America

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  22 May 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - Corruption, kidnappings, insecurity:"the situation is unsustainable. The Church urges better living conditions for all" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – There is chaos in Haiti. Its capital, Port-au-Prince in particular, has long been held hostage by armed gangs, all involved in criminal activities ranging from extortion to drug traffic ...
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  22 May 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Laudato Sì Week: "share skills and creativity" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - After the Mass celebrated yesterday in the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, the opening ceremony of "Laudato Sì Week" will take place today, May 22, at 10 am (local time), at the Dom Helder Câma ...
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  19 May 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Pastoral care of Communication: "a dynamic, dialogical, interactive and multidirectional process" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - During the Week of Communication that the Church in Brazil is experiencing in view of the 57th World Day of Social Communications, on May 21, the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) ...
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  17 May 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Families "promoters of human life, builders of society, custodians of the common home and active subjects of evangelization" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The purpose is to highlight that the family, living its vocation to be a community of life and love, is the protagonist of human life in all its dimensions. We need families to increasingly assu ...
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  16 May 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Educating young people for peace, a sign of hope in the midst of the Colombian conflict Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Education is essential to prevent children and adolescents from repeating the violence that plagues the region. This was stated by Juan Casas, director of the Jesuit Refugee Service Colombia (JRS ...
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  15 May 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - God's wisdom contrasts with 'politics' and many demographic 'programs': Bishop of Melipilla on Mother's Day Melipilla (Agenzia Fides) - "Celebrating Mother's Day must also mean a willingness on the part of those responsible for work, health, business and housing programs, so that women can fulfill their mission of motherhood w ...
• 12 May 2023
  AMERICA/PANAMA - No amount of money can compensate for the damage that mining can cause Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "Metal mining is neither feasible nor sustainable in a country with the water and biodiversity richness and climate vulnerability of Panama. This is proven by many international and national stud ...
• 11 May 2023
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Father Mirope Milanco Duartes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 26, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, appointed the Rev. Mirope Milanco Duartes, of the clergy of the Archdiocese of Panama as ...
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  11 May 2023
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - CELAM Assembly: "Christ must be the center of our meeting, of our reflection, of our pastoral care" Aguadilla (Agenzia Fides) - "Christ must be the center of our meeting, of our reflection, of our pastoral work", stressed Monsignor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, Archbishop of Trujillo, President of the Latin American and Car ...
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  10 May 2023
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Blessed Jacinto Vera: "before the tabernacle he discovered that the only way to pacify the country was mission" Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "In the new blessed, Monsignor Jacinto Vera, we contemplate the beauty of a holy life. It is the beauty of the Easter of Christ and the Church which manifest themselves with all their saving ...
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  9 May 2023
  AMERICA/HAITI - The population begins to take justice into their own hands against rampant violence and kidnappings Croix-des-Bouquets (Agenzia Fides) - "The Haitian population is rebelling against rampant violence and kidnappings at the hands of armed gangs", writes to Agenzia Fides Father Nestor Fils-Aimé, Provincial Superior of Ca ...
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  8 May 2023
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Let us never forget the great social and human work that a mother does Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - A reflection on the great value of mothers in society is proposed in the editorial of the latest issue of the weekly "Desde la fe" of the Archdiocese of Mexico. "Two thousand years ago, a wo ...
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  5 May 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - On May 7, another step towards the new Constitution, which hopefully will be decisive Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Next Sunday, May 7, we will have the opportunity to take a new step in the constitutional process that we are experiencing as a country, by electing the constitutional councilors, who, togethe ...
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  4 May 2023
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops for election: "We can realize the desire for a better home" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Guatemala believe that "it is possible, as a people of faith and through the cooperation of all, to realize the desire for a better homeland, for a country that is more hum ...
• 4 May 2023
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 30, 2023, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, confirmed the Rev. Bernardino Lazo Cardenas, of the diocesan clergy of Choluteca (for bio ...