America

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  1 September 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A priest killed in the state of Morelos Galeana (Agenzia Fides) - On the morning of August 31, the lifeless body of Mexican priest José Guadalupe Popoca was found in the parish of San Nicolás de Bari, in the town of Galeana, municipality of Zacatepec, in the ...
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  31 August 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migrants: forced disappearances are not a memory of the past and times of dictatorship, new cases are increasing day by day Yucatan (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to draw attention to the disappearance of thousands of migrants on our continent. There are many routes and different forms of irregular migration, but all full of risks and among them, ...
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  31 August 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops complain about obstacles to aid for flooded areas: “Charity knows no boundaries” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to the country's authorities to remember that "they are at the service of all Venezuelans" came from the Venezuelan bishops, who complained in a message on August 30 about the behavior ...
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  30 August 2021
  AMERICA - Catechists: evangelizing force of the Church, especially in this period Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Several countries in Latin America celebrate "Catechist's Day" every August 21, on the occasion of the feast of Saint Pius X, who was the editor of the "Major Catechism". This year the publicat ...
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  28 August 2021
  AMERICA - “MigraSegura”: Digital platform with useful information for Venezuelan refugees Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The digital platform "MigraSegura" is aimed at migrants, especially Venezuelans looking for reliable information about basic services and the migration policy in Brazil and Ecuador. The digital ...
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  27 August 2021
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Bishops express themselves unequivocally: Catholic moral teaching is not a pretext for opponents of vaccinations San Yuan (Agenzia Fides) - So far, 4,459,946 people around the world have died of Covid-19. In Puerto Rico, 2,742 people have died and a total of 164,179 have been infected. And those numbers continue to rise, as do hosp ...
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  26 August 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cardinal Brenes invites us to comply with the coronavirus rules Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Aware of the critical health situation we are facing, I invite you, with faith and trust in Divine Providence, with serenity and great responsibility, not to let your guard down in observing th ...
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  26 August 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops on the division of the country: "We need reconciliation" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In their joint message of August 25th, the Peruvian bishops affirmed that they "share the suffering and great uncertainty that our beloved country is experiencing". In this situation, they invite u ...
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  25 August 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - Camillians provide help after earthquakes: "We must give people dignity and love, as Jesus teaches us" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Our medical team is mobilized and is already available to continue welcoming more and more people and provide them with the necessary care. We wish the Haitian people resilience, let us ...
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  21 August 2021
  AMERICA/CANADA - Webinar to relaunch evangelization in the Chinese Catholic world of the diaspora Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Who will I send?" (Is 6,8) is the theme of the “Follow Christ Fishers Summit”, the first missionary summit organized by Fountain of Love and Life (FLL) - a Catholic multimedia evangelization g ...
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  21 August 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Ten years of formation and missionary sharing for the laity associated with the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Echoing the dream of Mary of the Passion, born Hèléne de Chappotin, foundress of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (1839-1904), to involve the laity in the evangelizing mission of the Franci ...
• 20 August 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops emeritus: a new way of being a Bishop, a resource for the mission São Paulo (Agenzia Fides) – There are currently 162 Bishops emeritus in Brazil. This emerges from data collected by Professor Fernando Altemeyer Junior from the Department of Religious Sciences of the Pontifical Catho ...
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  19 August 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - National Youth Day in November: Young people as prophets Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Young people, stand up! You are the prophets of the bicentenary" is the motto of the first National Youth Day, which Peru will celebrate from November 19-21. The event is dedicated to the celebrat ...
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  18 August 2021
  AMERICA/CANADA - Prayer and sharing for the Mission, in the footsteps of St. John Paul II and Pauline Jaricot Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - "The Missionary Month of October and World Mission Day offer the baptized two extraordinary means for the success of the mission: prayers and sharing. I wish everyone a good World Missionary M ...
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  18 August 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Highest number of US Border Patrol interventions at the border in more than two decades Texas (Agenzia Fides) - The U.S. Border Patrol reported nearly 200,000 encounters with migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in July, the highest monthly total in more than two decades. The number of monthly encounters ...