America

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  13 July 2026
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Salesian Sisters: "The emergency continues. The work is far from over" Caracas (Fides News Agency) – The official, still preliminary, death toll from the two devastating earthquakes of June 24 in Venezuela has risen to almost 4,500. Around 17,000 people were injured, and over 19,500 remai ...
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  9 July 2026
  Defending land means defending life: Latin American Churches Stand alongside communities in mining conflicts by Laura Gómez Ruiz Chitré (Fides News Agency) – "Our only concern is to safeguard the life of every human being." With these words, Bishop Rafael Valdivieso of Chitré recently summed up the concern of the Cathol ...
• 9 July 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Jaén Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Fr. Juan Carlos Morante Buchhammer, S.J., until now Superior of the San Ignacio de Loyola House in Piura, as Apostolic Vicar of the Apostolic Vica ...
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  7 July 2026
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop Braida commemorates the four martyrs of La Rioja: “Walking together in the spirit of mission means making the world a better place” La Rioja (Fides News Agency) – “This year we commemorate the murder of Bishop Enrique Angelelli, the priests Murias and Longueville, and husband and father Wenceslao Pedernera. This commemoration allows us to recogni ...
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  7 July 2026
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A milestone for the Amazonian Church: First Ecclesial Assembly of the Ecuadorian Amazon Quito (Fides News Agency) – A milestone with far-reaching implications for the Amazonian Church in Ecuador: the First Ecclesial Assembly of the Ecuadorian Amazon brought together, for the first time, the country's six ...
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  6 July 2026
  The Bishops of Panama appeal for national reconciliation: the common good comes before particular interests Panama (Fides News Agency) – At the end of the 225th Ordinary Assembly, held from June 29 to July 3, the Bishops of Panama issued a statement entitled "A word of faith and hope for our people – "Hope does not disappo ...
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  6 July 2026
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The number of deaths and injuries is rising. Relief efforts continue La Guaira (Fides News Agency) – Relief efforts continue in Venezuela. The death toll from the earthquakes that struck the country remains provisional; according to an estimate published by the Venezuelan government, th ...
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  3 July 2026
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Provincial of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians: "We are witnessing the miracle of solidarity in Venezuela" by Antonella Prenna Caracas (Fides News Agency) – Sister Maria Eugenia Ramos Rangel, Provincial of the Daughters of Mary Help of Christians in Venezuela, is finding the strength to speak amid the grief and despair ...
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  1 July 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - New violence causes the displacement of thousands of people and worsens humanitarian crisis
  Pourcine Pic Makaya (Fides News Agency) - The humanitarian situation in Haiti continues to deteriorate, with new waves of displacement reported in several departments. According to ...
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  28 June 2026
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Prayers and relief efforts by the Venezuelan ecclesial community in the wake of the earthquake tragedy Caracas (Fides News Agency) “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit.” These words from Psalm 34 have become the prayer with which Father Ricardo Guillén Dávila, National Di ...
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  26 June 2026
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Death toll continues to rise after the earthquakes: solidarity and aid from the international community Caracas (Fides News Agency) – The provisional toll from the violent earthquakes measuring 7.2 and 7.5 on the Richter scale that struck central Venezuela and the capital, Caracas, at 6:04 p.m. local time on June 24 cont ...
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  25 June 2026
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The "World Mission Rosary" at the heart of the journey toward the beatification of Archbishop Fulton Sheen New York (Fides News Agency) – "The Pontifical Mission Societies USA is inviting Catholics across the country to participate in the beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen through the World Mission Rosary." The app ...
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  24 June 2026
  Colombian elections reveal a divided country by Cosimo Graziani Bogota (Fides News Agency) – In Colombia, right-wing candidate Abelardo de la Espriella has won the presidential runoff election. This was announced based on so-called "preliminary results." Acco ...
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  23 June 2026
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The 9th edition of the Missionary Congress for children and adolescents is underway, with over 1,000 participants expected Bogota (Fides News Agency) – From June 25 to 28, children and young people from across Colombia will gather in the city of Valledupar for a great celebration of faith, communion, and mission. "On a Mission in the world ...
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  23 June 2026
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The “inter-congregational” mission of the nuns in the “bateyes” of Barahona amidst poverty, migration and fragility Barahona (Fides News Agency) – The Inter-congregational Missionary Community (CIM) was founded in Haiti in 2010 at the initiative of the Latin American Conference of Women Religious (CLAR) and was later organized by th ...