America

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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 ...
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  9 January 2023
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Decrease in the number of churchgoers: pastoral concepts need to be reconsidered Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "What is happening in Venezuela is part of what is happening in a world that is not just experiencing a period of change, but a turning point and it is commonplace to speak of a crisis", said th ...
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  5 January 2023
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The ceasefire decree with ELN is suspended, talks will resume on January 23 Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian government has decided to suspend throughout the country the decree of December 31 regarding the bilateral ceasefire with the National Liberation Army (ELN). According to informatio ...
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  29 December 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Just as we have been united in sporting joy, we also face the different problems of society together Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "We hope, for the coming year, to be able to renew attitudes and dispositions for democratic coexistence, leaving aside everything that increases divisions, endangers institutionalism and p ...
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  28 December 2022
  AMERICA - Let us never take our eyes off the children who live in poverty and are exploited Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "Let us ask Jesus, just born in Bethlehem, to guard the newborn life of those who suffer the injustice of war and, as Pope Francis says, lose the ability to smile. Let us never take our eyes off th ...
• 23 December 2022
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Appointment of vicar apostolic of Izabal Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Miguel Ángel Martínez Méndez, of the clergy of San Francisco de Asís de Jutiapa, until now parish priest of the Cathedral of San Cristóbal in ...
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  23 December 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - We ask for peace, tranquility, unity and reconciliation, based on a broad process of listening and national dialogue Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "We Peruvians want a society marked by hope, dialogue, social peace, justice and human development. In the same way, we ask the international community to respect our sovereignty and the democratic ...
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  22 December 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Nuncio's visit to Chocò: increased challenge for confidence in the future, bet on peace, inter-institutional work Istmina (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church and all the institutions have been motivated to work side by side, in a spirit of true communion and participation, leading to a transformation of reality as a model of change for th ...
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  21 December 2022
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - The first Bishop of Montevideo, Jacinto Vera, missionary and tireless apostle to be beatified Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - Commenting on the recognition by Pope Francis of a miracle interceded by Venerable Bishop Jacinto Vera, the first Bishop of Montevideo, and thus on his forthcoming beatification, the Bishops ...
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  20 December 2022
  AMERICA/HAITI - The "cry" of the Bishops in the face of the extreme gravity of the situation: "Silence the weapons!" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "In the name of Jesus Christ, the Son of God incarnate, who came to bring us true peace, we launch a cry from our hearts as Pastors to our Haitian brothers and sisters, here and elsewhere ...