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28 January 2020
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Church announces the Jubilee Year of the Martyrs 40 years after the martyrdom of San Oscar Romero
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "Martyrdom is the greatest testimony of faith, because it faithfully reproduces Christ, giving his life so that others can have life in abundance" (cf. Jn 10:10), underlines the message of ...
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27 January 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - "Violence against the latest caravan of migrants", denounces a priest
Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - About 500 Central American migrants of the caravan of migrants in the first group of 2020 took refuge in the diocesan "Belen" home-refuge in the diocese of Tapachula (Mexico).
In a note sent ...
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24 January 2020
AMERICA/PERU - Message from the Bishops: Elections are a great opportunity to influence the course of events
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the 115th Plenary Assembly of the Peruvian Episcopate (see Fides, 18/01/2020), the Episcopal Conference (CEP) has published its message, sent to Fides, which concerns the parli ...
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23 January 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - An electoral process that is peaceful, democratic and transparent, to look to the future with confidence
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "In this historical moment, in this pre-election period, when we are preparing for new elections, we need political parties to be able to present promising projects for the Country, where the pri ...
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23 January 2020
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Statement by the Bishop of San Cristobal concerning the priest killed
San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of San Cristobal, Mgr. Mario Moronta, published a second statement concerning the death of Fr. Jesus Manuel Rondon Molina, who went missing on January 16 and was found dead on J ...
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22 January 2020
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The body of the priest who went missing since January 16 has been found
Tachira (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of San Cristóbal is experiencing with consternation the discovery of the lifeless body of Fr. José Manuel Rondón Molina, who went missing since last Thursday, January 16. "With pa ...
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20 January 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Tapachula: in the face of the ambiguous and hesitant official position, it is important to "see, listen to and treat migrants as brothers"
Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - "All those who are part of this diocesan family of Tapachula, each according to their possibilities and responsibilities, must ensure these migrant brothers a piece of bread, must not be raped ...
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18 January 2020
AMERICA/PERU - Assembly of Bishops: extraordinary elections of parliament on January 26 among the topics under consideration
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - With the mass presided by Mgr. Miguel Cabrejos OFM, President of the Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP) and President of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM), concelebrated by all the Bish ...
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18 January 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - Week for Christian unity: "a unity that does not exclude anyone, especially the most disadvantaged, and among these migrants"
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The material for living the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, from 18 to 25 January, was prepared this year by the Christian Churches of Malta and Gozo. Every year on February 10th they ce ...
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17 January 2020
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A human rights defender killed every day, the Bishops ask for an immediate response from the institutions
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Colombia feel "immense pain and concern in receiving, every day during this 2020, news of assassinations of leaders and threats to communities", express "solidarity with the surviv ...
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17 January 2020
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Week of prayer for Christian unity: ecumenical meeting in Guayaquil on 24 January
Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - From 18 to 25 January the annual Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is celebrated around the world, which in 2020 has the theme "They showed us extraordinary hospitality" (Cf Acts 28, 2). This ...
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16 January 2020
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The Bishops for the 2020 elections: "As Dominicans and as Pastors we are concerned about everything that is about the human being"
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Episcopal Conference (EDC), in its pastoral letter entitled "2020 Elections: space for participation and commitment", which bears the date of January 21, "on the 60th anniver ...
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16 January 2020
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - New intimidations denounced against the Church, the unity of the people to build a new Nicaragua
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Managua, Archbishop Carlos Avilés, denounced the intimidation against the faithful by the state: "Members of the police take note of the plate of the car ...
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15 January 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - First missionary experience of the diocese of Floresta: we want to show the missionary face of the Church
Floresta (Agenzia Fides) - "We want to show the face of a Church that wants to be missionary. This is why the missions have contributed greatly in our diocese. You too are taking on the missionary nature of the Church", ...
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15 January 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops' message for 2020: Migrants, protection of minors, violence, religious freedom
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "There are several challenges that we faced in 2019 and that, as a Catholic Church, we faced with due urgency and responsibility. We continue to pray for the special situations we are experi ...
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