America

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  15 January 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Christ Migrant of the World": a year of help and support for migrants in the Archdiocese of La Serena La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - In 2020, the Chilean Caritas launched various initiatives for the benefit of the most affected population groups. One of these programs, aimed at providing legal advice and humanitarian aid to ...
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  15 January 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Radio receivers for schoolchildren from rural and indigenous communities to continue their education during the pandemic Iquitos (Agenzia Fides) - To enable children and young people from rural and indigenous communities in the provinces of Maynas and Loreto-Nauta to continue attending classes even in isolation due to the pandemic, the Apo ...
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  14 January 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops disagree over the decision to return Cuba to the list of “sponsors of terrorism” Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In response to the announcement by the US State Department to return to designating Cuba as a “sponsor of terrorism”, Mgr David J. Malloy, Bishop of Rockford, president of the Commission ...
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  13 January 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Consolata Missionaries have transferred the Continental Novitiate to the Amazon Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - In line with the reflections of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon and in view of the process of restructuring its own presence in America, the Institute of Consolata Missionaries (IMC) has deci ...
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  13 January 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - At the end of the general assembly: Bishops comment on the "State of the Country" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Bishops' Conference published at the end of its plenary assembly (see Fides, 7 and 11/01/2021) a message on the “State of the Country”. "The world is experiencing moments of t ...
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  12 January 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Politics is not the simple art of managing power, resources or crises", warns Bishop Álvarez, in the face of the increase in violence Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of Matagalpa, Mgr. Rolando Álvarez, urged the Nicaraguan politicians to seek the common good and not just their own private interests, since in the country "coherenc ...
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  12 January 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops: "The protection of one's own life and the health of others is a moral duty" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "The global Covid-19 pandemic is causing suffering, uncertainty, fear and fatigue in the entire population. We think of the victims of this pandemic, their families and those who are currently su ...
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  11 January 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - New violence in Araucania: appeal of the Bishop of Temuco, "only fraternity generates social peace" Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - "These days our region, already deeply affected by the pandemic, poverty and lack of opportunities, polarization, failure to keep the promises made to the Mapuche people and the feeling of abando ...
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  11 January 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Violations of the right to information and to the work of journalists denounced by the Archdiocese of Caracas Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - On January 9, the Third Session of the Ordinary Plenary Assembly of of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV) took place digitally, during which the Archbishops and Bishops of the country w ...
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  11 January 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - The nun kidnapped on January 8 released by kidnappers; dozens of acts of violence occur every day Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - According to information sent to Fides by the Secretary General of the Conference of Religious of Haiti, Father Gilbert Peltrop, Sister Dachoune Sévère, a religious of the Congregation ...
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  10 January 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - Appeal of the Bishop of Anse-à-Veau/Miragoâne to pray after the kidnapping of a nun Carrefour (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of Friday, 8 January, unknown persons kidnapped a nun of the Little Sisters of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus from the nuns' residence located at Brochette 99, Commune de Ca ...
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  9 January 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The first Venezuelan Bishop to die of Covid-19 Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Friday 8 January 2021, His Excellency Monsignor Cástor Oswaldo Azuaje, OCD, Bishop of Trujillo, victim of Covid-19 died. As the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference informs, he is the fir ...
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  9 January 2021
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops: "With our vote we write history and generate progress or regression, security or insecurity" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Ecuador are addressing, with a document entitled "Political responsibility", to all men and women of good will, regardless of their political and religious options, to invite them t ...
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  8 January 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Lasallian religious killed during an attempted theft Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Víctor Hugo Basabe, Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, mourns in communion with the clergy of the Archdiocese and unites with all the pilgrims of God in our ...
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  8 January 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Testimony of a Franciscan after the violence on the Capitol Building, there is need to start afresh from the search for peace and the common good New York (Agenzi Fides) - "The violent insurrection on the Capitol Building in Washington, DC marks a dark moment in American history. It has shocked and disturbed the vast majority of Americans who believe in free speec ...