America

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  22 September 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Migration Week, the drama of Haitian refugees Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Scenes of anger and despair have broken out at Haiti's main airport, in Port-au-Prince, upon the arrival of Haitian migrants who, after spending thousands of dollars on troubled journeys from ...
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  22 September 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Qualified missionary animators: course to deepen the history and objectives of the Mission Day, Missionary Month and the Missionary Campaign Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Union of Catholic Education (UBEC) and the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil are organizing a free, short-term course on the occasion of the 2021 Missionary Campaign. T ...
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  21 September 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - In times of social change, Catholic radio stations must strengthen their commitment to building a better community, based on the Gospel Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Radio has been, for several years, one of the institutions that has received the most trust from citizens. In this time of social change, we must reinforce our commitment to the values that gu ...
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  21 September 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Veracruz on migrants: "the position of the Church is to protect and help them while they are in our land" Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - After the wave of Haitian emigrants that has occurred in recent days in the state of Veracruz, many of whom come from Tapachula (see Fides, 16/9/2021), which is located on the border with Guate ...
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  20 September 2021
  AMERICA/CHILE - The values that should be present in the new Constitution: Cardinal Aós at the Te Deum Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The ecumenical "Te Deum" of thanksgiving for the independence of Chile was celebrated in the Metropolitan Cathedral, as usual in the presence of the highest authorities of the Country, led by t ...
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  20 September 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The lay ministry of the catechist: a charism for the outgoing Synodal Church Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The lay ministry of the catechist: a charism for the outgoing synodal Church" is the theme of the National Week of Catechesis, to be celebrated from September, 19 to 26 in Venezuela. Promoted b ...
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  17 September 2021
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops on proposals regarding immigration: "We cannot persist in relegating these members of our society to the margins" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Satisfaction was expressed by the Commission for Migration of the Bishops' Conference of the United States of America (USCCB), on the proposal to include in the forthcoming budget reconciliat ...
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  17 September 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "The cry of the communities has not been heard, violations of human rights increase": new appeals for Chocó Cali (Agenzia Fides) - "We join the concerns and appeals that the Church and ethnic and territorial organizations have launched at various times. The dramatic reality that the indigenous and Afro-descendant communities l ...
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  16 September 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Not only are migrants not being listened to, the people of Tapachula are not being listened to" denounces Bishop Calderón Calderón Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of migrants in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas protested yesterday, September 15, against the country's immigration policies, which thwarted their efforts to travel to the Unite ...
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  15 September 2021
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Bishops: "we celebrate this Independence by committing ourselves to overcoming divisions and violent and selfish attitudes" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the Bicentenary of the independence of Central America, which is celebrated today, September 15, 2021, the Bishops' Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) urged Nicaraguan society to m ...
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  14 September 2021
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Brazilian bishops launch call for funds for Haiti Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "It's time to take care" is the theme of a Caritas campaign that proved to be an effective tool, especially during the Covid-19 pandemic, to ensure a Samaritan presence of the Church in the liv ...
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  13 September 2021
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Apostolic Vicar of Chaco calls for greater government commitment against violence and for the release of the kidnapped Alto Paraguay (Agenzia Fides) - The Vicar Apostolic of Chaco, Bishop Gabriel Escobar, has called on the Paraguayan government to do more to ensure the safe return of those kidnapped by the armed group in the north of the ...
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  11 September 2021
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Colombia prepares for Mission Day 2021 and the centenary of the First National Missionary Congress Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "We announce Christ, who gives us life and hope" is the slogan chosen by Colombia for the next World Mission Day (Domund 2021), which Mgr. Mario Álvarez Gómez, Bishop of Itsmina-Tadó and Presi ...
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  10 September 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops "in favor of women and the right to life" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The nation's Supreme Court of Justice has ruled on the unconstitutionality of some articles of the Criminal Code of the State of Coahuila, concerning the criminalization of women who resort ...
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  10 September 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Our Lady of Coromoto shows us that salvation is not only for some, but for all, without distinction of race or origin Guanare (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time in the last 20 years, on the feast day of the Virgin of Coromoto, September 8, national and international media coverage of this celebration was carried out, with journalists ...