America

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  14 July 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The missio ad gentes in the formation of seminarians": this is what is being discussed these days at the IV National Missionary Congress of Seminarians João Pessoa (Agenzia Fides) – More than 350 participants are taking part in the 4th National Missionary Congress of Seminarians, known as 4Cominse, which began last Monday and will continue until next Sunday. The even ...
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  14 July 2022
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Catholic Church agrees to mediate in the crisis that the country is experiencing Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church accepts the call to mediate in the face of the situation in the country": this was communicated by the Archbishop of Panama, Monsignor José Domingo Ulloa, through a video me ...
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  13 July 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Leader of indigenous peoples of 6 countries at the Human Rights school Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - The Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM), through the section of Human Rights and International Advocacy, started the third edition of the School for the Promotion of Human Rights on July 4, i ...
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  13 July 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Inauguration of the new CELAM headquarters, intended "to work and serve the evangelization of all the peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "While I invite you to thank God for the happy conclusion of this material work, which can be of help in the realization of projects of evangelization and pastoral formation in support of the Epi ...
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  12 July 2022
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - After two years, the pilgrimage to Santa María Madre de Guayaquil, "Mother of Life, Mother of Peace" resumes Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Guayaquil and the Sanctuary of "Santa María Madre de Guayaquil", after two years in virtual mode, due to the Covid 19 pandemic, are preparing for the VII Pilgrimage to the ...
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  12 July 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Missionary parishes and the exercise of synodality: a contribution of Catholics to civil and public life Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The parish we dream of is called to evangelize and be evangelized, to be a community of communities, sustained by the spirituality of communion, to celebrate the mysteries of faith as a source ...
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  11 July 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Msgr. Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez: "an instrument in God's hands for good" Oruro (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, July 9, the funeral of Msgr. Waldo Rubén Barrionuevo Ramírez, CSsR, Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Reyes, National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) and Presi ...
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  11 July 2022
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops’ appeal: "All committed to strengthening the unity and stability of the family, so that it can fulfill its mission" Panama city (Agenzia Fides) - "Society, and in particular the State and international Organizations, must protect, defend and promote the dignity and integrity of the family, with political, economic, social and legal me ...
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  9 July 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Appeal of the Bishops: "Recreating the will to be a nation and to build unity in the midst of diversity" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "An unavoidable step is to recreate the will to be a nation and to build unity in the midst of diversity through a creative effort", the Colombian Bishops reiterate, highlighting the need for "a ...
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  8 July 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Missionaries of Charity expelled from Nicaragua have been welcomed in Costa Rica Tilaran Liberia - (Agenzia Fides) - "On Wednesday, July 6, we witnessed the expulsion of the Missionaries of Charity of Nicaragua, who since 1988 have served the most abandoned poor of that brother Country. The Consecrat ...
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  8 July 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Diocesan clergy: "May the synodal journey be a source of profound renewal for the Church and for all of society" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "May this time of synodal renewal be a source of profound renewal, not only for our Church, but for our whole society and of a personal conversion for all". Thus we will be able to discern th ...
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  7 July 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Priests of the Archdiocese of La Serena reflect on the vocational crisis La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - The priests involved in the pastoral service of the ecclesial communities of the provinces of Elqui and Limarí, of the Chilean Archdiocese of La Serena, met on July 5, in the retreat house "E ...
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  7 July 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Day of prayer for peace on July 10: "the indignation of our people, faced with the barbarity of violence, is opening a door for peace" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The murders and disappearances that are committed daily in the country are a call from God to unite to ask for peace. The spilled blood of these brothers and sisters is the blood of Jesus t ...
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  6 July 2022
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The other victims of the national strike no one talks about Quito (Agenzia Fides) - On June 13 a national indigenous strike began in Ecuador which blocked all the roads in the country. Thousands of indigenous people arrived in Quito, which became the center of all protest actions ...
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  6 July 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - After the murder of three Awá indigenous people, the Bishop of Tumaco asks for investigations and protection Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our sadness and our sorrow for the death of our brothers, the Awá indigenous, who were c murdered by armed men in their territory. We express our spiritual closeness and our prayer t ...