America

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  28 January 2023
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The harsh reality of migrants, social and democratic deterioration: it is necessary to "keep Christian hope alive" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of migrants and the new State regulations that put at risk the reception centers run by the Church, the problems highlighted by the pandemic, social and political deteriorat ...
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  27 January 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Work never becomes an opportunity to violate the dignity of the person Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - From 1995 to the presen, about 60,000 people have been rescued from labor slavery in Brazil. According to the latest data published by the Ministry of Labor, the year 2022 ended with the numbe ...
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  26 January 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Resumption of peace talks in a climate of hope, also with the support of OHCHR Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "In my meeting with President Gustavo Petro, I welcomed his government's new 'total peace' policy, including the commitment to fully implement the 2016 peace agreement with the FARC-EP. I also ap ...
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  25 January 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - Curfew in Puno extended: bishops call for immediate solution Puno (Agenzia Fides) - By decree, the Peruvian Government has extended the curfew in the Puno region by ten days, which will be in effect from today, January 25, from 8:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. The decree was signed by Presi ...
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  24 January 2023
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The synodal path is not just "walking together", but with Jesus, in Jesus, from Jesus and toward Jesus Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "We live in a time characterized by individualism, indifference and the search for personal fulfillment, without taking others into account. Walking together forces us to become aware that ...
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  23 January 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops propose to mediate and build bridges:"Violence extinguishes hope of finding just solutions to problems" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, the number of victims of the anti-government demonstrations that have been bloodying Peru since December 7, when President Pedro Castillo was deposed and then arrested for attempted coup ...
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  20 January 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Any attack against life is also an attack against the democratic rule of law, dignity and social welfare Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We must remember that any attack on life is also an attack on the democratic rule of law and constitutes an attack on dignity and social well-being". This is underlined by the Brazilian bishop ...
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  19 January 2023
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - School reform: Bishops express concern La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB) expresses concern about the content of the school reform and considers that it "seriously undermines the objectives, results and efforts of the last two sch ...
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  18 January 2023
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Referendum on the reform of justice, the Catholic Church also adheres La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - From January 25, Bolivian citizens will be able to participate in the collection of signatures for a referendum on judicial reform. The initiative of a group of independent jurists is joined by t ...
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  17 January 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - Over 50 dead in riots: “We must not lose hope” Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Following the continued popular protests, the Peruvian Government has declared a state of emergency for 30 days from January 15th in the departments of Cusco, Lima and Puno, in the province of Call ...
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  16 January 2023
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - General Assembly of the Scalabrini Missionary Sisters: In times of global crisis, the phenomenon of migration remains a priority Caxias do Sul (Agenzia Fides) - Three months after the canonization of their founder, Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, the Scalabrini Missionary Sisters begin their tenth General Assembly, which opened today, January 16, an ...
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  16 January 2023
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Let's not wait for things to improve by themselves, but we trust in God's help, taking risks together to build a better country" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Our society is paralyzed by inertia and resignation, by the lack of hope, by the accumulated experience of multiple shortcomings, repeated contradictions, unpunished violations of fundamental r ...
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  12 January 2023
  AMERICA/CHILE - Institutions and organizations of the Church and the State at the same table to face the tragedy of immigrants Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The great concern for the difficulties that hundreds of immigrants are facing, especially the most vulnerable ones, to regularize their status in the face of a law deemed "inflexible", was expr ...
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  11 January 2023
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Birth of the Association of Catholic Universities, for a greater presence of the Church in society Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Six Catholic universities and three specialized institutes of higher education in the Dominican Republic founded Aduca, "Asociación Dominicana de Universidades Católicas e Institutos Esp ...
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  10 January 2023
  AMERICA/PERU - "Let's not allow Peru to be destroyed by our actions or fall into an institutional abyss"; still dead and wounded in the clashes Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot allow Peru to be destroyed by our actions, nor let it fall into an institutional abyss" is the new appeal launched by the Peruvian Bishops a few hours ago after the latest clashes that ...