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  20 May 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Meeting of the Bishops with the President of the Republic: "Listening is essential to perceive reality" San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Costa Rica met yesterday in the Presidential House, together with the new President of the Republic, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, and some government minis ...
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  19 May 2022
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - After the latest attack, the Bishops call for three days of prayer, fasting and common gestures for peace and respect for life Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - A week after the assassination of prosecutor Marcelo Daniel Pecci Albertini (see Fides, 12/5/2022), another attack took place in the town of Pedro Juan Caballero, where Mayor José Carlos Ace ...
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  19 May 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Catholic priest and in charge of the migrant's house found dead in Tecate Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - The bodies of 58 year old Catholic priest Jose Guadalupe Rivas and another unidentified person have been found on a ranch in Tecate. The priest ran the Casa del Migrante de Nuestra Señora de Gu ...
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  18 May 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Sister Churches": collection of Pentecost for the mission in Mozambique Porto Alegre (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Rio Grande do Sul (Regional Sul 3) took over the project of Mission Ad Gentes in the Archdiocese of Nampula, Mozambique, 28 years ago. Since 1994, nearly 70 missionaries have ...
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  18 May 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Bishops' appeal: "The wave of corruption and criminality that is devastating our society is unacceptable" San José (Agenzia Fides) - "As Pastors of the people of God, we launch a vehement appeal to stem the tide of violence and delinquency that affects our nation": this is what the Bishops of Costa Rica ask in the declarati ...
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  17 May 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Communication Week: "Listening with the ear of the heart" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - For the third consecutive year, Pascom Brasil (Pastoral Care of Communication-Brazil) will celebrate the Week of Communication, in preparation for the 56th World Day of Social Communications, ( ...
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  17 May 2022
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops on National Day: "Independence is neither complete nor possible without charity" Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "The independence of the homeland is neither complete nor possible without mutual love between Paraguayan brothers and sisters, following the example of Jesus", writes the President of the Par ...
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  16 May 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Protection, defense and care of life, not its destruction": decriminalization of assisted suicide approved Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Constitutional Court of Colombia has decided to decriminalize medically assisted suicide. This allows those who request it to have access to a dignified death. Medically assisted suicide is a ...
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  16 May 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - The Bishops: "As we prepare to welcome the Holy Father, we continue the journey of healing and reconciliation" Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are immensely grateful that the Holy Father has accepted our invitation to continue the journey of healing and reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples of this land. In late July, Pope Francis ...
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  9 May 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops meet presidential candidates: continue to work for the common good, integral development and work Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Monsignor Héctor Fabio Henao Gaviria, delegate of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC) for relations between Church and State, presented the results of the meetings that took place betwee ...
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  9 May 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Peru has a new blessed: Sister Aguchita, heroic missionary, witness to the martyrdom of the Gospel of justice and peace in the Peruvian jungle San Ramon (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday in San Ramón (Peru), Sister María Agostina Rivas López, known as Aguchita, a nun of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd, who was killed in hatred of the ...
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  7 May 2022
  AMERICA/USA - The documentary on the story of Pauline Jaricot produced by the Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States is now available New York (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Pontifical Society for the Propagation of the Faith (see Fides, May 3, 2022), the Pontifical Mission Societies of the United States have created ...
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  7 May 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - Day of Vocations: for a "synodal" vocational ministry Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Lurín and President of the Episcopal Commission for the Clergy, Seminaries and Vocations of the Peruvian Episcopate, Msgr. Carlos García Camader, invites us to live, in communion wi ...
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  6 May 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The feminine genius and missionary soul of Pauline Jaricot at the center of the symposium of the Venezuelan PMS Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The historical impact, life and pastoral dimension of Pauline Jaricot were discussed at the Symposium "Pauline Jaricot, feminine genius and missionary solidarity" held in the Auditorium of the C ...
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  6 May 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Conscious choices for the good of the Amazon and the community: Repam-Brazil campaign ahead of the elections Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Ecclesial Pan-Amazonian Network (REPAM-Brazil), an organization of the National Bishops' Conference (CNBB), has launched the #EuVotoPelaAmazonia Campaign, with the aim of helping Christians ...