America

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  7 February 2023
  AMERICA/CILE - Christian community in solidarity with victims of forest fires that have so far caused 26 deaths, 1,000 injured, 1,800 homeless Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - "Dozens of people have died, hundreds injured, incalculable material losses, life's work turned to ashes, many dreams shattered and hundreds of thousands of jobs lost": this is the partial re ...
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  6 February 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - Open letter from the bishops to the members of Congress: "Do not turn your back, listen to the cry of all the Peruvian people" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Congress has rejected a new bill to bring forward general elections to the end of this year, which also included a referendum on the creation of a Constituent Assembly. After this new ...
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  3 February 2023
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - "Migrant Houses" risk closure: Red Clamor supports Bishops' demands Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Red Clamor ecclesial network, which includes organizations involved in the field of migration, refugees and human trafficking, joins the Bishops' Conference of Guatemala, which expres ...
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  2 February 2023
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - World Day of Consecrated Life: "Messengers of Solidarity and Hope in Today's World" San José (Agenzia Fides) - "In our current context in which we experience fragility, loneliness, inequality that leads to injustice, violence, neglect, uncertainty in the face of a bleak future, consecrated life feels c ...
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  1 February 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The situation of indigenous peoples arouses "holy indignation" in the hearts of all, especially Christians Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB) asks the authorities for "adequate treatment dedicated to the Yanomami people and to all indigenous communities present in Brazilian territory. Given th ...
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  31 January 2023
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - On May 6 the Beatification of the first Bishop of Montevideo, born on a boat of emigrants Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Brasilia, Cardinal Paulo Cezar Costa, will preside over the rite of Beatification, as Papal Legate, representative of the Holy Father Francis, of Monsignor Jacinto Vera, fir ...
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  30 January 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Indigenous Yanomami: "the Church is always for the defense of life, land and the rights of peoples" Roraima (Agenzia Fides) - The Ecclesial Conference of the Amazon (CEAMA) and the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), in union with the Church of Brazil, reaffirmed their commitment to be allies of the Amazonian peop ...
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  28 January 2023
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The harsh reality of migrants, social and democratic deterioration: it is necessary to "keep Christian hope alive" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of migrants and the new State regulations that put at risk the reception centers run by the Church, the problems highlighted by the pandemic, social and political deteriorat ...
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  27 January 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Work never becomes an opportunity to violate the dignity of the person Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - From 1995 to the presen, about 60,000 people have been rescued from labor slavery in Brazil. According to the latest data published by the Ministry of Labor, the year 2022 ended with the numbe ...
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  26 January 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Resumption of peace talks in a climate of hope, also with the support of OHCHR Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "In my meeting with President Gustavo Petro, I welcomed his government's new 'total peace' policy, including the commitment to fully implement the 2016 peace agreement with the FARC-EP. I also ap ...
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  25 January 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - Curfew in Puno extended: bishops call for immediate solution Puno (Agenzia Fides) - By decree, the Peruvian Government has extended the curfew in the Puno region by ten days, which will be in effect from today, January 25, from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. The decree was signed by Presi ...
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  24 January 2023
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The synodal path is not just "walking together", but with Jesus, in Jesus, from Jesus and toward Jesus Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in a time characterized by individualism, indifference and the search for personal fulfillment, without taking others into account. Walking together forces us to become aware that ...
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  23 January 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops propose to mediate and build bridges:"Violence extinguishes hope of finding just solutions to problems" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, the number of victims of the anti-government demonstrations that have been bloodying Peru since December 7, when President Pedro Castillo was deposed and then arrested for attempted coup ...
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  20 January 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Any attack against life is also an attack against the democratic rule of law, dignity and social welfare Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We must remember that any attack on life is also an attack on the democratic rule of law and constitutes an attack on dignity and social well-being". This is underlined by the Brazilian bishop ...
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  19 January 2023
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - School reform: Bishops express concern La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB) expresses concern about the content of the school reform and considers that it "seriously undermines the objectives, results and efforts of the last two sch ...