America
1 July 2020
AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Corruption is a crime that condemns the poor to death": Bishops denounce corruption on behalf of authorities
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "In the face of the scandalous proliferation of corruption cases involving our Ecuadorian society, just when our people suffer the serious consequences of the Covid 19 pandemic, the Ecuadorian Epi ...
30 June 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - Help from the bishops to the poor population after the earthquake
Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - The bishops of Mexico have spoken out to help those affected by the latest earthquake in the southern state of Oaxaca which caused the death of at least five people.
"We put ourselves under the ...
30 June 2020
AMERICA/CHILE - Feast of St. Peter and St. Paul during the pandemic
Nehuentue (Agenzia Fides) - Since fishermen, divers and their families are already part of the tradition of the coastal sector of La Araucanía, together with the community of San Roque de Nehuentue, de la Costa de Trovo ...
27 June 2020
NEWS ANALYSIS - Laudato Sì year, opportunity for pastoral and missionary renewal in Latin America
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The special year dedicated to the encyclical "Laudato Sì" will be a fruitful opportunity for pastoral renewal and evangelization in Latin America. Exponents of the Churches who have accepte ...
27 June 2020
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Message from the Bishops to the police: "If you want peace, work for justice"
Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In the wake of the recent deaths of African Americans in police custody and the national discussion on police reform and racial justice, Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City, chairman ...
26 June 2020
AMERICA/URUGUAY - The Bishops: "Our society must support laws that prevent and discourage any type of euthanasia and assisted suicide"
Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "We need a Uruguay that welcomes, protects, promotes and accompanies each person during their existence, including the final stage of their earthly life, through the fundamental help of famil ...
26 June 2020
AMERICA/PERU- Families and homeless people of Cuzco receive help from the Church, while the cold weather aggravates the situation due to the pandemic
Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of Santiago Apóstol in the district of Lamay, Cusco, has brought over 100 parcels to the most vulnerable families in the province of Calca, as part of the donations made through the ca ...
26 June 2020
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Alarm for the health situation and social indiscipline in Chocò
Chocò (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the patronal feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Patroness of the diocese of Quibdó, Mgr. Juan Carlos Barreto Barreto, strongly denounced the precariousness of the health system an ...
25 June 2020
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "House arrest and quarantine elsewhere": Archbishop Juarez's request for detainees in the face of Covid-19
Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - "I want to express my deep concern about the events that are happening due to the coronavirus and how the number of people affected, suspected and infected is growing, especially in the San Roque ...
24 June 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Municipal elections: "Good politics is at the service of life and peace"
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - In this year 2020, if there are no changes in the electoral calendar, elections will be held to choose mayors and councilors in the 5570 Brazilian municipalities. South Region 2 of the National ...
24 June 2020
AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops appeal to authorities for the violation of human rights in the community of San Mateo del Mar
Tehuantepec (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep concern" Mgr. Crispín Ojeda Martínez, Bishop of the diocese of Tehuantepéc, and Mgr. Arturo Lona Reyes, Bishop Emeritus and President of the Human Rights Center "Tepeyac" AC, a ...
24 June 2020
AMERICA/CHILE - Archbishop Vargas: "A policy of indecision generates a debt with many wounds and painful consequences, not only for the indigenous world"
Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr. Héctor Vargas Bastidas, Bishop of Temuco and President of the Indigenous Pastoral Care of the Chilean Episcopal Conference (CECh), in an interview published in the Diario Austral of the cit ...
23 June 2020
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Pastoral care and evangelization in the current situation: cycle of online theological dialogues
Belo Horizonte (Agenzia Fides) - "Christian spirituality in a time of pandemic" was the topic of reflection by Portuguese Cardinal José Tolentino de Mendonça, Archivist and Librarian of the Vatican Apostolic Archive, w ...
23 June 2020
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Saving young people from drugs instead of blaming each other on dirty money
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Jesús Castro Marte, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Santo Domingo, criticized the parties' attitude towards the proposals they present to the electorate, asking that they in ...
23 June 2020
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mgr. Olivera hopes to "Regain true credibility in justice, without ideologies"
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Mgr. Santiago Olivera, published a letter in La Nación newspaper on Saturday 20 June, when Flag Day and the anniversary of the death of General Manuel Belgrano, an important person because ...
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