America

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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 ...
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  24 June 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Peace has to be possible!" the Bishops reiterate. Found the bodies of the murdered priests Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent murder of a civilian and two Jesuit priests inside the Catholic church of Cerocahui, in the Tarahumara region of Chihuahua, is just another example of the lack of values and sens ...
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  23 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - June 24: Colombia renews the consecration to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian Catholic Church has invited to participate in the Eucharistic Celebration on Friday, June 24, at 11:00 a.m., in the Cathedral of Bogota, which will be presided over by Monsignor Lui ...
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  23 June 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Bishops: "let's raise our voices again to denounce violence and cry out together for peace" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Faced with so many situations that embarrass us, we, bishops of the Permanent Council of the Brazilian Episcopal Conference, once again raise our voices to denounce violence and cry out togeth ...
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  22 June 2022
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Two Jesuit priests are murdered in a church and their bodies are taken by armed men Cerocahui (Agenzia Fides) - "With deep sorrow, I inform you that on the afternoon of June 20 in Cerocahui, Tarahumara, Jesuit Fathers Javier Campos Morales, SJ, (79 years old) and Joaquín César Mora Salazar, SJ, (80 ye ...
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  22 June 2022
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Protests increase, state of emergency in six provinces, Bishops call "to build bridges" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The government of Ecuador, led by the President of the Republic Guillermo Lasso, has extended the state of emergency from three to six provinces, giving greater powers to the police and restrictin ...
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  21 June 2022
  AMERICA - Civil society and religious organizations at the forefront of aid to asylum seekers and migrants Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A request to the main international organizations, in particular the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM), to increase thei ...
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  21 June 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop Rueda Aparicio: "it is important that we look at the present and the future of Colombia" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The second round of the presidential elections held in Colombia on Sunday, June 19 (see Fides, 18/6/2022), saw the victory of Gustavo Petro, who obtained 50.47% of the vote, while the other candi ...
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  20 June 2022
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The diocesan phase of the Synod towards its conclusion: the results of 4,000 meetings are processed Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - From 13 to 17 June, the National Commission of the Synod on Synodality met at the headquarters of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV) to read, reflect and draw up a synthesis of the cont ...
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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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...