America

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  31 October 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Catholic community asks the authorities to search for a missing missionary Tecámac (Agenzia Fides) - As part of a campaign with the hashtag #TodosSomosPadrePaco, the Catholics in Tecámac express their solidarity with Priest Francisco Núñez Martínez from Santa María Ajoloapan parish in Tec ...
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  30 October 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - New home for migrants "Simone di Cirene" inaugurated Valdivia (Agenzia Fides) - On 28 October, the accommodation for migrants named "Simon of Cyrene" was inaugurated. The project was initiated by the Office for Social Pastoral Care of the Chilean Diocese of Valdivia in col ...
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  30 October 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops: "The Church does not approve the invasion of lands" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - With the title "The land belongs to the Lord", the governing body of the Argentine Bishops' Conference issued a statement on October 29th and signed by the Chairman of the Bishops' Conferen ...
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  29 October 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - All Saints' Day: Eucharistic Adoration and Concert "for a missionary Church" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - The youth Pastoral care and vocational support of the Franciscan Angeline Sisters in Santa Cruz has been inviting young Catholics to the "CristoWin" initiative on October 31 for more than six ...
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  29 October 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Parishes in a critical economic situation, but they do not stop aid to the poorest Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the pandemic, the economic situation in Nicaragua has become increasingly serious for many families and especially for the poorest, but also for parishes that live from the offerings of t ...
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  28 October 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A parish priest in Vicuña Mackenna killed, probably for theft Córdoba (Agenzia Fides) - "Dear brothers: I wish to communicate that, following a robbery, Father Coqui Vaudagna was killed. Let us pray for his eternal rest, so that God may console his family": thus Msgr. Adolfo Urion ...
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  28 October 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Reopening of the churches from November 2: the Bishops recall that Mass "is not a simple meeting" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Peru informed the national community about the "gradual opening of churches to gradually return to the normality of liturgical and sacramental life" in November. After 7 months of cl ...
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  28 October 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Testimony of a missionary, "True happiness is found only in God" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Her overflowing joy has led many souls, especially young people, to discover that true happiness is found only in God. The coherence of her life and her total dedication to the various apostolate ...
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  27 October 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - After the referendum: the Bishops call for dialogue in view of the drafting of the new Constitution Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - After the majority of the citizens in the referendum last Sunday, October 25th, approved the proposal to amend the constitution, the Standing Committee of the Bishops' Conference of Chile also ...
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  27 October 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Health assistance for indigenous communities settled along the Guainia River from the Vicariate of Inírida Inirida (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicariate of Inírida continues, in this time of the Covid-19 pandemic, its work of assistance and proximity to some indigenous communities in the Department of Guainía. As of Nov ...
• 26 October 2020
  AMERICA/FRENCH GUYANA - Resignation of the Bishop of Cayenne Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Diocese of Cayenne (French Guyana), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Emmanuel Lafont. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 26/10/2020) ...
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  26 October 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - The first Assembly of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon begins Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - The First Plenary Assembly of the Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) begins today, 26 October, which coincides with the first anniversary of the closing of the Special Assembly ...
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  26 October 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Towards the beatification of the "Doctor of the Poor" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Today, October 26, the process of the exhumation of the mortal remains of Doctor José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros, known as "the Doctor of the Poor", will begin: the Venezuelan doctor born in ...
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  23 October 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - After 10 years, a new phase of the inter-congregational missionary Project in Haiti Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The project for missionary cooperation between the Churches in Brazil and Haiti started 10 years ago: the "Inter-congregational Project for Solidarity" was born from the collaboration of the Na ...
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  22 October 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops' Conference supports the fight against fake news in view of the elections Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB) will be ambassador of the #EuVotoSemFakecampanha "campaign, launched by the Superior Electoral Court (TSE). The aim of the initiative is to ensure that ...