America

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  8 May 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Jean Vanier: "missionary of tenderness" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "What we don't want to lose sight of - and what we want to ponder, celebrate and proclaim – is that Jean Vanier was a missionary", said Donald R. McCrabb, Executive Director of the United S ...
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  7 May 2019
  AMERICA/HAITI - Gangs kill and terrorize, even blackmail those who carry out humanitarian projects Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Human rights organizations and religious institutions continue to be concerned about the increase in insecurity throughout the country in Haiti, according to a report sent to Fides by loc ...
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  7 May 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - In the face of economic crisis the Bishops call for "a new way of doing politics" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "We need a new way of doing politics that, beyond particular interests, seeks the common good and promotes a great national pact at the service of citizens": say the Bishops of Ecuador in the stat ...
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  6 May 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Dialogue on the release of prisoners and the suspension of international sanctions are blocked Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The regime of President Daniel Ortega wants the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy to ask the international community to suspend sanctions against Nicaragua as a condition for continuing d ...
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  4 May 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Youth, protection of minors and migrants to the attention of Bishops Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us make our own the suffering of the country that continues to suffer violence, insecurity, poverty, inequality, political uncertainty, environmental degradation and social inequality", ...
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  3 May 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops: "To renew the prophetic missionary service in the Bolivian people" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops’ Conference of Bolivia (CEB) hopes that equal opportunities, respect and consideration for all will be guaranteed in the general elections on October 20. The text of the Preside ...
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  3 May 2019
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops: serious discernment is necessary in view of the general elections Guatemala de la Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "As Bishops in Guatemala we support the application of ethical principles according to the Gospel, we do not support parties or candidates in particular, and every citizen has t ...
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  2 May 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Attack against the Church and tear gas against the faithful during mass: appeal for respect for dignity and human rights San Cristóbal (Agenzia Fides) - "This afternoon a horde of men from the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) attacked the church of Our Lady De Fatima in the Sucre district of San Cristobal": this is what Mgr. Mario del Vall ...
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  30 April 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Bishops of Argentina meet the Pope, a country with 13 million poor and malnourished children Rome (Agenzia Fides) - Today the ad limina visit of the Argentine Bishops begins. 106 Bishops will gather to meet with Pope Francis to report on the pastoral work of the Church in the Country. Argentina is experiencing ...
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  30 April 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Religious habit testifies, attracts and encourages evangelization Irondale (Agenzia Fides) - "People do not need religious people who are like one of them, just as children do not need parents who are their friends or companions. They need religious people who guide them to Heaven": sa ...
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  29 April 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops in Assembly on pastoral emergencies, the Pope's help in welcoming migrants Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - From today, April 29th until May 3rd, the Plenary Assembly of the Mexican Bishop’s Conference (CEM) will be held at the headquarters of Casa del Lago in Cuautitlán Izcalli, with the parti ...
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  29 April 2019
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The martyrs of La Rioja beatified: "they lived and died out of love" La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - "Today the Church is pleased to recognize that Enrique Ángel Angelelli, Bishop of La Rioja, Carlos de Dios Murias, conventual Franciscan, Gabriel Longueville, fidei donum missionary priest, an ...
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  26 April 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - If workers cannot go to church, we bring the church to the company Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Personal parishes for companies" are an initiative born shortly before the arrival, at the head of the Archdiocese of Mexico City, of Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes, and supported by him. The ...
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  26 April 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - A global initiative of religious journalism New York (Agenzia Fides) - Religion News Foundation (RNF), Religion News Service (RNS), Associated Press (AP) and The Conversation announced a global religion journalism initiative to grow and strengthen religion, ethics ...
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  25 April 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Is solidarity with migrants over in Mexico? Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - There are many testimonies of Central American migrants crossing the south of Mexico towards the United States, who report what happened last Tuesday, April 23, when they managed to escape the p ...