America

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  26 March 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Violence and death will never be paths of peace and justice Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - In Argentina, March 24 is now commonly called the "National Day of Memory for Truth and Justice" (Día Nacional de la Memoria por la Verdad y la Justicia), because it recalls the coup d'ét ...
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  25 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - After the words of the Holy Father: dialogue is the only way forward, prayer will make this moment productive Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Dialogue is not the space needed to crush the other, but where everyone can express their ideas, listen and choose the best option, for the good of the community that always seeks the common go ...
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  25 March 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - March 25: mobilization in the country for the right to life since conception Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - More than 300,000 people participated in the march that took place in the capital, Buenos Aires, on Saturday 23 March, to say "Yes to life" and to demand respect for this fundamental human ...
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  22 March 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Monitoring and preventing child abuse: the commitment of the Archdiocese of Mexico City Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Mexico City has announced the establishment of an interdisciplinary team to assist victims of abuse to monitor, with efficiency and transparency, any kind of abuse within ...
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  21 March 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Demonstrations to respect the terms of 2016 peace agreements, the country is divided, violence continues Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Thousands of people took to the streets in several cities of Colombia, on March 18 and 19, to demonstrate in favor of the "Special Justice for Peace" (JEP the abbreviation in Spanish), asking Pr ...
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  21 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Government-opposition dialogue resumes: release of political prisoners and electoral reform Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, Wednesday, March 20, 2019, thanks to the work of the Apostolic Nuncio, as witness and supporter of the dialogue, and of the envoy of the Secretary-General of the Organization of American ...
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  21 March 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Indigenous catechist: the Synod reflects on how to ensure major participation of the sacraments in the communities of the Amazon São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - The figure of catechists is of particular importance in the Amazon Church, as they are the ones who carry out daily pastoral work in many communities. Agenor Freitas Prado has ...
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  20 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cardinal Brenes supports the participation of the Nuncio in the negotiations, the media invited to be prudent Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Managua, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, yesterday declared after the celebration of the Mass for the feast of St. Joseph, that he supports the participation of the Apostolic Nuncio, ...
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  18 March 2019
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Archbishop of San Salvador: "No to the 1993 draft law, yes to true national reconciliation" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, yesterday expressed his disagreement regarding the current draft law on national reconciliation and asked the deputies to rejec ...
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  14 March 2019
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Towards the Missionary Month: promoting the same vision of the Church that goes forth, strengthening the leadership of the laity Canelones (Agenzia Fides) - In the country with the lowest number of Catholics in Latin America (42% of the population of whom only 1% say they go to mass on Sunday), the missionary impulse is a challenge to dialogue wit ...
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  12 March 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Jesuits: a transitional government should prepare free and transparent elections Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The role of the different Venezuelan social and political actors, the position of the Countries and the transnational blocs that affect the crisis and the contribution of the Society of Jesus were ...
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  12 March 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Apostolic Nuncio visits political prisoners and listens to their concerns and hopes Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Nuncio in Nicaragua, Archbishop Waldemar Stanislaw Sommertag, accompanied by Mgr. Andrea Piccioni, secretary of the Nunciature, visited the Women's Penitentiary and the Jorge Navar ...
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  11 March 2019
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Conclusions of the Assembly of Bishops: "Let us not allow negativism to paralyze us" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Panama have published a document at the conclusion of the 209th Plenary Assembly of the Panamanian Episcopal Conference (CEP) held from February 25th to March 1st. "With the h ...
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  11 March 2019
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Bishop of San José de Mayo: "a pastoral reconfiguration to put everything we are and we have at the service of the mission" San José de Mayo (Agenzia Fides) - "Speaking of pastoral reconfiguration means putting Christ at the center of our lives and our activities. The purpose of pastoral reconfiguration is to put who we are and what we have ...
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  8 March 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Missionaries from Asia and America preparing themselves to go to Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – A Portuguese language course is taking place these days for missionaries starting their work of evangelization in Brazil. The course will last 7 weeks and will end on April 17th. The first me ...