America

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  16 September 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Government forbids entry to OAS Commission, for the Church "it is a real pity" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "The Commission of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Nicaragua, composed of representatives from Argentina, Canada, Jamaica, Paraguay and United States of America, expresses its disco ...
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  14 September 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Salesian school in Masaya commemorates the victims of repression and does not take part in the celebrations for the national holiday Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - "In the parents' meeting it was announced that the school continues to respect the mourning of families who lost a dear member during last year's protests: the school also respects the pain of st ...
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  13 September 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The forest has been burning for two months: the Bishops ask for the intervention of authorities and harsh sanctions for those responsible Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - For two months now the Bolivian forest has been burning in different parts without stopping. Some experts in the field consider that no intervention to extinguish the fire will succeed in a p ...
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  12 September 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops of Chocó call for "concrete attention for the department, in humanitarian, economic, social and environmental crisis" Quibdó (Agenzia Fides) - "Concrete attention" for the department of Chocó", which has been experiencing a "humanitarian, economic, social and environmental crisis for some time" (see Fides, 1/9/2017; 2/10/2017; 12/10/2 ...
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  12 September 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - U.S. Bishops’ Vice-President Leads Delegation to the Holy See to Present V Encuentro Proceedings and Conclusions to Pope Francis Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop José H. Gomez, of Los Angeles, and Vice-President of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB); Bishop Nelson J. Pérez, of Cleveland, chairman of the Committee on Cultural ...
• 12 September 2019
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Jafet Alberto Peytrequin Ugalde Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 11 April 2019 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed the rev. Fr. Jafet Alberto Peytrequin Ugalde, of the clergy of the archdi ...
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  11 September 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Representative of the Holy See in Geneva: dialogue and elections in Nicaragua Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - The Representative of the Holy See in Geneva, Mgr. Ivan Jurkovic, Permanent Observer at the United Nations, joined the choir of nations calling for dialogue and justice in Nicaragua. Addressing t ...
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  11 September 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Proximity to migrants on behalf of the Church, which calls for adequate public policies Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Concern and closeness to migrants was expressed by the Catholic Church of Bolivia on the occasion of National Day for Migrants and Refugees, celebrated on September 8th. The Pastoral Care of ...
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  10 September 2019
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Pastoral worker committed to defending creation killed Suchitepéquez (Agenzia Fides) - Diana Isabel Hernández Juárez, a 35-year-old teacher and coordinator of the Pastoral of Creation of the parish church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Suchitepéquez (Guatemala) was murdered ...
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  10 September 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops call society to "increase efforts for much desired reconciliation" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - On the second anniversary of the apostolic visit of Pope Francis to Colombia (6-11 September 2017) the Bishops renew the appeal to all Colombian citizens to "assume and accelerate the path to de ...
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  9 September 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Caritas containers blocked by the government for almost a year; no help to the poorest Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "This way of proceeding is an exercise of irrational authoritarianism", is this the message the regime sends us? We cannot remain in total silence, we cannot be silent", said Mgr. Abelardo Mata, ...
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  7 September 2019
  AMERICA - Bible Month oriented towards the Extraordinary Missionary Month Rome (Agenzia Fides) - As a tradition, the month of September is celebrated as the "Month of the Bible" in various nations of Latin America and other continents, in memory of St. Jerome, the first translator of the Holy ...
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  6 September 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - In memory of Mgr. Proaño the natives ask for respect Quito (Agenzia Fides) - A few days before the 31st anniversary of the death of Mgr. Leonidas Proaño, celebrated in various cities of the country, the Catholic community asks to seriously consider the indigenous reality ...
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  6 September 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops' appeal to legislators: need to ensure full freedom of education Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Authentic education is an act that requires full freedom and responsibility. Without a clear and right intention to educate, action is contaminated by other interests, not transcendent nor ...
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  5 September 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Newark’s Cardinal Tobin joins Catholics protesting immigration detention Newark (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, CSsR, Archbishop of Newark, yesterday joined a demonstration of hundreds of people that took place in Newark to denounce the inhuman treatment of immigrant children. Abo ...