America

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  11 July 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - G9 gangs continue to threaten, loot and fuel insecurity: No one is spared from rising violence Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The situation is very difficult, the bandits continue to arrive. Yesterday they came in force and it was really bad because they were not peaceful. While other times they come to talk, t ...
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  6 July 2023
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Rumors of Bishop Álvarez's alleged release denied Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Late in the evening yesterday, July 5, 2023, news spread of the release of five priests who, together with Bishop Rolando Álvarez of Matagalpa, had been sentenced to more than 26 years in priso ...
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  5 July 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - Espacio Misericordia: young volunteers welcome the homeless Concepciòn (Agenzia Fides) - "How can we find again a space that we can use to care for the homeless?" In response to this question from Gabriela Gutiérrez, Episcopal Delegate for Social Pastoral Care of the Archdioces ...
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  3 July 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Armed attack against two pastoral workers: reflection of violations of civil society Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Every act of violence in our territories is a call for more commitment on our part. We must not postpone the goal of a reconciled and peaceful Colombia", said Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos, Arc ...
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  26 June 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Hunger, violence, natural disasters, epidemics: the defenseless and terrified population Jeremie (Agenzia Fides) - Spirit of survival, precariousness, insecurity, this is the climate in which the population in Haiti lives. "People desperately need an end to violence and insecurity, both food and physical," s ...
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  19 June 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Murders, violence, kidnappings: the population lives in conditions of total insecurity Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We recognize their dedication and sacrifice and we pay tribute to them for the noble work carried out with courage". This is what we read in a statement from the Mexican episcopate, the Con ...
• 15 June 2023
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Argentina is one of the largest lithium producers in the world: the intensive mining poses risks for the country's sensitive ecosystem Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "I am very happy to be in Argentina, a valuable partner. There are so many opportunities waiting for us in the trade, energy or digital areas", wrote the President of the European Commissio ...
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  14 June 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - General Crisis and Cholera Epidemic: Viatorian missionaries accompany people with faith and determination Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "Every day brings new suffering. Unfortunately, for years, when one speaks of Haiti, one thinks of a country in disaster: economic, ecological, political, demographic...", said Father Nes ...
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  12 June 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - The consequences of climate change hit Haiti: Missionaries report on the difficult everyday life of the people Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Global climate change continues to claim victims in the Caribbean island of Haiti. After more than a year of insecurity, fear, hunger, starvation and despair, in these hours Camillian mis ...
• 1 June 2023
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Resignation of vicar apostolic of Napo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic vicariate of Napo, Ecuador, presented by Bishop Adelio Pasqualotto, C.S.J., titular of Abthugni. (EG) (A ...
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  31 May 2023
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Nuns who ran an educational center expelled. "the Church is in the hands of the Holy Spirit" Jinotega (Agenzia Fides) - The sisters of the Hijas de Santa Luisa de Marillac Congregation had recently celebrated the 30th anniversary of the founding of the Santa Luisa de Marillac Technical Institute, in Yalí, Jinot ...
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  26 May 2023
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Another sacrilegious act against sacred places: already 90 since the beginning of 2023 Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "They can desecrate our temples, destroy our images, but our faith always remains in Jesus Christ who created heaven and earth. Long live the Sacramental Jesus". This is a new sacrilegious act r ...
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  25 May 2023
  AMERICA - Week of prayer: "anointed by the same Spirit, let us seek to be a reflection of Trinitarian love, love in unity, love in diversity" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In many Latin American Catholic communities the "Week of Prayer for Christian Unity" takes place on the days before or after Pentecost. The churches in Brazil celebrate it during the week of Ma ...
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  24 May 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The search for peace is based on respect for life, human dignity and dialogue, not on violence Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The scandalous and cruel practice of recruitingand using minors for war, so frequent by various armed groups, indicates a high level of degradation of the armed conflict in the country. The Colo ...
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  23 May 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Santa Ana Maya parish priest murdered with firearms Huandacareo (Agenzia Fides) - The Office of the Attorney General of the State of Michoacán is investigating the murder of Father Javier García Villafaña, which occurred on Monday, May 22, 2023 in the municipality of H ...