America

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  22 January 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - "Breathe Peru": the first installations for the production of medicinal oxygen have been assembled Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In the presence of the President of the Republic of Peru, Francisco Sagasti, and the Minister of Health, Pilar Mazzetti, the solidarity initiative "Breathe Peru" (see Fides, 2/7/2020) presented yes ...
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  21 January 2021
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Bishops appeal to Central American governments: the right to emigrate must be respected Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretariat of the Bishops of Central America (SEDAC) is issuing an urgent appeal in light of the new migratory flows from Honduras, which are again forming a so-called caravan and headi ...
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  21 January 2021
  AMERICA - Latin America: Youth pastoral summit aims to promote youth missionary work Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – At a "Latin American Summit of Youth Pastoral Care", youth pastoral workers from different countries are to meet for an exchange. The pastoral effects of the current situation and the associate ...
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  20 January 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Fears about the possible arrival of the Brazilian variant of Covid-19 in the Peruvian Amazon Loreto (Agenzia Fides) - The new variant of Covid-19 that appeared in Brazil and very strong in Manaus, capital of the State of Amazonas (see Fides 18/1/2021), has alerted the authorities in the Loreto region, in Peru. I ...
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  20 January 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Caritas publishes 2020 annual report: Almost 10 million people were supported Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Caritas annual report for 2020, published by the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference, shows that a total of 9,578,174 people were able to benefit directly and indirectly from the various social a ...
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  19 January 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Another pandemic is added to the Covid-19 pandemic: irrational violence that does not stop Pasto (Agenzia Fides) - "The pain for the more than 1,000 dead due to the Covid-19 pandemic in our region is reinforced by the deaths that continue due to the other pandemic, namely irrational violence": this is what dec ...
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  19 January 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Digital Plenary Assembly of the bishops: restructuring of CELAM, health crisis and current situation are on the agenda Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The 117th Plenary Assembly of the Bishops of Peru opened yesterday, Monday 18 January. The 54 Bishops of the 46 ecclesiastical jurisdictions of the country will meet in virtual form until next Thur ...
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  18 January 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Second wave of the coronavirus pandemic: Bishops of Amazonas and Roraima urgently ask for help Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, which also affects the Brazilian state of Amazonas and in particular Manaus, the Norte 1 region of the Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB), w ...
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  18 January 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Archbishop of San Salvador: after 29 years the peace agreements have yet to be fulfilled and injustice continues San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - In his usual Sunday meeting with journalists, the Archbishop of San Salvador, Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, yesterday dwelt as a first point, on the request made to Congress for an amendmen ...
• 16 January 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Consolata Missionaries: "When we help people in need, we help Jesus himself" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "We mainly work on the outskirts of large cities with many social problems. We strive to improve and promote human dignity through school education, health centers and vocational training i ...
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  16 January 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - Jesuit report on the state of the country: "The crisis is the result of human action and there are ways out" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - To mark the anniversary of the 2010 earthquake, the Jesuits working in Haiti published a report on the situation in the tortured country and pointed out ways out of the crisis. "The pro ...
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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 ...