America
19 February 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The pandemic has highlighted fragility, weaknesses and the need to support each other in faith and fraternity
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "Lent is the right place that invites us to share, to the charity that comes from the heart and not from appearances. This time of pandemic has highlighted fragility, weakness and the need to su ...
19 February 2021
AMERICA/BRAZIL - REPAM: alarming increase in the number of infections and deaths due to Covid-19 in the pan-Amazon region
Manaus (Agenzia Fides) - "Message of solidarity to the Amazonian peoples": it is under this title the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network (REPAM) has launched an appeal for help in the face of the catastrophic situation that ...
18 February 2021
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Medicine to save lives: guaranteeing everyone the right to health and access to medicines
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - For more than forty years, through the Sharing Campaign called Compartir, the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela and Caritas of Venezuela have invited the country to help the poorest and most vuln ...
18 February 2021
AMERICA/PERU - Outrage over the irregular vaccinations of senior officials while many on the front lines continue to die
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The chairman of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference (CEP) condemned the recent irregularities in vaccination. "The outrage caused by these incidents is increasing because it ignores those who have mad ...
17 February 2021
AMERICA/CHILE - A Lent of conversion, purification and hope
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In its Lenten message, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile underlines the imposition of the ashes with which this liturgical season begins, inviting people to participat ...
17 February 2021
AMERICA/PERU - Social and health crisis: hundreds of migrants from Brazil stranded at the border
Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - The Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Maldonado has addressed an appeal to the government authorities about the development on the border with Brazil: After the arrival of more than 300 migrant ...
16 February 2021
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Overcoming Divisions: The Ecumenical Fraternity Campaign
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Bishops' Conference (CNBB) and the National Council of Christian Churches (Conic) are opening the fifth edition of the "Ecumenical Fraternity Campaign" (CFE) on Ash Wednesday, Feb ...
16 February 2021
AMERICA/HONDURAS - "Migrants, prostitutes and marginalized groups are the new lepers"
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The rector of the Basilica Minore Nuestra Señora de Suyapa, Father Carlo Magno Núñez, Father Charlemagne Núñez, condemned the many murders of women in the country during the celebration ...
15 February 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Pope's thanks to Colombia for its action in favor of migrants at the Angelus
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "I always look with gratitude on the dedication of those who collaborate in favor of migrants. - said the Holy Father after yesterday's Angelus, Sunday 14 February -. I thank all of you for what ...
15 February 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - Church and coronavirus pandemic: "We need the creative courage of St. Joseph"
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the Mexican Catholic Multimedia Center (CCM), from the first case in April 2020 to January 2021, a total of 172 priests, 5 bishops, 10 deacons and 7 religious died in the countr ...
13 February 2021
AMERICA/CUBA - Foreign Minister celebrates the fifth anniversary of the meeting between the Pope and the Patriarch of Moscow
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "We remember the fifth anniversary of the historic meeting in Havana between Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill of Moscow and All Russia. Cuba is pleased to have hosted this epochal meeting", said ...
13 February 2021
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - One year after "Querida Amazonia", the appeal to dream of an Amazon where the rights of the poorest are still valid
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - One year after the post-synodal Apostolic Exhortation "Querida Amazonia", the appeal to dream of an Amazon where the rights of the poorest, of indigenous peoples are still valid (See Fides, 12/7/ ...
12 February 2021
AMERICA/PANAMA - Bishops make churches and staff available for vaccinations and call for inequalities to be reduced
Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - After concluding the annual Ordinary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Panama (CEP), held from 8 to 10 February, during which they analyzed the social and pastoral situation of the cou ...
12 February 2021
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Resignation of auxiliary bishop of the apostolic vicariate of El Beni
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the office of auxiliary bishop of the apostolic vicariate of El Beni, Bolivia, presented by Bishop Roberto Bordi, O.F.M., titular of Mutuge ...
10 February 2021
AMERICA/ECUADOR - The elections show a country divided in two, the Bishops call for peace and fraternity
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - After the continuous updates of the results of the presidential elections in Ecuador held on Sunday 7 February, the Correa current candidate, Andres Arauz, seemed to have obtained 32% of the vote ...
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