope the humanitarian crisis and the human rig ...
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  3 June 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops announce the "National Week of the Family" in communion with the World Meeting San Josè (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica, in coordination with the National Commission for Family Pastoral Care, has announced the celebration of the "National Week of the Family", which will be ...
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  3 June 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Message to young people for Pentecost: "the times in which we live need you" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The National Commission for Youth Ministry has published a message addressed to young Chileans on the occasion of the solemnity of Pentecost, which has been a highlight of youth ministry in dio ...