America

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  8 March 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - "Youth, educators in faith": first week of formation for the catechists of Cusco Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - "Christian initiation requires young people to be educators in faith, because we are experiencing a moment of crisis in educational institutions such as parishes, families or schools. This is why ...
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  8 March 2018
  AMERICA - Catholic female journalists: a voice in the fight against injustice Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The condition of women in Latin America shows a deficit in respect of rights, social inclusion and equal opportunities, despite the progress made; it is the task of the Catholic press to keep atten ...
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  7 March 2018
  AMERICA - Celam: "Taking on the missionary discipleship of the Gospel implies guarding creation" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "Discerning the signs of the times" is a characteristic of the Church's pastoral theological work in fulfilling this mission. The Bishops of CELAM want to scrutinize the signs of the times and i ...
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  6 March 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Cruel and inhuman reality": the situation of Venezuelan immigrants requires urgent answers Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) - Venezuelan immigrants live "a cruel and inhumane reality that requires rapid, effective and articulate responses from Churches, the State and society in general". This is the opinion contained ...
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  3 March 2018
  AMERICA - Hispanic American Day: "The mission is in both directions" Madrid (Agenzia Fides) - "On this day we pray for the missionaries but also for many of our Latin American brothers and sisters who have come to live among us, enriching our society with their cultural traditions and the ...
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  2 March 2018
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops: "No Ecuadorian must justify, tolerate or relativize corruption" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the strong accusations of corruption and the reciprocal reprimands of which various authorities in the moral, legal and political fields are protagonists", the Bishops of Ecuador p ...
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  AMERICA/SAINT-PIERRE ET MIQUELON - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon and unification in the Diocese of La Rochelle Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 1 March, the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Iles Saint-Pierre et Miquelon presented by His Exc. Mgr. Pierre-Marie Gaschy, C.S.S ...
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  1 March 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Misión frontera Venezuela" begins: listening to immigrants fleeing from Venezuela Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) - "In the last 45 days more than 18,000 Venezuelans have arrived in Roraima, it is estimated that between 300 and 400 people arrive every day, all in need of information and with a great desire ...
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  28 February 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Dangers and risks for young people due to the abuse of digital media Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "When the media of the digital world become omnipresent, they do not favor the development of the ability to live wisely, to think deeply and to love with generosity", says Prof. Edy Rodríguez Mor ...
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  27 February 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Cardinal da Rocha: "Too much aggression in social media". Also Carnival highlighted the violence Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - There is too much violence in social media and aggression "is shared by many Catholics present in social networks": this is the alarm launched by Cardinal Sergio da Rocha, Archbishop of Brasili ...
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  22 February 2018
  AMERICA - Christians pray for peace in Africa and also in Venezuela Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We join Pope Francis’ appeal to believers all over the world, for a special prayer for peace in Congo and South Sudan, to be held on Friday 23 February": says Mgr. Aldo Giordano, Apostolic Nu ...
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  22 February 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - The Church in Lima fights drug trafficking among young people Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Drug trafficking is not an extra threat to society, it is the main threat. In Peru, this plague moves figures above 3 billion dollars a year and "the problem grows every day", says to Agenzia Fides ...
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  21 February 2018
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops: National day of civil commitment to save dreamers Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The US Bishops have launched a special "National Catholic Call-In Day for the Protection of Dreamers", the young immigrants who came to the U.S. as minors and without legal documents to follo ...
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  21 February 2018
  AMERICA - Synod on the Amazon: "To show the closeness of indigenous and Christian values" Amazzonia (Agenzia Fides) - "I could not say no, I agreed to contribute with all of my years of experience among the indigenous peoples, in the liturgy, catechesis and inculturated evangelization, as well as contributing ...
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  20 February 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Encounter with the poor Christ": young people on mission in rural areas Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - An army of 1,300 missionaries aged between 18 to 33 will crowd 13 rural areas and a juvenile prison in Paraguay from Easter Tuesday to Easter, with the aim of announcing the Good News to about ...