America

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  26 March 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US Senators ask President Biden to recognize the Armenian Genocide Washington (Agenzia Fides) - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, led 37 of his Senate colleagues in requesting the Biden administration join the U.S. Congress in offici ...
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  26 March 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - Caritas and civil society organizations launch a campaign to reduce the risk of disasters Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Reducing the factors that cause disasters and the material and emotional impact generated by such events: this is the goal of the national campaign launched yesterday by Caritas Chile and by va ...
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  26 March 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Proposal for dialogue on the part of the Bishops to the Head of State in the face of the worsening health, economic and social situation Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - Paraguay had provided exemplary support for the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and even constituted a model for managing this health crisis for other countries in South America. However, a ...
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  25 March 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops appeal in defense of great human values, against the imposition of the "culture of death" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Permanent Commission of the Venezuelan Bishops has published a declaration on the right to life, entitled "Great Human Values", in which it states: "in the face of the real possibility of im ...
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  25 March 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Dedicated to St. Oscar Arnulfo Romero, Bishop and Martyr, the hospital chapel where he was killed San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear Monsignor: It was Monday, March 24, 1980 and the clock indicated 6:20 p.m. You celebrated Holy Mass with your usual devotion and tenderness, saying these words: "May this immolated bo ...
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  24 March 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop and priest ask for more security: many parishes affected by the increase in violence Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Eduardo Horacio García of San Justo (Gran Buenos Aires) and his priests wrote a letter to the Mayor of La Matanza, Fernando Espinoza, and to the Police Deputy of La Matanza, Chief I ...
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  24 March 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - April 23 the beatification of the martyrs of Quiché: 3 missionary priests and 7 lay people "faithful witnesses of God" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 23, 2021 the celebrations for the beatification of ten martyrs of the Guatemalan diocese of Quiché will take place in Santa Cruz del Quiché. The bishops of Guatemala published ...
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  23 March 2021
  AMERICA/CANADA - “Univers”: Magazine of the Pontifical Mission Societies appears online for the first time Toronto (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of French-speaking Canada have published the first issue of Univers magazine for 2021, which collects articles on the work of the PMS in Canada and around ...
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  23 March 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fraternity Campaign Collection: Fundraising appeal for families affected by the effects of the pandemic Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On Palm Sunday, March 28th, the Lenten collection for the Ecumenical Campaign of Fraternity 2021 (CFE 2021) will take place. Fundraising, supported by the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB), ...
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  22 March 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The bishops of Chiapas express concern about the current socio-political situation Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Chiapas (Mexico) have expressed concern about the socio-political situation in the area and for the increase in violence in the country. In particul ...
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  22 March 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Towards the Day of the Missionary Martyrs: Father Nazareno Lanciotti, killed "for the love of God and for the love of his people" Jauru (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the 29th "Day of prayer and Fasting in Memory of the Missionary Martyrs" to be celebrated on March 24 (see Fides, 16/3/2021), we offer the testimony of Father Nazareno Lanciotti, an Ita ...
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  20 March 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Denunciation of the violence perpetrated by the police against Venezuelan immigrants and humanitarian workers Pacaraima (Agenzia Fides) - On March 17, agents of the Federal Police and the Civil Police of the State of Roraima carried out an operation in Pacaraima, a town on the border between Brazil and Venezuela, entering homes ...
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  20 March 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Death of the Bishop Emeritus of Chimbote from Covid-19, known for his continual struggles of the marginalized Lima (Agenzia Fides) - With His Exc. Bishop Luis Armando Bambarén Gastelumendi, SJ, an icon of the Church in Peru, at the service of the poor and the humble disappears. The "Bishop of the suburbs" (pueblos jovenes), as ...
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  18 March 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Three North American nuns and lay missionary killed 40 years ago in view of Missionary Martyrs Day San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Maryknoll Sisters Ita Ford and Maura Clarke, Ursuline Sister Dorothy Kazel, and volunteer Jean Donovan were four missionaries from the United States who were killed on December 2, 1980 in E ...
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  18 March 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Appeal of the Pope and the local Church during the continuing protests against the mismanagement of the pandemic and the economy Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "This week I have been concerned about the news from Paraguay. Through the intercession of Our Lady of Miracles of Caacupé, I ask the Lord Jesus, Prince of Peace, that a path of sincere dialog ...