America

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  24 February 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migrants: the many aspects of the mobility circuit in Central America Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - The northern border of Mexico represents one of the main migratory corridors in the world, characterized by violations of fundamental rights and by a high risk for the lives of migrants, discrim ...
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  23 February 2021
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "Looking to history while thanking God, looking to the future confident in his power": one hundred years of the Ecclesiastical Province San José (Agenzia Fides) - "It is clear that the Catholic faith of our people has been a fundamental factor in building the identity that defines us in the world, as a nation that fights for peace, democracy, social jus ...
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  23 February 2021
  AMERICA - Beginning of the journey in view of the Ecclesial Assembly next November Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin American churches are starting to prepare for the first ecclesiastical assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean, which is to take place from November 21 to 28 in the Guadalupe Basil ...
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  22 February 2021
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - "Catechesis and Mission": advanced training seminar aims to initiate dialogue Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - More than 650 people attended a one-week training seminar on “Catechesis and Mission” organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies in America with the support of the Society of Latin Ame ...
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  22 February 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops to the government: elections, an opportunity to resolve the country's crisis Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Less than nine months before the general elections in Nicaragua, the Bishops who are members of the Bishops' Conference (CEN) united in the call of the population asking the government of Presid ...
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  20 February 2021
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops to the authorities: the most vulnerable people must receive the vaccine first Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "We ask public authorities to facilitate the procedures for the purchase and administration of vaccines, respecting the established criteria, so that the most vulnerable people receive it first, a ...
• 19 February 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The pandemic has highlighted fragility, weaknesses and the need to support each other in faith and fraternity Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "Lent is the right place that invites us to share, to the charity that comes from the heart and not from appearances. This time of pandemic has highlighted fragility, weakness and the need to su ...
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  19 February 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - REPAM: alarming increase in the number of infections and deaths due to Covid-19 in the pan-Amazon region Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - "Message of solidarity to the Amazonian peoples": it is under this title the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM) has launched an appeal for help in the face of the catastrophic situation that ...
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  18 February 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Medicine to save lives: guaranteeing everyone the right to health and access to medicines Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - For more than forty years, through the Sharing Campaign called Compartir, the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela and Caritas of Venezuela have invited the country to help the poorest and most vuln ...
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  18 February 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Outrage over the irregular vaccinations of senior officials while many on the front lines continue to die Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The chairman of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference (CEP) condemned the recent irregularities in vaccination. "The outrage caused by these incidents is increasing because it ignores those who have mad ...
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  17 February 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - A Lent of conversion, purification and hope Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In its Lenten message, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile underlines the imposition of the ashes with which this liturgical season begins, inviting people to participat ...
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  17 February 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Social and health crisis: hundreds of migrants from Brazil stranded at the border Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Maldonado has addressed an appeal to the government authorities about the development on the border with Brazil: After the arrival of more than 300 migrant ...
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  16 February 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Overcoming Divisions: The Ecumenical Fraternity Campaign Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB) and the National Council of Christian Churches (Conic) are opening the fifth edition of the "Ecumenical Fraternity Campaign" (CFE) on Ash Wednesday, Feb ...
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  16 February 2021
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Migrants, prostitutes and marginalized groups are the new lepers" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The rector of the Basilica Minore Nuestra Señora de Suyapa, Father Carlo Magno Núñez, Father Charlemagne Núñez, condemned the many murders of women in the country during the celebration ...
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  15 February 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Pope's thanks to Colombia for its action in favor of migrants at the Angelus Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "I always look with gratitude on the dedication of those who collaborate in favor of migrants. - said the Holy Father after yesterday's Angelus, Sunday 14 February -. I thank all of you for what ...