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9 February 2021
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Migration: Cardinal Ramazzini calls for common strategies
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - After Honduras asked neighboring Guatemala to investigate the violence against migrants (see Fides 21/1/2021), the international community opened its eyes to this large group of migrants ...
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9 February 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - On February 10 a "Great human chain for peace in Buenaventura"
Cali (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Cali in their meeting on February 5, examined the social context and the rise of violence in the Buenaventura area, within the Cauca Valley, and issued ...
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8 February 2021
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Cardinal Rosa Chavez: "we are experiencing a society that is environmentally, morally, mentally and perhaps even politically contaminated"
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "It is political violence, something that did not exist in previous elections…", Cardinal Rosa Chavez said in an interview with a local television station about the serious act of violenc ...
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8 February 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Four years after the kidnapping of Sister Gloria, "the Church continues to pray for her health and her prompt release"
Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - On February 7, four years have passed since the kidnapping of the Colombian nun Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoty, who served as a missionary in Mali (see Fides 6/2/2021). "The Church continues to ...
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6 February 2021
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Creation of the “welcome route” by the Scalabrinian nuns for the benefit of Venezuelans fleeing their country
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - In Venezuela the ongoing political, economic and social crisis continues to force thousands of people to flee and Ecuador represents a transit country for those who wish to reach Peru and Chile, p ...
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5 February 2021
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - World Day of Prayer for Victims of Human Trafficking: "Dignity and freedom of every individual must be respected"
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal to "unite our voices and our prayers" for the victims of human trafficking, a crime aggravated by the pandemic, comes from the Bishops of Argentina on the occasion of the World Da ...
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5 February 2021
AMERICA/PERU - Arrival of thousands of Venezuelans in the country and assistance from Caritas, the phenomenon does not stop
Arequipa (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to the "EuroPana" international assistance program, it has been possible to provide support to more than 36,000 Venezuelans who have emigrated to Peru in the framework of food security, ...
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4 February 2021
AMERICA/CHILE - Humanitarian crisis: Jesuit Refugee Service calls for continental and global solution
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuit refugee service (JRS) in Chile, expresses concern about the complex situation on the northern border of Chile and in particular in the cities of Colchane and Huara, where there are l ...
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4 February 2021
AMERICA/CANADA - Quebec's Foreign Missions: 100 years at the service of the Gospel
Quebec (Agenzia Fides) - "To be a hundred years old for a person is a real event. Reaching its first centenary for a missionary society is a short time, but deserves to be underlined as a humble contribution to the sprea ...
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3 February 2021
AMERICA/HAITI - The Bishops recall that "the law is the same for everyone", even for the Head of State, and invoke dialogue as the only way
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church is following the steps of the Federation of Lawyers of Haiti, calling on President Jovenel Moise to leave power on February 7, 2021. In a message published yesterday, ...
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3 February 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - Consecrated life: "the potential of your charisms at the service of the People of God, overwhelmed by the pandemic"
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the Day of Consecrated Life, celebrated on February 2, feast of the Presentation of the Lord, the Bishops of Mexico expressed to each consecrated man and woman their closeness in ...
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2 February 2021
AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Criticism of the Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador over conflicts between state powers and non-enforcement of anti-Covid law
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Gregorio Rosa Chávez, Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, in the context of a brief meeting with journalists from the capital, criticized, last Sunday, the lack of will on the part ...
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2 February 2021
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Continue to evangelize and catechize even more in this very difficult situation
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "Initiation and education in the faith through the accompaniment of new generations of Christians so that they live this faith is one of the primary activities of the Church. We thank you all f ...
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1 February 2021
AMERICA/PERU - Transparency of investments: guarantee to protect the environment and public funds for the benefit of citizens
Madre de Dios (Agenzia Fides) - These days the methodology seminar is being held in Puerto Maldonado, capital of the department of Madre de Dios, in the southern forest of Peru, on the theme "Geographic map of territoria ...
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1 February 2021
AMERICA/BRAZIL - February 2, feast of the Presentation of Our Lord and National Day of Prayer in the dark night of Covid-19
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "In these times when the coronavirus pandemic is hovering over us and it is difficult to perceive the much sought-after light at the end of the tunnel, we are invited, as a Church, to help the ...
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