America
30 January 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - Red Clamor after the latest massacre: justice for thousands of migrants who have seen their human rights violated
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our pain and our indignation at the news of the January 23 massacre in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico, allegedly committed by organized criminal gangs against 19 migrants. We demand ...
30 January 2021
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Church is taking further measures to contain the pandemic
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - On January 28th, the Archbishop of Managua, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, announced that future meetings with the priests of the Archdiocese would take place on the digital platform Zoom until furth ...
29 January 2021
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Appeal of the Church and civil society in the face of the Covid-19 emergency on the priority nature of the protection of life over politics and business
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Mgr. Sergio Gualberti, denounced the fact that the efforts in view of the electoral campaign overshadow the commitment to safeguard health and life, and asked po ...
28 January 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops: "unemployment is one of the most urgent challenges if we want to overcome this crisis"
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - “The situation of many companies is increasingly difficult, many people are without work, and consequently without any economic income to satisfy basic needs.
Unemployment is one of the most ...
28 January 2021
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Caritas Ecuador celebrates its 60th anniversary
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Social Pastoral Care/Caritas Ecuador celebrated 60 years of service in the Andean country. Parish communities, peasants, indigenous people, women, children, young people, migrants, the elderly ...
27 January 2021
AMERICA/CHILE - The Archbishop of Concepción blesses the inhabitants of the region afflicted by the health, economic, political and social crisis from an airplane
Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the serious health, economic, political and social crisis in which Chile finds itself, Monsignor Fernando Chomali, Archbishop of Concepcion, on Sunday 24 January, for about 20 minu ...
27 January 2021
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Dam tragedy in Brumadinho two years ago: digital pilgrimage commemorates victims and calls for integral ecology
Brumadinho (Agenzia Fides) - On the second anniversary of the Brumadinho tragedy, in Córrego do Feijão (see Fides, 7/2/2019) which caused hundreds of victims, from 18 to 25 January the Episcopal Region Nossa Senhora do ...
26 January 2021
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Prison pastoral care: reports of violence doubled, in addition to the spread of Covid-19
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In 2020 the cases of torture inside the Brazilian prison system almost doubled compared to 2019 according to the recent report published by the National Prison Ministry, which analyzes the case ...
26 January 2021
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Buenaventura: "there is no violence here, but a real war"
Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - In Colombia, unfortunately, a climate of violence still reigns (see Fides 19/1/2021), and in particular that by gangs and other armed groups continues to increase.
After the request made ...
25 January 2021
AMERICA/MEXICO - First-ever Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean: all the people of God protagonists of the mission
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Catholic Church in Latin America and the Caribbean has begun the journey toward its first-ever Ecclesial Assembly. This is not a Conference of the Latin American Bishops like the previo ...
25 January 2021
AMERICA/VENEZUELA -Beatification of José Gregorio Hernández in April: "Venezuela opens the door of hope and joy"
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - As the Archdiocese of Caracas announced on Twitter yesterday, Sunday, January 24th, the beatification of José Gregorio Hernández will take place at the end of April. The spokesman for the dioc ...
23 January 2021
AMERICA/CHILE - After 15 years of work, the “Bible of the Church in America” is now available for everyone
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The "Bible of the Church in America", a project of the Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) which took on the task of carrying out a translation of the Holy Scriptures into a contemporary l ...
22 January 2021
AMERICA/CHILE - Proposals for a new Chile: contributions to dialogue within the framework of the constituent process
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Chile, with the support of Misereor, has organized three "Meetings for a new Chile", to create opportunities for analysis and dialogue in order to develop proposals on the current socio ...
22 January 2021
AMERICA/PERU - "Breathe Peru": the first installations for the production of medicinal oxygen have been assembled
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - In the presence of the President of the Republic of Peru, Francisco Sagasti, and the Minister of Health, Pilar Mazzetti, the solidarity initiative "Breathe Peru" (see Fides, 2/7/2020) presented yes ...
21 January 2021
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Bishops appeal to Central American governments: the right to emigrate must be respected
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretariat of the Bishops of Central America (SEDAC) is issuing an urgent appeal in light of the new migratory flows from Honduras, which are again forming a so-called caravan and headi ...
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