America
20 April 2022
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Violence in Arauca even at Easter: four people killed, including two children
Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - "Every death afflicts us. But even more the death and injury of children, our children, who are completely innocent of this crazy wave of violence to which the region has been subjected, especial ...
20 April 2022
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Conflicts over land, water, work: they often do not find space in the media
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The annual report prepared by the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) registered 1,768 conflicts in 2021, 13.92% less than in 2020. These are situations related to land, water and labor rights, whic ...
20 April 2022
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Franciscan religious killed in church after the Easter vigil
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "Given the news of the robbery in the convent of San Francisco in the city of Santa Cruz and the violent murder of Friar Wilberth Daza Rodas OFM, our Church is in mourning and dismayed by the eve ...
13 April 2022
AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Artemide Zatti, the first Salesian Brother, consecrated, but not a priest - to be proclaimed a Saint: a message of hope
Rome (Agenzia Fides) - On 9 April 2022, during the Audience granted to His Eminence Most Reverend Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, the Supreme Pontiff authorized the same ...
12 April 2022
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Climate events, education, violence: the Bishops of the State of Rio de Janeiro ahead of the elections
Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - "The State of Rio de Janeiro needs particular attention so that climatic events do not continue to cause disasters and suffering. The promotion of quality public education and the fight a ...
11 April 2022
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Twelve university students, missionaries among the indigenous people of the Vicariate of Caroni
San Cristóbal (Agenzia Fides) - There are 12 young missionaries who from April 9 to 20, will dedicate the Easter period to evangelization among the peoples and indigenous communities of the Apostolic Vicariate of Caroni ...
9 April 2022
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Palm Sunday: national solidarity collection "Fraternity and Education"
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - As a concrete gesture of the Fraternity Campaign, every year a national solidarity collection takes place throughout Brazil on Palm Sunday: in 2022 on April 10. Bishops, priests, religious, lay ...
8 April 2022
AMERICA/CHILE - Church-State Relations: putting Christ at the center
Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - The Chilean Church organized a Conference on Church-State Relations that was held through digital platforms, in which, among others, Monsignor Fernando Chomali, Archbishop of Concepción, an ...
8 April 2022
AMERICA/BRAZIL - Course for missionaries who will work in Brazil begins again in presence, "current and indispensable for evangelizing action"
Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Intercultural Training Course (CENFI) organized by the Missionary Cultural Center (CCM), an organization linked to the Brazilian Episcopal Conference, has 22 participants, priests, men and ...
7 April 2022
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Help children and young people to know better the message of Christ celebrated during Holy Week
Maracay (Agenzia Fides) - Msgr. Enrique Parravano, Bishop of Maracay, promotes the "Mosesan" project, Holy Week Movement, an initiative that aims to help children and adolescents aged 8 to 15 to better understand the mes ...
7 April 2022
AMERICA/CUBA - Vocations, families, synodal journey among the topics addressed by the Bishops in the Plenary Assembly
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - From March, 28 to 31, the 159th Plenary Assembly of the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Cuba was held at the Casa de Retiros y Convivencias de El Cobre, which was attended by almost all the Bi ...
6 April 2022
AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops: "crises cannot be resolved with the suspension of rights"
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Monsignor Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, President of the Peruvian Bishops' Conference, asked the government of President Pedro Castillo to cancel the decree on the prohibition of social mobility (curfew ...
5 April 2022
AMERICA/COSTA RICA - The Bishops send the President-elect a document on the 7 challenges that society must face
San José (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Costa Rica have sent a letter to the President-elect of the Republic, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, who won the ballot on Sunday, April 3 with 52.89% of the votes. In the letter, they ...
5 April 2022
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Archbishop Martinez Flores to the laity: "Go to the suburbs and announce the good news"
Luque (Agenzia Fides) - "Although the collaboration of the lay faithful is precious and necessary also in pastoral tasks and activities directly linked to the life of the parish ... the fundamental mission of the laity i ...
4 April 2022
AMERICA/CANADA - The dialogue between Catholic Bishops and indigenous delegates continues, to achieve "a brighter future"
Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - "We are deeply grateful to each of the indigenous delegates who came with us to the Holy See to share their experiences and their wishes for a better future for their people", said the President ...
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