America
18 July 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops in the face of the current situation: "We are committed to life and human dignity"
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We are aware that the year 2020 will leave a sign in the history of the world and Mexico due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has caused pain in countless homes and has seriously damaged the ...
17 July 2020
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishop of Carapeguá denounces corruption and impunity in times of pandemic
Carapeguá (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Carapeguá, Mgr. Celestino Ocampo, is saddened by the fact that during the pandemic, crime and corruption did not stop, "they are inseparable allies of impunity". This is what h ...
16 July 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mgr. Scarpellini has died: a great missionary who gave his whole life for the Bolivian Church
El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep sorrow we announce that Bishop Eugenio Scarpellini, Bishop of the diocese of El Alto, died on the morning of Wednesday 15 July, after the contagion from Covid-19", reports the Bishops ...
16 July 2020
AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Archbishop of Managua postpones the feast of Santo Domingo, the feast of the capital, due to the pandemic
Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The archdiocese of Managua has suspended, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, any activity that promotes the gathering of people, such as processions, as well as the feast of Managua, which every year ...
16 July 2020
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Priest found dead in his church in Tucumán
Tucumán (Agenzia Fides) - A priest, Father Oscar Juárez, was found dead on Wednesday 15 July: he was handcuffed in the church of San Martín de Porres, in the capital of the province of Tucumán. Police are investigati ...
15 July 2020
AMERICA/CHILE - On the journey with the Virgin of Carmen, united to build a more just and supportive society
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "The precariousness and fragility, in addition to the pandemic, forces all of us, in particular the authorities, representatives and leaders of society, to put aside personal and sectoral inter ...
15 July 2020
AMERICA/HAITI - Appointment of the National Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies, Fr. Junior Phares Larosiliere
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On April 19, 2020 Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Fr. Junior Phares Larosiliere, of the diocesan clergy of Port au P ...
15 July 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops on President's vetoes: "they deny fundamental guarantees for the life of indigenous peoples"
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "These vetoes are ethically indefensible and inhuman, as they deny the fundamental guarantees for the lives of indigenous peoples", reads the document signed by Mgr. Walmor Azevedo de Oliveira, ...
14 July 2020
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Towards the Youth Missionary Congress and Missionary month of October, despite the crisis
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We live immersed in general chaos present at all levels of social and personal life: often non-existent basic public services, political actions separated from the common good and development, ...
14 July 2020
AMERICA/ECUADOR - A group of Bishops has asked President Moreno for the resignation of the Minister of Health
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of 10 cities in Ecuador have sent a public letter to President Lenín Moreno asking for the resignation of the Minister of Health, Juan Carlos Zevallos. The Prelates ask President Leni ...
13 July 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Church solidarity campaign for the pandemic: aid for 540,000 people
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Today, July 13, the Bishops’ Conference of Brazil (CNBB) and Caritas Brazil are launching a series of audio reports that will illustrate the territorial initiatives of the Church's Solidarity ...
13 July 2020
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Nuncio: "In order to achieve reconciliation, one must have the intention and I believe that a large part of Colombia wants it"
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "To achieve reconciliation, one must have the intention and I believe that a large part of Colombia wants it, especially in the regions most affected by the war. But it cannot be achieved overnig ...
11 July 2020
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The crisis for Covid-19 is worsening: the Bishops indicate a day of prayer on July 12
San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Costa Rica invite all Catholics, Christians, believers and all people of good will to join tomorrow, Sunday 12 July, in a day of prayer for a series of intentions related to the ...
11 July 2020
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - More than one million university students are likely to be expelled from the USA
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the news that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) announced last Tuesday, July 7, the State Department will most probably not grant visas to foreign students enrol ...
10 July 2020
AMERICA/CUBA - The journey of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence continues also during the pandemic
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "In Cuba, the implementation of the first post-Covid-19 phase has begun gradually. For the Church it was a challenge and at the same time a call to respond and announce the values of the Gospel", ...
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