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18 June 2022
AMERICA/CHILE - More than 80,000 euros collected for humanitarian aid for the Ukrainian people
Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Chile has announced the result of the national collection for Ukraine, promoted by the Chilean Church, which was launched on April 24, Sunday of Divine Mercy, and which since then has r ...
18 June 2022
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Eve of the elections: "Let us exercise our right to vote and be sowers of hope"
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On the eve of the elections for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the Republic, the Bishops of Colombia renew their invitation to the Colombian people to participate widely and vote at the po ...
17 June 2022
AMERICA/BRAZIL - "No to deaths and degradation in the Amazon"
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - British environmental journalist Dom Phillips and Brazilian anthropologist Bruno Araújo Pereira, a specialist in indigenous issues, have been missing in the jungle on the border with Peru sinc ...
17 June 2022
AMERICA - The Bishops of Central America: "We hear the cry of the Nicaraguan people and we are saddened by the situation they are going through"
San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - On the solemnity of Corpus Domini, June 16, the Episcopal Secretariat of Central America (Sedac) published a statement of solidarity with the Church of Nicaragua, with "all the Bishops, pri ...
15 June 2022
AMERICA/BRAZIL - First census of Catholic radio stations: an important tool for evangelization
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Recognizing the value of the radio and the significant role of Catholic broadcasters in spreading evangelical values, the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB) approved the creation o ...
15 June 2022
AMERICA/HONDURAS - The Bishops: "Despite the difficulties, a new horizon is in sight"
Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "Despite the difficulties, we see a new horizon": this is the exhortation that the Bishops of the Bishops' Conference of Honduras (CEH) address to all the People of God in a message made pub ...
14 June 2022
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "A Church moving forward in the Amazon, overcoming fears and apprehensions": visit to the Vicariate of Puerto Leguízamo-Solano
Puerto Leguizamo (Agenzia Fides) - "Walking together allowed us to listen with patience and sincerity to the communities and their institutions. It was a safe space in which, as pastors, we welcomed the cries and encoura ...
14 June 2022
AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Support and awareness of the missions at the center of the national meeting of the Pontifical Mission Societies
New York (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting of the diocesan directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) in the United States will begin tomorrow, Wednesday June 15, in San Diego, California. The meeting, which will en ...
14 June 2022
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Bishops ask to include the question about the religion that is professed in the next census
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "As Catholic Church, we once again ask that the question about the religion that each person professes be included": this is the request of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (CEB), contained in ...
13 June 2022
AMERICA - Religious lament the decay of democracy and the social fabric in Latin America and the Caribbean
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Confederation of Religious of Latin America and the Caribbean (CLAR) deplores "with deep concern the deterioration of democracy, the social fabric and the growing political instability in man ...
13 June 2022
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Fishing bans by the Institute of Fisheries: Thousands of fishing families without a living
San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Costa Rica are deeply concerned about the difficulties faced by the fishing communities in the provinces of Puntarenas and Guanacaste on the Nicoya Gulf, following the total ban ...
11 June 2022
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Caritas fundraiser: Four out of ten Argentines are poor
Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "There are 5,687 poor villages or working-class neighborhoods in our country. Thousands of families have very limited access to basic services. Here lies the hard core of poverty. These are ...
10 June 2022
AMERICA/PERU - Dead and injured in violent clashes of miners: the Bishops appeal to the authorities
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Bishops' Conference issued a communiqué dated 8th June on the violent clashes between miners in Ica and Arequipa over land, which, according to the first official assessment, have lef ...
10 June 2022
AMERICA/BRAZIL - IV Meeting in Santarém: "Continue sowing the Gospel and the signs of the Kingdom in our Beloved Amazon"
Santarém (Agenzia Fides) - In a concluding message, the participants of the IV Meeting of the Catholic Church in the Legal Amazon, held at the Saint Pius X Seminary in Santarém from June 6 to 9 - recalling what happene ...
9 June 2022
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops invite families "to look to the Holy Family in order to face the challenges of the historical moment in which we are living"
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From June 22 to 26, the X World Meeting of the Family convened by Pope Francis will be held with the theme: "Family love: vocation and path to holiness". Bishop Marco Antonio Merchán Ladino, bi ...
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