America

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  12 October 2018
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Funeral of the priest found dead in Quito have been celebrated Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The funeral of Fr. Arturo Rene Pozo Sampaz, presided over by the Archbishop of Quito, Mgr. Fausto Travez Travez, was celebrated yesterday, 11 October, in the Basilica of the Vote Nacional in Quito ...
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  11 October 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Difficulty in the inculturation of the Gospel and lack of pastoral workers in the Amazon São Gabriel da Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - "The liturgy of the Mass in the indigenous communities, is not always understood and appreciated", "due to shyness and shame people have difficulty participating", explains to ...
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  10 October 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Evangelizing the cities": the first continental meeting of urban pastoral care begins Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - Looking for ways to evangelize the new "urban culture" and the inhabitants of the cities, places of constant change, of cultural multiplicity and demographic growth: this is the main purpose ...
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  10 October 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "We must have faith": a child kidnapped in Colombia released Santander (Agenzia Fides) - "Thanks to Colombia, God has listened to our prayers. We must have faith because it is always merciful", said Diana Arévalo, hearing the news of the return of her son. In fact, on Tuesday, Oc ...
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  9 October 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - G20 Interreligious forum: religions give life to development Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The G20 Interreligious Forum has recorded a great wealth of thematic proposals and an unprecedented participation of political authorities (see Fides 26/09/2018). Religions will help "give ...
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  9 October 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Archbishop of Acapulco: "It is urgent to stop rampant violence and end impunity" Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - "We need to know the root regarding the acts of violence to prevent them from happening again": this is what the Archbishop of Acapulco, Archbishop Leopoldo González González says in a note s ...
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  8 October 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops' spokesperson: "It is urgent to bring democracy back to the country" Esteli (Agenzia Fides) - The creation of the Blue and White National Unit network (UNAB), a group that brings together various acronyms and associations, will work with the hope that "it will be able to achieve its goals ...
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  6 October 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Porras: Venezuelan migration is an excrutiating reality Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Baltasar Porras, after his return to Venezuela, wanted to comment on the reality of migration in the entire Latin American context. "It is not a group that goes away, it is a multitude ...
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  5 October 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A "wounded and bleeding" society: new protests announced while repression continues Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "The people who do not know their own history are condemned to repeat it" is one of the popular expressions in Latin America. In Nicaragua, since the beginning of the demonstrations against the ...
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  4 October 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Caritas implements a National Refugee Integration Plan Roraima (Agenzia Fides) - A "national plan for integration" and solidarity towards refugees: this is what the Brazilian Church has presented in response to the emergency in the country. The plan was launched with the sup ...
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  3 October 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The President of the PMS entrusts the Missionary Year to the Virgin of Guadalupe Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On the evening of Tuesday, 2nd October, the Feast of the Guardian Angels, on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the magazine Ad Gentes and the opening of the Missionary Year in Mexico, ...
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  3 October 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop Dal Toso: "It is also essential for today's missionary to use the language of one's contemporaries" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "First of all, I would like to thank you for inviting me to inaugurate this Missionary Year in Mexico. Pope Francis wanted a Missionary Month for the Universal Church in October 2019, but th ...
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  2 October 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishop is attacked on social media, after a letter on the upcoming elections Ruy Barbosa (Agenzia Fides) - A few days after the publication of a pastoral letter on the forthcoming elections on October 7, the Bishop of the diocese of Ruy Barbosa (in the state of Bahia) and president of the Pastora ...
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  2 October 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop Dal Toso: "Mexico, a generous nation in the gift of missionaries" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Mexico is among the emerging nations in terms of the gift of missionaries, because more and more faithful from this country leave to bring the Good News of Christ to distant lands": says Mg ...
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  1 October 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Ad gentes" magazine: half a century of service to animation and missionary commitment Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican magazine "Ad Gentes" celebrates its half-century of service to mission with a commemorative day which will take place tomorrow, October 2nd, in Mexico City. The magazine is an of ...