America

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  3 March 2021
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Tense situation: desecration of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, increase in the number of thefts, economic stagnation, protests for vaccines to VIPs Lomas de Zamora (Agenzia Fides) - The Argentine diocese of Lomas de Zamora informs that during the early hours of March 2, the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace was the subject of acts of vandalism. The tabernacle which hou ...
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  2 March 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The meeting between Simon Bolivar and the Bishop of Maracaibo two centuries ago challenges our situation today Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "A historic and significant event for our beloved homeland": this is how the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela descrive the meeting between " Libertador" Simón Bolívar and Mgr. Rafael Lasso de ...
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  2 March 2021
  AMERICA - Red Clamor campaign until September on human trafficking Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Red Clamor Network (Migration and Human Trafficking) presented the program of activities of the "Life is not a commodity, but concerns people" campaign which will last until September 2021. Accor ...
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  1 March 2021
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops want reliable and independent judges Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Regarding the "obvious and persistent difficulties" in choosing the members of the courts, the bishops made a statement entitled "The Lord loves justice" (Ps 37:28). First of all, the Pr ...
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  1 March 2021
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops: "Euthanasia is always the wrong way" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Peruvian Bishops' Conference gives its opinion on the first case of euthanasia in the history of Peru: the country's judiciary has ordered the Ministry of Health and Social Security (EsSalud) " ...
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  27 February 2021
  AMERICA/HAITI - About 4 million people affected by food insecurity: the country is on the brink of abyss Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - In the latest report by the United Nations Secretary-General on the situation in Haiti, the latter points out the worsening of the economic situation, below-average agricultural productio ...
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  26 February 2021
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Bishops address the issue of fraternity on Independence Day Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "What does fraternity mean in the Dominican Republic today?" The Bishops' Conference of the Dominican Republic is addressing this question in its message for Independence Day on February 2 ...
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  25 February 2021
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Church calls for dialogue between government and doctors on strike and arrival of the anti-Covid-19 vaccine La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - A total of 500,000 doses of the Chinese vaccine Sinopharm were delivered to Bolivia on February 24th to vaccinate medical staff and the population at risk in Bolivia. As confirmed by the Bolivian ...
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  25 February 2021
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - 30 years of missions in Venezuela and abroad for Venezuelan missionaries Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Department of Indigenous and Afro-Venezuelan Missions, in collaboration with the Pontifical Mission Societies in Venezuela, is relaunching the program known as "Relevo Misionero" (Missionary ...
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  24 February 2021
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Right to water and food: the parties sign a public commitment San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Efforts to approve an amendment to the constitution to recognize the right to water and food as human rights in El Salvador are making progress. After access to water and sanitation was re ...
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  24 February 2021
  AMERICA - Continental Assembly of the Pontifical Mission Societies: "We cannot but announce what we have seen and heard" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "We cannot but announce what we have seen and heard": this is the theme of the Continental Assembly of National Directors of Pontifical Mission Societies in America, which is being held in virtua ...
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  24 February 2021
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Migrants: the many aspects of the mobility circuit in Central America Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) - The northern border of Mexico represents one of the main migratory corridors in the world, characterized by violations of fundamental rights and by a high risk for the lives of migrants, discrim ...
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  23 February 2021
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - "Looking to history while thanking God, looking to the future confident in his power": one hundred years of the Ecclesiastical Province San José (Agenzia Fides) - "It is clear that the Catholic faith of our people has been a fundamental factor in building the identity that defines us in the world, as a nation that fights for peace, democracy, social jus ...
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  23 February 2021
  AMERICA - Beginning of the journey in view of the Ecclesial Assembly next November Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Latin American churches are starting to prepare for the first ecclesiastical assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean, which is to take place from November 21 to 28 in the Guadalupe Basil ...
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  22 February 2021
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - "Catechesis and Mission": advanced training seminar aims to initiate dialogue Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - More than 650 people attended a one-week training seminar on “Catechesis and Mission” organized by the Pontifical Mission Societies in America with the support of the Society of Latin Ame ...