America

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  5 June 2019
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - "Violence has reached the altar": Bishops ask for investigations into the murder of two priests San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "We reject violence in all its expressions, which our people suffer, to the point that it has reached the altar. What else will happen?" This is what the Bishops of El Salvador are asking, ...
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  4 June 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Week of prayer for Christian unity dedicated to justice Saint Paul (Agenzia Fides) - In the days preceding the solemnity of Pentecost, this year on Sunday, June 9, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity (SOUC) is celebrated in the southern hemisphere. The theme is inspired by ...
• 4 June 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Appointment of the Vicar Apostolic of Reyes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 June 2019, the Holy Father Francis appointed as vicar apostolic of Reyes, Bolivia, H.E. Msgr. Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, C.SS.R., currently apostolic administrator of the same ...
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  3 June 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Women, the poor and young: the main challenges of the Mexican Church Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Violence that continues to increase, the lack of job opportunities and the urgent need to improve education, the key to any change, represent the main challenges that the Church has to face. ...
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  1 June 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The hospital ship named in honor of "Pope Francis" will bring the Gospel and social assistance to the remote areas along the rivers Amazonas Juruti (Agenzia Fides) - The Franciscan Friars of Assisi in the Providence of God and the association of lay people who accompany it are completing the preparations to launch, next July, the "Pope Francis" hospital ship ...
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  31 May 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Week of religious freedom: Catholics face challenges and find "strength in hope" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The chairman of the USCCB’s Committee for Religious Liberty, Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz of Louisville, encourages Catholics to pray and act in support of religious liberty at home and abroa ...
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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, ...