America

• 30 November 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of El Beni Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 November 2020, the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Aurelio Pesoa Ribera, O.F.M., titular bishop of Leges, currently Auxiliary of the Archdiocese of La Paz and Secretary General o ...
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  28 November 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Bishop of San Salvador wishes "ambitious" election campaign and transparency San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The parties are called upon to conduct an “ambitious” election campaign that ensures transparency of political processes and electoral decisions, said Archbishop José Luis Escobar of S ...
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  27 November 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishops: "Witnesses of hope in a new era for Chile" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "We invite you to make a great effort to renew the hope of every person in his family and in his educational, work and community environments". This is the exhortation that the Bishops of Chile ...
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  27 November 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - Violence against women: human rights activists complain about attacks by the UN mission Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of World Day against violence on women, the Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace of the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince, together with the Haitian Platform to Advocate ...
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  26 November 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Servants of the Poor: Looking at the poor in terms of their dignity Curitiba (Agenzia Fides) - "Every person has a dignity. We have to look at the person, especially if they are very poor, recognizing their dignity: the presence of God is also shown in this dignity. In Brazil, too, the c ...
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  26 November 2020
  AMERICA/PANAMA - National Dialogue seeks ways out of the crisis: Archbishop Ulloa calls on Christians to act consistently Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - In an analysis of the current situation in the country, the Archbishop of Panama, Mgr. José Domingo Ulloa, names abortion and corruption among the most serious problems. "If we are citizens ...
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  25 November 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe in parishes and families, the Basilica closed Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Mexico City, in coordination with the Archdiocese of Mexico, the Bishops' Conference of Mexico (CEM), the National Basilica of Guadalupe and the Mayor's Office, inform that ...
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  25 November 2020
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops call for dialogue: "Today's debts are tomorrow's hunger" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - After the demonstrations, where citizens have been protesting against the government of Guatemala since Saturday November 21, the country's Primate, Archbishop Gonzalo de Villa y Vásquez ...
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  24 November 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Fundraising campaign for victims of tropical storms: believers donate "in silence" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The donations collected in the Catholic parishes of Nicaragua last Sunday for the victims of the tropical storms Iota and Eta were given “in silence” by the faithful on the recommendation of ...
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  24 November 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Religious witnesses of merciful love in a particularly difficult situation Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "A message of faith, hope and solidarity" was sent by the men and women religious of Venezuela, gathered for the Extraordinary Assembly of Conver (Conferencia venezolana de religiosas y religios ...
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  23 November 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "The legalization of a drug means turning away and ignoring the real needs of society" say the Bishops Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - " This legislative initiative does not address the damage to health caused by increased use of cannabis, nor does it address the effects on the families of young people who use drugs, nor do ...
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  23 November 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Cardinal Barreto welcomes political commitment of young people: Peru is "born again" Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno, Archbishop of Huancayo, describes the recent demonstrations in the country (see Fides 12 and 16/11/2020) as a kind of “rebirth” of the people on the initiativ ...
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  21 November 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Six working groups for the implementation of the National Missionary Program Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for Missionary Action and Cooperation among Churches of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB) presented, in a virtual meeting, the structure of the working groups th ...
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  20 November 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Religious woman injured in attack on humanitarian workers: "We do not want any more suffering!" San Cristóbal de las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - In a heartfelt appeal to human rights activists, the media and to all men and women of good will and to the faithful of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Bishop Rod ...
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  20 November 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Hurricane Iota devastates the area of Peñas Blancas causing deaths, missing persons and destruction Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "We feel deep pain for what happened on the Macizo de Peñas Blancas, between La Dalia and Rancho Grande. At the moment, our priests are mobilizing in the area and we are making ourselves avai ...