America

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  8 November 2024
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - On the VIII World Day of the Poor: charity "does not confer dignity" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "In our beloved Archdiocese of Buenos Aires we want to dedicate the month of November to a careful reflection on how we treat the poor, how we accompany them, the challenges we face and to ...
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  7 November 2024
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Comboni community in the suburbs of Cali: between drugs, poverty and global warming Cali (Agenzia Fides) – “I think that, in an environment where everyone feels despised, it is good news to find a priest who is not ashamed to sit next to them and listen to them.” This is what Father Franco Nascimb ...
• 6 November 2024
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops raise alarm over instability in the country: "The situation is chaotic and worrying" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "As a Church, we will always defend the life of all, especially that of the weakest," say the Bolivian bishops in light of the current national crisis between former President Evo Morales, who w ...
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  31 October 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - More violence on the Caribbean island: Convent of the Missionary sisters of Charity in Sanfil set on fire Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Last Saturday evening, October 26, 2024, armed gangs under the command of Jimmy Chérizier, alias Barbecue, entered the compound of the Missionary sisters of Charity in Sanfil, looted the ...
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  31 October 2024
  AMERICA/USA - Electoral campaign between Harris and Trump is challenged on foreign policy and ‘World War in pieces’ Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The war in the Middle East has entered the race for the White House especially in those States like Michigan where there is a large percentage of the population of Arab origin (Palestinian, L ...
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  28 October 2024
  AMERICA/HAITI - Celebration in Pourcine for access to drinking water and the launch of the Scout movement of the Catholic Church Pourcine (Agenzia Fides) - While Haiti remains immersed in a deep crisis, the small mountain town of Pourcine has found reasons to celebrate: the arrival of drinking water and the launch of its first group of Scouts of t ...
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  26 October 2024
  AMERICA/PERU - “Being a Christian means following Jesus.” In memory of Father Gutierrez by Gianni Valente Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "A genius, yes, a genius. But above all, a good man." These were the words of the Jesuit Francisco Chamberlain, many years ago, addressing his Peruvian confreres. He was refer ...
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  26 October 2024
  AMERICA/USA - Presidential election: migration issue at the heart of the electoral campaign Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Sending away migrants, not giving them the opportunity to work, not welcoming migrants is a sin, it is grave," said Pope Francis at the press conference on the return flight to Rome on Septe ...
• 23 October 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of vicar apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Moacir Goulart de Figueredo, M.S.C., until now superior of the order of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart in the province of Curitiba, as vicar ...
• 23 October 2024
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Napo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed Bishop Celmo Lazzari, C.S.I., until now vicar apostolic of San Miguel de Sucumbíos, as vicar apostolic of the apostolic vicariate of Napo, Ecuador. Bishop Ce ...
• 22 October 2024
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Confirmation of the Director of the PMS, Fr. Antonio de Jesùs Mascorro Tristàn, MG Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 3, 2024, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the First Evangelization and the New Particular Churches), confirmed Fr. Antoni ...
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  21 October 2024
  AMERICA/MEXICO - In the state of Chiapas: Indigenous priest and human rights activist murdered San Cristóbal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Chiapas shares in these hours pain and prayers after the murder of an indigenous priest parish priest in the Cuxtitali neighborhood of San Cristobal ...
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  21 October 2024
  AMERICA/USA - US Presidential election: Trump and Harris' positions on abortion Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Both are against life - the one who throws out migrants and the one who kills children". "I cannot decide. I am not American and I will not go to vote there. But let it be clear: sending mi ...
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  14 October 2024
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - One month after the murder of pastoral worker Juan Antonio López: Three suspects arrested in Honduras by Laura Gomez Ruiz Tocoa (Agenzia Fides) - On September 14, Juan Antonio López (46), married and father of two daughters, coordinator of social pastoral care in the diocese of Trujillo and founding member of the P ...
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  8 October 2024
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Saint Therese of the Child Jesus at the center of a novena for World Mission Sunday New York (Agenzia Fides) - "I do not want to be a missionary for just a few years, but I would like to have been one since the creation of the world and to be one until the end of time", said Saint Therese of the Child J ...