America

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  18 June 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - A second group of Bolivians return to their country thanks to the intervention of the Church Copiapó (Agenzia Fides) - This time 42 Bolivian citizens returned to their country on the night of Tuesday 16 June. The journey was made possible thanks to the commitment of the Bishopric of Copiapó (Chile) and to two ...
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  17 June 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "We are all Amazon": Mgr. Ojea calls for anti-Covid emergency measures also for the inhabitants of the Amazon Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of San Isidro and president of the Argentine Episcopal Conference, Mgr. Oscar Vicente Ojea, participated in a virtual meeting in which, together with the specialists, talked abou ...
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  17 June 2020
  AMERICA/CANADA - The Bishops praise the non-prescription proposal for crimes of abuse Quebec (Agenzia Fides) - The Minister of Justice of Quebec, Sonia LeBel, has recently presented a bill to modify the civil code and, in particular, to ensure that civil actions in the field of sexual violence, child abus ...
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  16 June 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Corpus Christi Mass in the Cathedral of Lima behind closed doors, but with 5 thousand photos of the dead for Covid-19 Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Photos of people killed by COVID-19 covered the benches and walls of the Cathedral of Lima on Sunday for a Corpus Christi mass in tribute to the victims of the coronavirus, officiated by the archbi ...
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  16 June 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - "Give them some food" (Mt 14,16): initiative to feed 10,000 people a day Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the health emergency that we are experiencing for Covid-19, the economic crisis is seriously affecting the whole world and Peru is no stranger to this reality. Poverty in the country worsens ...
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  15 June 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In the pandemic, the 35th Migrants' Week: "Where is your brother and sister?" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Where is your brother, your sister?" is the question that, taking inspiration from the biblical verse (cf. Gn 4,9), constitutes the theme of the 35th edition of the Week of the Migrant, which ...
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  15 June 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Archbishop of San Salvador for Corpus Domini: "Life is precious and we must protect it" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - On the solemnity of Corpus Domini, Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, Archbishop of San Salvador, underlined in a statement sent to Fides, that the care of human life should continue to be essen ...
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  13 June 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - More dialogue and less violence in families: the fruit of the Family Month Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "The Family Commission has been strengthened and organized to support these situations during the health emergency, and highlighted the need to start virtual training processes for more family p ...
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  13 June 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Celebrations with the participation of the faithful resume as of June 19th Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, liturgical celebrations will be resumed in Uruguay as of Friday 19 June, with the participation of the faithful, which will take place according to ...
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  12 June 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Day of the Ecuadorian Missionary Ad Gentes Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "On June 12 we celebrate the Ecuadorian missionary Ad Gentes, we want to congratulate all the Ecuadorian missionaries who have left their home to go to other lands bringing the good news of the Go ...
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  12 June 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Covid-19: now more than ever, urgent need to protect children and adolescents from child labor" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Brazil joins the World Day against the exploitation of Child Labor, which is celebrated throughout the world today, June 12th. As Pope Francis recalled at the end of the general a ...
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  12 June 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops: "do not confuse religious practice with any recreational activity" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The public celebration of Corpus Christi (Corpus Domini) is a very popular feast in Bolivia. In some communities this celebration is so important that the organization is not managed by the paris ...
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  10 June 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - In addition to the pandemic: the historical virus of violence and the abandonment of the state and corruption increases Chocò (Agenzia Fides) - "In addition to the pandemic, the Department of Chocò is suffering from the growth of the historical virus of violence, abandonment of the state and corruption", is what we read in the first lin ...
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  9 June 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Today "Virtual March for Life": strengthening the fundamental values to face the pandemic Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Frente pela Vida", a movement that brings together realities from different sectors of Brazilian civil society, has called for a "Virtual March for Life" for today, 9 June. According to inform ...
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  9 June 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Violence against churches and state institutions, "young people are moved by cowardly leaders" denounces Mgr. Cabrero Xalapa (Agenzia Fides) - The Cathedral of Xalapa, in the Mexican state of Veracruz, and the Expiatory Temple of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, known as "El Beaterio", were vandalized during a presumably protest march against ...