America

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  9 May 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - Development and reconstruction, to improve the quality of life Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Two years after the catastrophe caused by the environmental phenomenon "El Niño" (see Fides, 23/05/2017), with rains, floods and landslides that caused thousands of victims, the small agricultural ...
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  9 May 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Message of the Bishops to the people of God: "Christ is alive and wants you to be alive!" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord Jesus Christ, in his apparition to the disciples, as the evangelist John tells us, encourages them to cast their nets again, despite the uselessness of their work. The Risen One inv ...
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  8 May 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Assembly of Bishops: Extraordinary Missionary Month experience of communion with the Church throughout the world Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - "The extraordinary thing about this Missionary Month is that, for the first time in history, the Holy Father, the Pope, announces a month like this for the Catholic Church throughout the world ...
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  8 May 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - It is a humanitarian crisis: thousands of people have gone days without eating and sleep in the streets Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of migrants in Mexico is getting worse by the day. On the northern border, with the United States, the increase in migrants is creating a logistical crisis in the attempt to welc ...
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  8 May 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Jean Vanier: "missionary of tenderness" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "What we don't want to lose sight of - and what we want to ponder, celebrate and proclaim – is that Jean Vanier was a missionary", said Donald R. McCrabb, Executive Director of the United S ...
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  7 May 2019
  AMERICA/HAITI - Gangs kill and terrorize, even blackmail those who carry out humanitarian projects Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Human rights organizations and religious institutions continue to be concerned about the increase in insecurity throughout the country in Haiti, according to a report sent to Fides by loc ...
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  7 May 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - In the face of economic crisis the Bishops call for "a new way of doing politics" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "We need a new way of doing politics that, beyond particular interests, seeks the common good and promotes a great national pact at the service of citizens": say the Bishops of Ecuador in the stat ...
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  6 May 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Dialogue on the release of prisoners and the suspension of international sanctions are blocked Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The regime of President Daniel Ortega wants the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy to ask the international community to suspend sanctions against Nicaragua as a condition for continuing d ...
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  4 May 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Youth, protection of minors and migrants to the attention of Bishops Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us make our own the suffering of the country that continues to suffer violence, insecurity, poverty, inequality, political uncertainty, environmental degradation and social inequality", ...
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  3 May 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops: "To renew the prophetic missionary service in the Bolivian people" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops’ Conference of Bolivia (CEB) hopes that equal opportunities, respect and consideration for all will be guaranteed in the general elections on October 20. The text of the Preside ...
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  3 May 2019
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops: serious discernment is necessary in view of the general elections Guatemala de la Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "As Bishops in Guatemala we support the application of ethical principles according to the Gospel, we do not support parties or candidates in particular, and every citizen has t ...
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  2 May 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Attack against the Church and tear gas against the faithful during mass: appeal for respect for dignity and human rights San Cristóbal (Agenzia Fides) - "This afternoon a horde of men from the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) attacked the church of Our Lady De Fatima in the Sucre district of San Cristobal": this is what Mgr. Mario del Vall ...
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  30 April 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops of Argentina meet the Pope, a country with 13 million poor and malnourished children Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today the ad limina visit of the Argentine Bishops begins. 106 Bishops will gather to meet with Pope Francis to report on the pastoral work of the Church in the Country. Argentina is experiencing ...
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  30 April 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Religious habit testifies, attracts and encourages evangelization Irondale (Agenzia Fides) - "People do not need religious people who are like one of them, just as children do not need parents who are their friends or companions. They need religious people who guide them to Heaven": sa ...
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  29 April 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops in Assembly on pastoral emergencies, the Pope's help in welcoming migrants Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - From today, April 29th until May 3rd, the Plenary Assembly of the Mexican Bishop’s Conference (CEM) will be held at the headquarters of Casa del Lago in Cuautitlán Izcalli, with the parti ...