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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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 ...
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  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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  4 April 2022
  AMERICA/PERU - The right to protest is legitimate, but violence must be condemned Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church recognizes the legitimate right to protest, protected by our political Constitution (Article 2), and condemns the violence expressed in the blocking of roads because it prevents the ...
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  2 April 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Let's take care of our Common Home!" theme of the first meeting of Indigenous Ecology Belem de Solimões (Agenzia Fides) - The first Indigenous Ecology Meeting was held from March 27 to 30, 2022, organized by the Association of Artistic and Cultural Development of the Indigenous Village of Belém do Solim ...
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  1 April 2022
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Catholic Church and United Nations in Arauca: dialogue and processes to support victims are needed Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - Representatives of the Catholic Church and the United Nations visited the territory of the Department of Arauca in view of the renewed outbreak of fighting between armed groups, which has caused ...
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  31 March 2022
  AMERICA/CHILE - Catholic Institute for Migration writes to President Boric: "We must take the problem into our own hands" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Chilean Catholic Institute of Migration, (Istituto Nacional Catolico di Migracion, INCAMI), has made known its concern for the migratory crisis that is being experienced in Chile and which ...
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  30 March 2022
  AMERICA/CANADA - The history of Catholic missionaries among Canadian Inuit: many testimonies collected during the polar expeditions Fermo (Agenzia Fides) - "An exceptional meeting that represents a milestone in the history of new relations between the indigenous peoples of Canada and the Catholic Church". Renato Zavatti, President of the S. Zavatti P ...
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  30 March 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fight against human trafficking: joint commitment of the Church and social organizations Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Our communities, the different ministries and civil society organizations are committed to raising awareness, preventing and training new leaders for the 'culture of care' for brothers and sis ...
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  29 March 2022
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Diocese of Campina Grande inaugurates new seminary Campina Grande (Agenzia Fides) - The diocese of Campina Grande, in the Brazilian state of Paraiba, inaugurated on Friday March 25th, the Feast of the Annunciation of the Lord, the Propedeutic Seminary "São José". Durin ...