America
14 June 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest killed in a shootout between drug trafficking cartels
Jalisco (Agenzia Fides) - The Provincial Minister of the Franciscan Province of Saints Francisco and Santiago in Mexico, Father Angel Gabino Gutiérrez Martinez, OFM, informed of the violent death of his confrere, Father ...
12 June 2021
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Entire families suffer and die without assistance: the annual collection of Caritas on 12 and 13 June
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Cáritas Argentina, Mgr. Carlos José Tissera, Bishop of Quilmes, presided over the virtual press conference for the presentation of the annual Caritas collection, which wi ...
11 June 2021
AMERICA/URUGUAY - The multiplication of loaves and fish inspires the pastoral guidelines for 2021-2023
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - The members of the Bishops' Conference of Uruguay met for their Plenary Assembly from 7 to 10 June, connected through a digital platform, and at the end of the work they informed about the ma ...
11 June 2021
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The pandemic is at its peak, saturated hospitals and cemeteries; the Church asks the government to guarantee vaccines
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Church reiterates its request to the Government to guarantee the vaccination process against Covid-19 in the face of the negative record that the country presents. Bolivia regist ...
10 June 2021
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The government's initiatives on biofuels for the Bishops are "a clear setback in Argentina's environmental policy"
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Biofuel "worth a mass" is the provocative title of an article in one of the main Argentine newspapers (El Cronista) which refers to a publication of the Argentine Episcopal Commission "Just ...
9 June 2021
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic Church Action Week: More than half of Brazilian families are affected by food insecurity
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - With a Eucharistic celebration that took place yesterday, June 8, in the Casa Bom Samaritano in Brasilia, where Venezuelan migrants are welcomed, the week of action of the Catholic Church in Br ...
9 June 2021
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The US Vice President Kamala Harris advises against emigration: Bishops are calling for solutions to structural causes
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "Don't come, don't come!" was the unequivocal invitation from Vice President of the United States of America, Kamala Harris, at the conclusion of her visit to Guatemala.
Following her m ...
8 June 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - Post-election bishops: respecting election results and promoting unity and development together
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - After the June 6 elections, the Mexican bishops congratulated the citizens and paid tribute to the maturity that was reflected in "the broad participation of citizens and respect for the ele ...
8 June 2021
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Presidential candidate under house arrest: Cardinal Brenes asks for prayer for the judges
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, Archbishop of Managua, asked the country, with a Catholic majority, to pray for the judges to make decisions "related to the truth", in reference to the case of the pre ...
7 June 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Visit of the Inter-American Commission for Human Rights, while negotiations between the government and demonstrators are blocked
Cali (Agenzia Fides) - "The global pandemic, which has made us all children of the same need, and the national strike that, by affecting mobility and distribution, has made everyone feel scarcity, hunger and absolute nee ...
7 June 2021
AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishops of Antofagasta denounce the detention, harassment and deportation of Venezuelan migrants
Antofagasta (Agenzia Fides) - "As Bishops of the Catholic Church in the Norte Grande, we ask for respect for the rule of law that should govern all the actions of State agencies, even more so when it comes to measures th ...
5 June 2021
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Agrarian law reform: the Church and peasant organizations call for "an open and broad process, consulting everyone"
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of Paraguay, through the Social Pastoral Care Commission of the Episcopal Conference (CEP), rejects the reform of the agrarian law without consultation. In the statement sent to Fide ...
5 June 2021
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Evangelization and communication: "Life is the best way to bear witness to the Gospel"
San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "The tools of communication also contain the potential to advance man in a process of maturation in a Christian key. Although a clear awareness of this is already widespread, there is still th ...
4 June 2021
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Report of the Pastoral Land Commission: 2020 "year of terror" due to registered conflicts
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pastoral Land Commission (CPT), an organization linked to the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), presented the 35th edition of the report that contains information on conflict ...
1 June 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - Catechesis in times of pandemic: a new Pentecost
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "With the Motu Proprio 'Antiquum Ministerium' published on May 10th, Pope Francis is kicking off a new Pentecost for the life of catechists and Christian communities. These brothers and sist ...
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