America
18 March 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops and ecclesial movements: together to evangelize families
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for Life and the Family of the Bishops’ Conference of Brazil (CNBB) and movements must "join forces" and work together from the activities point of view, of the excha ...
18 March 2020
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Celebrations for the 500th anniversary of the first Argentine Mass suspended
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Following the provisions issued by the government of the province of Santa Cruz and the National Ministry of Health, the celebration and meeting for the first Mass in Puerto San Julian, sched ...
17 March 2020
AMERICA/PERU - Bishops: offer sympathy towards those who do not work, in order to face this hard moment as a family
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "It is a hard moment that must also be an opportunity to offer our sympathy and face together as a family ... this disease that knows neither skin color nor limits, so we must follow the government ...
16 March 2020
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Priests close to the sick and poor, even in this moment of the pandemic
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – With regards to the critical situation caused by the Coronavirus pandemic, Venezuela, a country affected by poverty, suffers and feels that it will not be spared. The church in Venezuela, whic ...
16 March 2020
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - When fundamental rights, the right to life are denied, all human rights are hanging by a thread
Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - "By taking care of life, we build our neighborhoods", is the title of the statement by the team of priests from the city and suburb areas of the Argentine capital and the province, who present ...
14 March 2020
AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishops: the reawakening of Chile cannot be seen, the requests of the population have still not been fulfilled
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In a message that will be read in all the Catholic churches of Chile this weekend, Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 March, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile recalls the conce ...
7 March 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - "No" to violence against women: on 8 March the statues of saints covered in church, while on 9 March it is "women's strike"
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of Saints Cosme and Damián in Mexico City has covered the images and statues of saints and virgins as a symbolic gesture in support of women's rights and to draw attention to the ...
6 March 2020
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "With Mary, beyond borders": the preparation of the National Missionary Congress proceeds
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Marian dimension of the Mission, expressed by the motto "With Mary, beyond the borders", is the main theme of the XIII National Missionary Congress which will be celebrated from 25 to 28 June ...
5 March 2020
AMERICA/PERU - Caritas meeting of the Bolivarian area
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "The identity of Caritas is seen in our service, it is within us", said Ricardo Calle, Pastoral Councilor of Caritas Peru, on the occasion of the meeting of the Bolivarian area held from 2 to 4 Mar ...
4 March 2020
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Protesters disrupt Fr. Ernesto Cardenal’s funeral mass
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Followers of the ruling Sandinista Front of Nicaragua desecrated with insults, robberies and aggressions the mass in honor of the late poet and priest Ernesto Cardenal, who died on Sunday 1st Ma ...
4 March 2020
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Yes to women, Yes to life": a great prayer for life on 8 March announced by the Bishops
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the celebration of International Women's Day, March 8, and on the occasion of the legislative discussion of the project to legalize abortion, the Executive Commission of the Arge ...
3 March 2020
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Two other social leaders killed in northern Colombia, while President Duque is visiting the country
Antioquía (Agenzia Fides) - Once again the north of Colombia, in particular the department of Antioquia, was the scene of violence: last weekend, in the municipality of Campamento, the social leader Didian Arley Agudelo ...
3 March 2020
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops and religious together reflect on the ecological challenges in the country
Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The Joint Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) and the Conference of Religious of Paraguay took place yesterday, March 2 to reflect together on the theme "The ecological chal ...
2 March 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Let us walk together for the construction of a missionary and committed Church
Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB) has published the Guidance Document and pastoral guidelines for the period 2020-2024, encouraging the faithful and all pastoral sectors to welcome it, study ...
29 February 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The official opening of the 2020 Fraternity Campaign in the Shrine of Aparecida
Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) – On Sunday 1 March, first Sunday of Lent, the Archbishop of Belo Horizonte and President of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference (CNBB), Mgr. Walmor Oliveira de Azevedo, will preside over the ...
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