America
4 January 2021
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops on the legalization of abortion: "The Church will continue to work with determination for the protection of life"
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church in Argentina wants to reaffirm, together with brothers and sisters of different faiths and also with many non-believers, that it will continue to work with determination and pas ...
30 December 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop Calderón: "the Church and the attitude of the Good Samaritan, of giving a hand to those in need"
Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr Jaime Calderón Calderón, Bishop of Tapachula, Mexico, urged government authorities not to repress the right to mobility of migrants. This is what he said publicly last Sunday, December 2 ...
29 December 2020
AMERICA/CHILE - The legalization of euthanasia is "a crime against human life", the dignity of the person and his fundamental rights
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released on Christmas Eve, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile commented on the general approval given by the Chamber of Deputies to a bill that allows eu ...
29 December 2020
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops accompany the Nicaraguan people on the path of elections for a new year without violence
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The common message of the Pastors of the Church addressed to the people of Nicaragua, expressed during the celebration of the octave of Christmas, appeared very clear: "to live together the grea ...
28 December 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Considerations of the Archbishop of Santa Cruz on the importance of the family during the pandemic
Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the celebration of the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph, the Archbishop of Santa Cruz, Mgr. Sergio Gualberti, reflected on the importance of this fundamen ...
28 December 2020
AMERICA/BARBADOS - Appointment of bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed as bishop of Bridgetown, Barbados, the Reverend Neil Sebastian Scantlebury, of the clergy of Saint Thomas of the Virgin Islands, United States of America, unti ...
23 December 2020
AMERICA/CHILE - The traditional Christmas feast for children celebrated in Rancagua, in compliance with health measures
Rancagua (Agenzia Fides) - Between 21 and 22 December the Parish of Our Lady of Carmen in Rancagua celebrated the traditional Christmas feast with the little ones called “Navidad de los Príncipes”, Christmas of the ...
23 December 2020
AMERICA/HONDURAS - Proposals from the Bishops on how to truly proclaim the presence of God by our side after these months of pain
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The people of Honduras, like St. Joseph "are in disarray but, as Pope Francis reminds us in his recent Apostolic Letter Patris Corde, Saint Joseph knows that God is good to all and that His ...
22 December 2020
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Decision to suspend the celebrations in the presence of the faithful on the part of the Episcopate after a meeting with the government
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "It is with great sorrow that the Bishops of Uruguay accept the request that the government has addressed to the various religious communities to suspend the celebrations in the presence of t ...
21 December 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - A new education for the good of young people and the development of the country
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "It is necessary and urgent to create a new educational horizon that helps us to walk together, educational authorities, teachers, students, parents and thus to undertake a new educational manage ...
21 December 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico mourns the death of Father Pedro Pantoja, defender of the human rights of the poor, farmers and migrants
Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic community in Mexico mourns the death of Jesuit priest Pedro Pantoja Arreola, victim of the complications of Covid-19. Father Pantoja was a passionate defender of the human rights o ...
19 December 2020
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The communities of the department of Guainia thank the Church for its help during the pandemic
Inirida (Agenzia Fides) - Through a video message, the communities of the Colombian department of Guainia, located on the triple border between Colombia, Brazil and Venezuela, expressed their gratitude for the work carri ...
19 December 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Brazilian Church launches "SOS Mozambique": Let's help Cabo Delgado upset by three years of violence
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) and Caritas Brazil have launched the campaign "SOS Mozambique: Cabo Delgado wants peace". "We are all brothers, part of a family of many, all ...
18 December 2020
AMERICA/CHILE - "A gesture of solidarity, at the foot of the Manger": in times of pandemic it is necessary to redouble efforts
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Since the beginning of the pandemic, Chilean dioceses and parishes have worked to alleviate the suffering of the population, especially the poorest and most forgotten, with various initiatives, ...
18 December 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - El Alto headquarters of the Bolivian Catholic University "San Pablo" named after Monsignor Scarpellini
El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - The La Paz Regional Academic Unit of the Bolivian Catholic University "San Pablo" has decided to name its headquarters in the city of El Alto, after "Mgr. Eugenio Scarpellini". This important un ...
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