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15 February 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - Church and coronavirus pandemic: "We need the creative courage of St. Joseph"
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Mexican Catholic Multimedia Center (CCM), from the first case in April 2020 to January 2021, a total of 172 priests, 5 bishops, 10 deacons and 7 religious died in the countr ...
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13 February 2021
AMERICA/CUBA - Foreign Minister celebrates the fifth anniversary of the meeting between the Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "We remember the fifth anniversary of the historic meeting in Havana between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. Cuba is pleased to have hosted this epochal meeting", said ...
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13 February 2021
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - One year after "Querida Amazonia", the appeal to dream of an Amazon where the rights of the poorest are still valid
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - One year after the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Querida Amazonia", the appeal to dream of an Amazon where the rights of the poorest, of indigenous peoples are still valid (See Fides, 12/7/ ...
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12 February 2021
AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops make churches and staff available for vaccinations and call for inequalities to be reduced
Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - After concluding the annual Ordinary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Panama (CEP), held from 8 to 10 February, during which they analyzed the social and pastoral situation of the cou ...
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12 February 2021
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Resignation of auxiliary bishop of the apostolic vicariate of El Beni
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary bishop of the apostolic vicariate of El Beni, Bolivia, presented by Bishop Roberto Bordi, O.F.M., titular of Mutuge ...
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10 February 2021
AMERICA/ECUADOR - The elections show a country divided in two, the Bishops call for peace and fraternity
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - After the continuous updates of the results of the presidential elections in Ecuador held on Sunday 7 February, the Correa current candidate, Andres Arauz, seemed to have obtained 32% of the vote ...
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9 February 2021
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Migration: Cardinal Ramazzini calls for common strategies
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - After Honduras asked neighboring Guatemala to investigate the violence against migrants (see Fides 21/1/2021), the international community opened its eyes to this large group of migrants ...
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9 February 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - On February 10 a "Great human chain for peace in Buenaventura"
Cali (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Cali in their meeting on February 5, examined the social context and the rise of violence in the Buenaventura area, within the Cauca Valley, and issued ...
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8 February 2021
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Cardinal Rosa Chavez: "we are experiencing a society that is environmentally, morally, mentally and perhaps even politically contaminated"
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "It is political violence, something that did not exist in previous elections…", Cardinal Rosa Chavez said in an interview with a local television station about the serious act of violenc ...
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8 February 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Four years after the kidnapping of Sister Gloria, "the Church continues to pray for her health and her prompt release"
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - On February 7, four years have passed since the kidnapping of the Colombian nun Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoty, who served as a missionary in Mali (see Fides 6/2/2021). "The Church continues to ...
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6 February 2021
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Creation of the “welcome route” by the Scalabrinian nuns for the benefit of Venezuelans fleeing their country
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In Venezuela the ongoing political, economic and social crisis continues to force thousands of people to flee and Ecuador represents a transit country for those who wish to reach Peru and Chile, p ...
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5 February 2021
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - World Day of Prayer for Victims of Human Trafficking: "Dignity and freedom of every individual must be respected"
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to "unite our voices and our prayers" for the victims of human trafficking, a crime aggravated by the pandemic, comes from the Bishops of Argentina on the occasion of the World Da ...
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5 February 2021
AMERICA/PERU - Arrival of thousands of Venezuelans in the country and assistance from Caritas, the phenomenon does not stop
Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the "EuroPana" international assistance program, it has been possible to provide support to more than 36,000 Venezuelans who have emigrated to Peru in the framework of food security, ...
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4 February 2021
AMERICA/CHILE - Humanitarian crisis: Jesuit Refugee Service calls for continental and global solution
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuit refugee service (JRS) in Chile, expresses concern about the complex situation on the northern border of Chile and in particular in the cities of Colchane and Huara, where there are l ...
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4 February 2021
AMERICA/CANADA - Quebec's Foreign Missions: 100 years at the service of the Gospel
Quebec (Agenzia Fides) - "To be a hundred years old for a person is a real event. Reaching its first centenary for a missionary society is a short time, but deserves to be underlined as a humble contribution to the sprea ...
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