America

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  3 March 2022
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - “We must look beyond ourselves and do good” La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "In our world and in our social and cultural context, we are called to sow the seeds of peace, justice and reconciliation. In order to reap these fruits, the seed of violence and war, the seed of ...
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  2 March 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Women want and demand peace, since it is an inalienable human right": manifesto of the International Network of Women Catholic Leaders Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent Russian invasion of Ukraine endangers the life, development and potential of hundreds of thousands of women and girls who live on Ukrainian soil, destabilizing their most precious a ...
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  2 March 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops video message: "United in asking the Lord for peace in the world, the most powerful weapon is prayer" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In a video message released for today, Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent and a Day of fasting and prayer for peace in Ukraine and in the world, the Mexican Bishops launch their "Message f ...
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  1 March 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Religious processions allowed as from April 1, in compliance with health measures San José (Agenzia Fides) - With the new provisions of the Ministry of Health, signed by the Minister of Health, Daniel Salas Peraza, religious processions can be carried out starting from April 1, 2022, which had been p ...
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  1 March 2022
  AMERICA - All religions united for peace and fraternal coexistence: an immediate end to violence Rome (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint statement regarding the Day of Fasting and Prayer for Peace on March 2, the representatives of various religious confessions present in Argentina invite all its citizens "to offer a pray ...
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  28 February 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - In Arequipa, lay people, seminarians and parish priests engaged in door-to-door and street missions Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - Young people and adults from different parishes in the archdiocese of Arequipa went out into the streets and squares to proclaim the Gospel. Thanks to the availability and encouragement of the ...
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  28 February 2022
  AMERICA - Bishops, religious, Caritas: united with the world to condemn war and call for peace Rome (Agenzia Fides) - From Alaska to Tierra del Fuego, declarations of Episcopal Conferences, Bishops, religious and secular organizations, demonstrations and initiatives follow one another to condemn the war in Ukraine ...
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  26 February 2022
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - The Bishops on the occasion of Independence Day: "Let the truth come out for the good of the nation" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - In the usual message published on the occasion of Independence Day, the Dominican Episcopal Conference (CED) addresses the main issues of national interest, presenting to all Dominicans th ...
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  25 February 2022
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "Encounter, listen, discern" so that the whole of society may walk in communion, with the participation of all San José (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of their plenary assembly, which took place from February 21 to 24, the Bishops of Costa Rica published a message addressed to all believers and all people of good will, which is en ...
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  25 February 2022
  AMERICA - "Peace for the world": Churches in America united on a day of prayer and fasting for peace Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We make the appeal of the Holy Father our own and invite the 22 Episcopal Conferences of Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as the ecclesial institutions and organizations of our continent ...
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  24 February 2022
  AMERICA - From the Ecclesial Assembly a new push for CELAM to "bet on a synodal Church" Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Presidency of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) presented Pope Francis with a summary report of the first Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean, held between ...
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  24 February 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Social peace is a moral question rather than a question of laws Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We must not forget that the social polarization that is being experienced today throughout the country is largely a reflection of what is happening 'above', with the political class, whose ...
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  23 February 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Where the Ad gentes Mission has been a priority for decades Rio Grande do Sul (Agenzia Fides) - In the Sul 3 region of the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB), the Mission Ad gentes has been a priority since 1994, when the Church of Rio Grande do Sul became involved in the proje ...
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  23 February 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: "Direct abortion is an immoral act and a violent practice contrary to life" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Perplexity and deep sadness" were expressed by the Episcopal Conference of Colombia after the publication of the note of the Constitutional Court that "the conduct of abortion will only be punis ...
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  22 February 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - "Aguchita", the missionary martyr who gave her life for the Amazon and for the human rights of its peoples Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Sister María Agustina de Jesús Rivas López, known by all as "Aguchita", the Peruvian nun murdered on September 27, 1990 by the terrorist group Sendero Luminoso and whose martyrdom in odium fidei ...