America

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  27 May 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The pandemic does not cancel the mission: the PMS confirm the campaign for missionary October Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil have confirmed the missionary campaign for the month of October, even if the world is experiencing a difficult time, due to the pandemic that ha ...
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  27 May 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Affirming certainties and strengthening commitments": Mgr. Lozano at the Te Deum for the 210 years of independence San Juan de Cuyo (Agenzia Fides) - Argentina celebrated the national holiday on May 25th. In the Cathedral of San Juan Bautista, the Archbishop of San Juan de Cuyo, Mgr. Jorge Lozano, presided over the traditional Te Deu ...
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  26 May 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops: "We urge rulers and all sectors of the country to seek and find alternatives and solutions" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday the Nicaraguan Episcopal Conference (CEN) invited the regime of Daniel Ortega and the opposition to create consensus in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, to avoid a "greater human cat ...
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  25 May 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The pandemic has aggravated overcrowding and unhealthy conditions in prisons Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The National Secretariat of the Social Pastoral Care - Colombian Caritas (SNPS-CC) is following with deep concern the complex health emergency that has in particular affected the prisons in the c ...
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  25 May 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - All diocesan structures at the service of the country due to the Covid emergency Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of the health emergency in Peru is taking unexpected dimensions despite the measures established by the authorities and the extension of isolation until 30 June. In Peru there are now ...
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  23 May 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - In isolation, the media have opened up new mission paths: social communications Day Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Pope Francis has proposed to go out, not to remain still, to go on a mission, to go out to meet, living the spirit of the Church, and in a significant way, in this moment in which we are ' ...
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  23 May 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Covid-19, the Salesians close to the last through concrete gestures of solidarity" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "The decline or cessation of economic activities and the worsening of small businesses in Peru, following the global health emergency, was a real tragedy: during this quarantine period, many famili ...
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  23 May 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops: the health crisis has highlighted the problems that the State has never faced and solved Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Ecuadorian Bishops have denounced that "it is a very serious crime" to take advantage of this painful situation to get rich fraudulently. In a declaration entitled "Crisis and hope", the Bisho ...
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  22 May 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Indigenous peoples: desperate situation that is worsing due to COVID-19 Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Venezuelan Bishops, together with the ecclesial organizations that deal with indigenous peoples, are in solidarity with the voice of the indigenous communities expressed in their "Document on th ...
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  22 May 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - The church creates the Covid-19 Spiritual Accompaniment Service, a quick response to those who need it Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Latin America is going through the worst health emergency. The cases of COVID-19 are increasing in almost all the countries of the American continent. The Episcopal Conference of Chile, as a w ...
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  20 May 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - In his visit John Paul II encouraged us "not to give up the dream and commitment to a reconciled and fraternal Paraguay" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "In the Year of the Word of God which celebrates our Church in Paraguay, God has sought ways to make the Good News more alive and present. The churches have been empty, but the pulpits have bee ...
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  20 May 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Covid 19: social pastoral workers are a bridge among people in need Malaga (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church continues to pursue its commitment by accompanying, supporting, protecting and coordinating efforts to guarantee the minimum necessary that communities need in this period of ...
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  19 May 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Active in prayer and on social networks: the PMS during the Covid-19 period Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The pandemic has questioned the mission in its very nature: the mission in fact involves sending, going out to meet your neighbor. However, right now, faced with this situation of isolation ...
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  19 May 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The "Amazon needs you" campaign begins Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "The Amazon needs you" is the campaign launched yesterday, May 18, on the social networks of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network in Brazil (Repam-Brazil) and of the Pontifical Mission Societies ...
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  18 May 2020
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Dignity and freedom are worth our prayers with all our strength": the Archdiocese of Havana in the face of a health emergency Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Cuba is experiencing moments of discouragement in the face of the health emergency. The population, although informed of the need to follow the measures to maintain social distance to avoid the c ...