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11 May 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - Catechists in the reality of Covid-19: the Holy Spirit continues to blow in different ways
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "If it is true that the world is now united under the same pandemic, the means of dealing with it take particular forms in each region. Covid-19 has also reached Mexico and there is no way t ...
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11 May 2021
AMERICA/PERU - Fifty thousand catechists at the service of children, young people and adults
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In Peru, the Episcopal Commission for Catechesis and Biblical Pastoral Care is responsible for the animation and formation of catechists in the different ecclesiastical jurisdictions. It gathers mo ...
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10 May 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - New appeals for an end to violence and respect for life and human rights
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to express my concern for the tensions and violent clashes in Colombia, which have caused deaths and injuries. There are many Colombians here; let us pray for your homeland", Pope F ...
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10 May 2021
AMERICA/PERU - Respect for democracy and human rights: public declaration required of candidates for the presidency
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Episcopal Conference (CEP), the Union of Evangelical Christian Churches of Peru (Unicep), the National Human Rights (CNDDHH) Coordinator and the civil association Transparencia present ...
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7 May 2021
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Confirmation of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Mauricio Da Silva Jardim
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 3, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Mauricio Da Silva Jardim, of the clergy of Porto Alegre as Nati ...
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7 May 2021
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Mgr. Kieran E. Harrington
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 3, 2021, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Mgr. Kieran E. Harrington, of the diocesan clergy of Brooklyn as N ...
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7 May 2021
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops on the "morning after pill": enough with policies contrary to the values of the nation
San José (Agenzia Fides) - "In this period in which the health authorities and the whole country are waging a tough battle for life against the pandemic caused by Covid 19, the Costa Rican National Social Service surpri ...
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7 May 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Day of prayer "for the reconciliation of the Colombian people, justice and fraternal solidarity"
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian Church has convened a day of prayer for today, Friday May 7, in order to "ask for the reconciliation of the Colombian people, justice and fraternal solidarity". The Latin American C ...
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6 May 2021
AMERICA/CHILE - Appointment of the interim National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Mgr. Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On February 27, 2021 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc Mgr. Jorge Patricio Vega Velasco, SVD, Bishop Prelate o ...
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6 May 2021
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - The Bishops: "our beloved country demands a change of course, not with violence, but with dialogue and fraternity"
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - After the dismissal of the Magistrates of the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court of Justice and the Attorney General of the Republic, which occurred on May 1st, the Bishops' Confer ...
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6 May 2021
AMERICA/PERU - The Church is committed to assisting more than one million Venezuelan immigrants, another 500 thousand request the recognition of refugees
Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community of Arequipa continues to provide spiritual and material assistance to thousands of families from other countries, mostly Venezuelans, who take refuge in this city in sear ...
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5 May 2021
AMERICA/HAITI - The Bishops on kidnappings: "The fight against this phenomenon must continue"
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "The fight against the phenomenon of kidnappings and against evil must continue", said the Episcopal Conference of Haiti in a text sent to Agenzia Fides and published last night where the ...
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5 May 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A Humanitarian Commission to follow the people, the proposal of the Archbishop of Cali
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Darío de Jesús Monsalve Mejía of Cali, in view of the recent clashes with the police, in which 19 people died and hundreds were injured, suggests the creation of a "Humanitarian Com ...
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4 May 2021
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Archbishop Centellas calls for election promises to be kept: "Hopes must not be disappointed"
Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Following the recent local elections, the chairman of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference, Archbishop Ricardo Centellas, asked the elected candidates "not to disappoint the trust that people hav ...
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4 May 2021
AMERICA/CUBA - The religious of Camaguey denounce: "people are tired and stressed, they cannot take it any longer, it is an unsustainable situation"
Camaguey (Agenzia Fides) - "We turn to you with respect and concern to portray the painful situations that we experience as a people ... We listen carefully to the people and with our pastoral work we want to help and ac ...
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