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29 May 2019
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishop of Esteli in Washington to meet Vice President Pence and the senators
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Mgr. Abelardo Mata will be received this Wednesday (May 29) by the vice-president of the United States, Mike Pence, to report the socio-political crisis that Nicaragua is experiencing. Mgr. ...
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29 May 2019
AMERICA/CHILE - A "Church that goes forth" requires "catechists that go forth": ideas for a missionary catechesis
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - After many centuries of evangelization, "it is urgent to put catechesis on the path towards a profound renewal. As Pope Francis speaks of a "Church that goes forth", we can say that today it is ...
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28 May 2019
AMERICA/CUBA - Combating individualism to build the civilization of love: Caritas campaign begins
La Habana (Agenzia Fides) - "Your Father who sees in secret will repay you" (Mt 6: 6) is the Gospel verse taken as a motto by Caritas Cuba for its annual campaign which, for the second consecutive year, will be extended ...
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28 May 2019
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Violence and lack of access to education for indigenous people: two national emergencies
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the Bishop’s Council for Pastoral Care of the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB) begins today, Tuesday 28 May. The meeting's agenda includes the analysis of the economic situ ...
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27 May 2019
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Religious life, expression of a Church that goes forth in the Amazon
Xingu (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis always insists on a Church that "goes forth". In the Amazon, according to Bishop João Muniz Alves, Bishop of the Prelature of Xingu, in Brazil, this must be translated into "a Church ...
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27 May 2019
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Te Deum for the nation: Cardinal Poli calls for a Great National Pact in favor of the poor
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Buenos Aires and primate of Argentina, Cardinal Mario Aurelio Poli, said that "it is time for a Great National Pact" with a "preferential option for the third of the Argen ...
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24 May 2019
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Urgent appeal for Venezuelan migrants: the crisis is out of control, the flow is growing and is worrying
Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - Colombian Foreign Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo, called on Wednesday 22 May for greater economic cooperation by the international community to help Venezuelans who emigrated because of the cris ...
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23 May 2019
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop Castro: violence in the State of Morelos undermines the future of young people
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In the ranking of 2019, among the 10 most violent cities in the world, Acapulco and Tijuana are at the top of the list. In that of the 50 most violent cities Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Ciu ...
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23 May 2019
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Continuity of missionary work: the Vicariate of Camiri celebrates 100 years with the ordination of its new Priest
Camiri (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicariate of Camiri celebrates a hundred years since its birth. The date of May 22 of a century ago in fact marked the beginning of the fixed presence of groups of missionaries who, ...
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23 May 2019
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Meeting of border dioceses: the family continues to be the fundamental institution of society
Pelotas (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in a social context of strong changes in the social dynamics that have in particular affected our families and young people. It is possible to note in all these aspects, lights and shad ...
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22 May 2019
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Archbishop of San Salvador: "No law must cover up crimes against humanity!"
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church of El Salvador rejects the National Reconciliation Law recently discussed during the Legislative Assembly, denouncing that it would leave the culprits of crimes against ...
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22 May 2019
AMERICA - CELAM: An ethical, political, economic and cultural crisis has grown throughout Latin America and the Caribbean
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "In all of Latin America and the Caribbean we have witnessed the growth of an ethical, political, economic and cultural crisis. Among these, we highlight the machismo that wounds the dignity ...
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21 May 2019
AMERICA/URUGUAY - The mission "Everyone’s home": two thousand lay missionaries in the streets of the capital to meet those who moved away from the Church
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "Come, come back!" The invitation of the archdiocese of Montevideo is carrying out the mission "Everyone’s home". A note sent to Agenzia Fides explained that, during the last three weekends ...
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21 May 2019
AMERICA/MEXICO - Shooting in front of the church: Bishops call for respect for the sacredness of life and fundamental values
Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep sorrow, we express our sadness and consternation, in the face of the acts of violence that took place outside the rectory of Our Lady of Guadalupe, in Fortín de las Flores in Cordob ...
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20 May 2019
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Today the funeral of the parish priest murdered in La Majada
Sonsonate (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of faithful filled the church of the parish of San José in La Majada (about 70 km from the capital), to pay their last respects to their parish priest, Father Cecilio Pérez Cruz, mu ...
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