America

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  11 April 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Holy Thursday: Eucharistic blessing by helicopter for Cochabamba Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Holy Thursday is the day when all over the world the Church solemnly remembers the institution of the sacrament of the Eucharist by Jesus. This year it was not possible to celebrate because o ...
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  10 April 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops to priests: "More than ever this Easter must help us deepen the mystery of Christ" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay addressed a message to the "brother priests" on Holy Thursday, on the solemn day "when the Lord jointly instituted the sacrament of priesthood and that of the Most Holy ...
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  9 April 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - Covid-19: Caritas Peru helps 40 thousand vulnerable families across the country Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The general coordinator of "Caritas in the face of the coronavirus" campaign, reported on April 3 on national television, that the Caritas network has already assisted about 40,000 families across ...
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  8 April 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Digital Via Crucis animated by young people "for the health of the world" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In times of COVID-19, the San Paolo Company (Province Colombia, Ecuador, Panama) created a "digital Via Crucis", involving young people from different countries not only in Latin America: Colombi ...
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  8 April 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops launch "Appostolica", to remain united around the pillars of faith in times of the pandemic Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Mexico presented the mobile application "Appostolica", "the Church now closer to you", a free tool "to unite the people of God around the pillars of our faith: the Word of God ...
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  8 April 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Home as a "mission land": material to live Holy Week at home Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) shares a series of prayer and reflection resources so that the faithful can follow the celebrations of Holy Week from home, in times of social isolation ...
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  7 April 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Civic Alliance condemns the regime's inhuman attitude for not allowing the medical prevention centers promoted by the bishop of Matagalpa Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Ministry of Health has prohibited Mgr. Rolando Álvarez, bishop of the diocese of Matagalpa, from creating a medical prevention project in the face of the spread of covid-19, which should ...
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  7 April 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "It is time to help": the Church continues to work for the most vulnerable Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the health crisis that the world is experiencing, the Colombian Catholic Church in its archdioceses, dioceses and vicariates is working tirelessly with local administrations, universit ...
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  6 April 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The testimony of life of Sister Johana, first nun who died of coronavirus in Colombia Cartagena (Agenzia Fides) - "Living a permanent prayer was one of the characteristics of Johana, this was deeply rooted in her, many times she also reminded us older people to pray more, and that is what we did": with th ...
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  6 April 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Message of the Bishops to the people of God: "Christ is not quarantined and his Gospel is not in chains" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "Future generations will look back on this as the long Lent of 2020, a time when disease and death suddenly darkened the whole earth. As we enter into Holy Week, these most sacred days of the ...
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  3 April 2020
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 500 years since the first mass: "May our life regain meaning, desire, enthusiasm in order to put it at the service of the poorest" Río Gallegos (Agenzia Fides) - On the 500th anniversary of the first Mass in Argentine territory, in 1520, in the current city of Puerto San Julián, Santa Cruz, the Bishop of Rio Gallegos, Mgr. Jorge García Cuerva, ce ...
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  3 April 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church invites to practice charity with the most vulnerable and publishes a vademecum for priests Xalapa (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Mexico has launched an urgent appeal to the population to practice charity and support the most vulnerable, because in the face of the health crisis caused by the coronavir ...
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  3 April 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "From pain we build unity": call of Bishops to civil society, parties, government, in the face of the pandemic Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "The families of Ecuador are experiencing moments of distress, pain, uncertainty ... for the proliferation of the Covid 19 pandemic in our country, a situation that requires urgent and adequate at ...
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  2 April 2020
  AMERICA/CHILE - Religious congregations and dioceses provide homes and spaces for coronavirus patients Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Chile and the world are experiencing a serious health reality. The global spread of Covid-19 has caused a painful number of victims and highlighted the needs and shortcomings of the various he ...
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  2 April 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Missionary Childhood: family prayer to stop the pandemic Leticia (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Celina Mota Sánchez, diocesan director of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Apostolic Vicariate of Leticia, Colombia, explains to Fides the pastoral and humanitarian initiati ...