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  28 May 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - The international police force will be deployed in Haiti in three weeks Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Kenyan-led multinational mission in Haiti "will not be deployed before three weeks". Kenyan President William Ruto announced this in an interview with the BBC. Originally, 200 Kenyan ...
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  27 May 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - “Humanitarian catastrophe”: healthcare is on the verge of collapse Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The escalation of violence in Port-au-Prince and Artibonite, a province north-west of the capital, is plunging Haiti into a humanitarian catastrophe. The health system is on the verge of ...
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  13 May 2024
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The grateful memory of Father Carlos Múgica remains in the hearts of his people, 50 years after his assassination by Stefano Lodigiani Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - “Father Carlos still urges us today to strengthen in each neighborhood a community that organizes itself to accompany the life of our people, and he challenges us ...
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  10 May 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Father Massimo Miraglio: There is insecurity in the capital and there is a lack of food and infrastructure, but the situation is improving” by Antonella Prenna Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The news arriving from Port au Prince in recent months describes a dramatic situation, with constant shootings and violence between armed gangs. "At the moment the ...
• 3 May 2024
  AMERICA/DOMINICA - Appointment of bishop of Roseau Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Kendrick John Forbes, of the clergy of the metropolitan archdiocese of Nassau, Bahamas, until now vicar general, judicial vicar and parish priest ...
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  4 April 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - People on the run, healthcare system on the brink of collapse: Camillians barricade themselves in the capital's hospital Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The gangs have more weapons every day and are becoming more cruel, we have barricaded ourselves in the hospital and hope that they do not attack us. We cannot go out to buy food or medic ...
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  27 March 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - The situation remains blocked in Haiti while the population continues to suffer Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The situation remains blocked in Haiti, where the nine members of the Transitional Presidential Council have not yet agreed on the name of the new Prime Minister. The Transitional Council ...
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  20 March 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - "The Church is suffering but there are lights of hope" Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Difficult" is how Sister Marcella Catozza of the Franciscan Sisters of Busto Arsizio, who has been working in Haiti for 20 years, describes the situation of the Church in the Caribbean c ...
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  15 March 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - "The resignation of the Haitian prime minister under pressure from gang violence has set a dangerous precedent" Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The resignation of the Prime Minister has made it clear that the plan of the armed groups to take power in Haiti has worked," said Sister Marcella Catozza of the Franciscan Sisters of Bu ...
• 14 March 2024
  AMERICA/BELIZE - Resignation of Auxiliary Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 13, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary of the diocese of Belize City-Belmopan, Belize, presented by Bishop Christopher J. Glancy, C.S.V. (EG) (Ag ...
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  13 March 2024
  AMERICA/CHILE - XI anniversary of the Pope's Election: Pope Francis' teachings for Chile today Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "The Pope wants to lead us to make Jesus the center of our lives and the Gospel our calling card in personal, family, social and economic life", said Archbishop of Santiago Fernando Chomalì on ...
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  11 March 2024
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Accepting life as it comes". The "Familia Grande Hogar de Cristo" network celebrates at the Shrine of Luján by Gianni Valente Luján (Agenzia Fides) - They arrived by bus from the city and from the entire region of Buenos Aires, with drums, flags and colourful banners. Thousands of young people, adults and children who have ...
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  11 March 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - The 3 nuns of the Madeleine community and 4 of the 6 religious of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart have been released Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The three nuns of the Saint Joseph of Cluny congregation kidnapped on Tuesday, March 5 from the La Madeleine orphanage have been released. According to the Conference of Haitian Religious ...
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  9 March 2024
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY- Paraguay at the center of an arms trafficking network for Brazilian organized crime Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - "The group was very well organized, had assault rifles and military pistols, but also machine guns and anti-aircraft ammunition, armored vehicles, hand grenades and bulletproof vests; everythi ...
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  8 March 2024
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Apostolic Vicariate of Caronì hosts Missionary Week Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time, the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Venezuela organized Missionary Week, a series of initiatives dedicated to missionary animation and formation that the PMS are carryi ...