America

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  24 July 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - Not just violence and crisis: in Pourcine Pic Makaya, the Catholic Community brings clean water to new families Pourcine Pic Makaya (Fides News Agency) – It is a project set to make a tangible difference in the daily lives of the local population. "Just two days ago, we began work to extend the village water system by about one ...
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  22 July 2026
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Camillians and Missionary Daughters of the Holy Family of Nazareth join forces to provide Venezuelan children a vital refuge of safety, routine, and hope Caracas (Fides News Agency) – One month after the devastating earthquake that struck Venezuela, the humanitarian response remains in full swing as relief organizations continue to support affected communities. The Cami ...
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  20 July 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - Earthquake strikes Andean region of Junín; the ecclesial community involved in relief efforts Huancayo (Fides News Agency) – The Peruvian Bishops' Conference has expressed its "deepest sorrow" over the loss of lives and the extensive damage caused by the earthquake that struck the central Andean region of Juní ...
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  18 July 2026
  President-elect Keiko Fujimori visits the Presidency of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference Lima (Fides News Agency) –President-elect, Keiko Fujimori Higuchi, visited the Presidency of the Peruvian Bishops’ Conference as civil and Church authorities continue preparations for a possible apostolic visit by P ...
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  16 July 2026
  AMERICA/CHILE - Chilean Church celebrates Our Lady of Carmel, Queen and Mother of Chile, on the centenary of her coronation by Laura Gómez Ruiz Santiago de Chile (Fides News Agency) – Today, Thursday, July 16, the Church in Chile celebrates the feast of Our Lady of Carmel, one of the Marian devotions most deeply rooted in the country's ...
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  15 July 2026
  AMERICA/CUBA - New sanctions and a protracted crisis: The Church continues to stand by the Cuban people Havana (Fides News Agency) – New U.S. sanctions against Cuba are placing additional pressure on a population already grappling with one of the country's most severe economic and social crises in recent decades. On Jul ...
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  15 July 2026
  God's Mission: The 48th Latin American Mission Animation Course focuses on the 'Missio Dei' Mexico City (Fides News Agency) – "It is not the Church that has a mission; rather, it is God's mission that has a Church." This was the central theme of the reflection offered by Father John Kennedy Joseph, SVD, a Div ...
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  15 July 2026
  AMERICA/HAITI - New San Camillo Hospital inaugurated in Jérémie: First wards open to serve the local population Jérémie (Fides News Agency) – The new San Camillo Hospital was inaugurated in Jérémie, southwestern Haiti, on the occasion of the feast of St. Camillus de Lellis. Years in the making, the project is now beginning t ...
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  14 July 2026
  Hawaii, 200 years of Catholic mission. It takes a seed to grow a tree by Marie-Lucile Kubacki Honolulu (Fides news Agency) – “The arrival of the first missionaries in Hawaii in 1827 was not the beginning of the journey. In a very real sense, although the people of Hawaii would not h ...
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  14 July 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - “In persona Christi Capitis”: Latin American Churches reflect on priestly identity in the face of new pastoral emergencies by Laura Gómez Ruiz Lima (Fides News Agency) – From July 13 to 17, the National Meeting of Priests “In persona Christi Capitis” is being held in Peru. This initiative brings together priests from the country� ...
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  13 July 2026
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Salesian Sisters: "The emergency continues. The work is far from over" Caracas (Fides News Agency) – The official, still preliminary, death toll from the two devastating earthquakes of June 24 in Venezuela has risen to almost 4,500. Around 17,000 people were injured, and over 19,500 remai ...
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  9 July 2026
  Defending land means defending life: Latin American Churches Stand alongside communities in mining conflicts by Laura Gómez Ruiz Chitré (Fides News Agency) – "Our only concern is to safeguard the life of every human being." With these words, Bishop Rafael Valdivieso of Chitré recently summed up the concern of the Cathol ...
• 9 July 2026
  AMERICA/PERU - Appointment of the Apostolic Vicar of Jaén Vatican City (Fides News Agency) - The Holy Father has appointed the Rev. Fr. Juan Carlos Morante Buchhammer, S.J., until now Superior of the San Ignacio de Loyola House in Piura, as Apostolic Vicar of the Apostolic Vica ...
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  7 July 2026
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop Braida commemorates the four martyrs of La Rioja: “Walking together in the spirit of mission means making the world a better place” La Rioja (Fides News Agency) – “This year we commemorate the murder of Bishop Enrique Angelelli, the priests Murias and Longueville, and husband and father Wenceslao Pedernera. This commemoration allows us to recogni ...
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  7 July 2026
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A milestone for the Amazonian Church: First Ecclesial Assembly of the Ecuadorian Amazon Quito (Fides News Agency) – A milestone with far-reaching implications for the Amazonian Church in Ecuador: the First Ecclesial Assembly of the Ecuadorian Amazon brought together, for the first time, the country's six ...