America

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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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  18 May 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cardinal Brenes condemns the police violence committed in front of the Cathedral of Managua Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "I saw a video in which my cathedral is practically surrounded by police, this is so sad", said Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Archbishop of Managua at a press conference in Tegucigalpa, Honduras ...
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  17 May 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Progetto Tumaco: un popolo che, nonostante l'abbandono, sogna un futuro migliore AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Tumaco Project: a people that, despite the abandonment, dreams of a better future Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - The "Tumaco Project: Social Dialogue for Life and Justice" continues, proposed by the Social ...
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  16 May 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms: third evaluation at the UN Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - The murder of 325 Nicaraguans by the regime of Daniel Ortega, since April 18 2018, the torture of political prisoners and the brutal attacks against freedom of expression, were documented yesterd ...
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  16 May 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Teachers' daily contribution to the formation of a more human, fraternal and supportive culture Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "With gratitude we want to congratulate all the teachers of our country, recognizing their precious daily contribution in shaping an increasingly human, fraternal and supportive culture": th ...
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  15 May 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Video of Bishops to show the world the dramatic situation in which people live Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "In the difficult situations that our country is experiencing, with the high risk that the citizens have experienced in recent years, the Venezuelan Episcopate has remained in defense of the peo ...
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  14 May 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishop Mata Guevara: "dialogue is blocked, no political prisoners have been released, there is no will to resolve the crisis" Esteli (Agenzia Fides) - "We have said several times: this regime does not have the political will to reach an agreement for the good of the country. For the regime, the people are only the small group that supports it. ...
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  13 May 2019
  AMERICA - CELAM Assembly begins, the Spanish Bible of the Church in America has been completed Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - From today until May 18, the Ordinary General Assembly of CELAM gathers in Tegucigalpa, Honduras to discern "the signs of the times" posed by the reality of Latin America and the Caribbean a ...
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  10 May 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The president of CIMI: "the Amazon is a land disputed on several fronts" Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - "Probably, the original peoples of the Amazon have never been as threatened in their territories as they are now; the Amazon is a land disputed on several fronts": says the President of the In ...
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  10 May 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Nuncio: "This extreme violence of eliminating the adversary cannot continue" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "We must take the theme of peace seriously, because it is not optional. Colombia cannot continue in this extreme violence of the elimination of the adversary and of those who think differently, ...