America

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  7 July 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Priests of the Archdiocese of La Serena reflect on the vocational crisis La Serena (Agenzia Fides) - The priests involved in the pastoral service of the ecclesial communities of the provinces of Elqui and Limarí, of the Chilean Archdiocese of La Serena, met on July 5, in the retreat house "E ...
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  7 July 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Day of prayer for peace on July 10: "the indignation of our people, faced with the barbarity of violence, is opening a door for peace" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The murders and disappearances that are committed daily in the country are a call from God to unite to ask for peace. The spilled blood of these brothers and sisters is the blood of Jesus t ...
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  6 July 2022
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The other victims of the national strike no one talks about Quito (Agenzia Fides) - On June 13 a national indigenous strike began in Ecuador which blocked all the roads in the country. Thousands of indigenous people arrived in Quito, which became the center of all protest actions ...
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  6 July 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - After the murder of three Awá indigenous people, the Bishop of Tumaco asks for investigations and protection Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our sadness and our sorrow for the death of our brothers, the Awá indigenous, who were c murdered by armed men in their territory. We express our spiritual closeness and our prayer t ...
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  5 July 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Cardinal Claudio Hummes and his preferential option for the Amazon and its indigenous peoples Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Cardinal Claudio Hummes influenced the Church in Brazil with his activity, especially during his episcopal ministry, which spans almost five decades. From the beginning of his episcopal minist ...
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  5 July 2022
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Cardinal Brenes: "many of our brothers will no longer have the attention they received from the Sisters" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "Faced with the decision of the National Assembly to cancel the legal personality of the foundation of the Missionary Sisters of Charity of Saint Teresa of Calcutta, who provided assistance to t ...
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  4 July 2022
  AMERICA - The Bishops of Paraguay, Colombia and Venezuela gather for their Plenary Assembly: Synodality at the center Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The plenary assemblies of the Bishops' Conferences of Paraguay, Colombia and Venezuela will take place this week. From Monday 4 to Wednesday 6 July, the Bishops of Paraguay will participate in a ...
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  4 July 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The martyrs of Zenta beatified: two missionaries who dedicated their lives to transmitting the faith and defending the indigenous people Nueva Oran (Agenzia Fides) - "Yesterday, in San Ramón de la Nueva Orán, Argentina, Pedro Ortiz de Zárate, a diocesan priest, and Govanni Antonio Solinas, a priest of the Society of Jesus, were beatified - the Holy Fat ...
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  1 July 2022
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A peace agreement puts an end to the long period of violent demonstrations Quito (Agenzia Fides) - After the mobilization, anti-government protests and acts of violence that have caused at least 6 deaths and about 500 injuries in Ecuador since June 13, the blockade of roads and activities, the ...
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  1 July 2022
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Courage, faith, dedication and testimony": Bishop Scozzina on the eve of the Beatification of the Martyrs of Zenta Nueva Oran (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, July 2, in the Parque de la Familia in the city of San Ramón de la Nueva Orán (Argentina), the Eucharistic celebration for the beatification of the martyrs Pietro Ortiz de Zár ...
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  30 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Fire in the Tuluá prison: the authorities called to "watch over and accompany the life and social reintegration of detainees" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In the early hours of Tuesday, June 28, a fire caused by inmates in the security prison of Tuluá, in the department of Valle del Cauca, in southwestern Colombia, caused at least 51 deaths and 24 ...
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  30 June 2022
  AMERICA - The Bishops after the massacres of Melilla and San Antonio: the hardening of migration policies is ineffective, we must expand the possibilities of regular migration Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "We reject punitive approaches and the 'struggle' against irregular migrants in the formulation of migration and border management policies, not only because of their inefficiency and high finan ...
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  27 June 2022
  AMERICA/HAITI - An Italian missionary who had dedicated herself to street children for 20 years murdered: the long trail of blood of the Church Rome (Agenzia Fides) - "I would like to express my closeness to the relatives and fellow sisters of Sister Luisa Dell’Orto, a Little Sister of the Gospel of Saint Charles de Foucauld, who was killed yesterday in Port-a ...
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  25 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A podcast answers the fundamental questions of Venezuelan refugees in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - People who have emigrated from Venezuela and have sought refuge in Brazil often raise questions about access to services, their rights and seek the information they need to live with dignity. T ...
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  24 June 2022
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A truce to start dialogue and get out of the crisis: The bishops offer themselves as observers of the process Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Ecuador is going through several crises: an economic crisis (with lack of work, education, food, health care, housing, aggravated by human trafficking, drug trafficking, arms trade) ; a social cri ...