America

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  25 June 2026
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The "World Mission Rosary" at the heart of the journey toward the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen New York (Fides News Agency) – "The Pontifical Mission Societies USA is inviting Catholics across the country to participate in the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen through the World Mission Rosary." The app ...
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  24 June 2026
  Colombian elections reveal a divided country by Cosimo Graziani Bogota (Fides News Agency) – In Colombia, right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has won the presidential runoff election. This was announced based on so-called "preliminary results." Acco ...
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  23 June 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The 9th edition of the Missionary Congress for children and adolescents is underway, with over 1,000 participants expected Bogota (Fides News Agency) – From June 25 to 28, children and young people from across Colombia will gather in the city of Valledupar for a great celebration of faith, communion, and mission. "On a Mission in the world ...
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  23 June 2026
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The “inter-congregational” mission of the nuns in the “bateyes” of Barahona amidst poverty, migration and fragility Barahona (Fides News Agency) – The Inter-congregational Missionary Community (CIM) was founded in Haiti in 2010 at the initiative of the Latin American Conference of Women Religious (CLAR) and was later organized by th ...
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  19 June 2026
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Diocese of La Rioja, one month away from the celebration of the 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of the 4 blesseds La Rioja (Fides News Agency) – With the 50th anniversary of the martyrdom of the four blesseds of La Rioja just a month away, the entire population is preparing to commemorate Bishop Enrique Angelelli, priests Carlos d ...
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  19 June 2026
  KOREAN MISSIONARIES IN THE WORLD/5 - Father Lim's 33 Bolivian chapels by Pascale Rizk
  Okinawa Uno (Fides News Agency) – Thirty-three chapels await, at least once a month, the arrival of Father Angel Lim Jaejong for the Eucharistic celebration. ...
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  16 June 2026
  “Doing things for free” is “God’s job”: ‘Operation Mato Grosso’ in Peru
  by Domitia Caramazza Lima (Fides News Agency) - “Chacas seems closer to heaven than to the rest of the world…”. The words of the writer Mario Vargas Llosa inevitably comes ...
• 5 June 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - Confirmation of the Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - On May 25, 2026, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), confirmed Fr. Junior Pha ...
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  2 June 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - Women's Role, Literacy, and Sources of Income: A community assessment in Pourcine Pic-Makaya
  Pourcine Pic-Makaya (Fides News Agency) -“Without significant resources, we managed to have a meaningful day, honoring the Flag, a symbol of unity, and celebrating every Haitian ...
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  22 May 2026
  Poverty, education, access to water: a cry for help from the vicariates of the Peruvian region of Loreto Iquitos (Fides News Agency) – The Apostolic Vicariates of the Peruvian region of Loreto are sounding the alarm: In light of the latest data from the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI) on economic p ...
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  21 May 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops' appeal to priests: impartiality and prudence during election time Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – In line with the initiatives already launched to promote responsible voting in the run-up to the presidential elections scheduled for May 31, 2026 (see Fides, 16/5/2026), the Colombian Epi ...
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  20 May 2026
  "Like clay in the hand of the potter". Work on the "Positio" in the Cause for Canonization of Father Emiliano Tardif begins by Javier Trapero Madrid (Fides News Agency) – Father Emiliano Tardif (1928-1999), a Canadian priest of the Congregation of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart (MSC) and a well-known preacher of the Catholic Chari ...
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  16 May 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops promote initiatives for "responsible voting" ahead of elections Bogotá (Fides News Agency) – With the presidential elections scheduled for May 31 in Colombia, bishops and Catholic organizations have launched initiatives to promote responsible voting. If no candidate achieves an ab ...
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  14 May 2026
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Ascensión de Guarayos celebrates 200 years of faith and Franciscan presence in the Bolivian Amazon Ascensión de Guarayos (Fides News Agency) – From May 13 to 15, the Apostolic Vicariate of Ñuflo de Chávez will host celebrations marking the 200th anniversary of this historic city in eastern Bolivia and the beginni ...
• 12 May 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Tierradento Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Homero Marín Arboleda, C.M., until now parish priest of Saint Anthony of Padua on Kiriwina Island and of Blessed John Mazzucconi on Woodlark ...