America
17 November 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Solidarity with Venezuelan migrants: reasons, suffering and proposals in a report by RED CLAMOR, UNHCR and CELAM
San Paolo (Agenzia Fides) - "Let’s overcome the barrier of indifference, let’s create awareness of the precious contribution that Venezuelan refugees and migrants give to the Country that welcomes them. Let us learn ...
16 November 2020
AMERICA/HAITI - Kidnapped Scheut missionary released
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Father Sylvain Ronald, Scheut Missionaries (CICM), kidnapped last November 10th, was released in the late evening of November 13th at the Champ de Mars, a few meters from the National Pal ...
16 November 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - November campaign: "It is time to take care of Evangelization"
St. Paul (Agenzia Fides) - "In this period of the year we are all called to support evangelization with a concrete gesture. So that it can be carried out everywhere, in all our dioceses, but also in those places where it ...
16 November 2020
AMERICA/PERU - Merino resigns after protests with dead and injured: Bishops are calling for deep and comprehensive dialogue
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - After taking office following the dismissal of President Vizcarra on November 10th (see Fides, 11/11/2020), the President of Parliament Manuel Merino resigned from office yesterday, Sunday, Novembe ...
14 November 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops appeal to the new government: "Respect for the constitution is fundamental"
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "We pray together that the elected will take on their responsibility and that this may have a positive impact on the progress of the country", said the Chairman of the Bolivian Bishops' Conferenc ...
13 November 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Devastating drought for the communities of Tarvita
Chuquisaca (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of a devastating drought which affects half of the communities in Tarvita in the Chuquisaca department (Bolivia), the residents have set out for the mountains to ask God for rain, ...
13 November 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops publish message for autumn assembly: "Crisis can strengthen community"
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The Mexican Bishops address the pilgrim People of God in Mexico in the midst of a profound crisis which is exacerbated by the unexpected Covid-19 pandemic". The message that the Bishops' Co ...
13 November 2020
AMERICA/HAITI - Appeal for the release of a kidnapped Scheut missionary
Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - According to local press reports, Father Sylvain Ronald of the Scheut Missionaries (CICM) was kidnapped by armed men on November 10th in Delmas, Haiti. The Haitian Religious Conference im ...
12 November 2020
AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops: "We want to be signs of unity, communion and hope for all, even more so in this time of pandemic"
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Ecuador reaffirm their commitment to "announce, dream and accompany" the pilgrim people in Ecuador, being a sign of unity, communion and hope for all men and women of good will. Thi ...
12 November 2020
AMERICA/PERU - Appeal of the Bishops on the need to listen to the population and to act while thinking of Peru
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "It is urgent to continue and promote the fight against all faces of corruption which has revealed a social cancer that must be definitively cured. Therefore, we must not stop. The commitment and r ...
11 November 2020
AMERICA/PERU - President Vizcarra removed from parliament, the country is politically destabilized
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Lima, Mgr. Carlos Castillo, said that the Congress lacked "a sense of proportion" when it removed President Vizcarra. This is "something very serious". The Archbishop is referring ...
10 November 2020
AMERICA/URUGUAY - Time of hope, time of concern, but "it's always time of God"
Florida (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Uruguay (CEU) met from 3 to 7 November in Florida. In the press release published at the end of the work, sent to Fides, they inform that they started ...
10 November 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - Dehumanization and violence in society: "Why has life lost its value?"
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "In recent weeks, worrying facts have come to light: the discovery of the bodies of two dismembered children in the historic center of Mexico City; classmates bullying against a high school ...
9 November 2020
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Message of the Bishops to be all united in hope and in commitment to the common good
Asunciòn (Agenzia Fides) - "We Bishops of Paraguay, gathered in the 227th Ordinary Plenary Assembly in an unusual context for the life of the Church and of the country because of the health situation, in a climate of pr ...
9 November 2020
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Hurricane Eta causes great damage in Central America: Bishops ask for help
Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "Inspired by the parable of the Good Samaritan, we Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Guatemala would like to convey a similar message of solidarity and closeness to the regions of th ...
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