America

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  18 September 2020
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Tornado damages 72 houses and the church in a neighborhood of Managua Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in the neighborhood of Monseñor Lezcano, in Managua, suffered serious damage due to a tornado that hit the area yesterday morning. The tornado occurred ...
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  18 September 2020
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops: "Against the viruses that have condemned us to poverty and death, we have the antibodies of justice, charity and solidarity" Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - "In the midst of uncertainty, we are in a time of grace, which offers us a historic opportunity to rebuild the social fabric and establish another dynamic that makes us more human, more cari ...
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  17 September 2020
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Sacred Heart of Jesus statue destroyed in St. Patrick Cathedral El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - A vandal destroyed a statue of Jesus at St. Patrick Cathedral in El Paso, Texas on Tuesday morning, September 15. According to the diocese, someone entered the sanctuary of St. Patrick’s Cathe ...
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  16 September 2020
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops in the face of the health and social crisis: "Our commitment is the well-being of Peru" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "We are experiencing a difficult period due to the Covid-19 pandemic which has caused more than 30 thousand Peruvian deaths and over 700 thousand infected", the Bishops of Peru write in their state ...
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  16 September 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Young missionary disciples, builders of the civilization of Love": encounter of the Andean region Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The Youth Pastoral sector of the Episcopal Commission for the Laity of the Episcopal Conference of Ecuador, has organized the XVI Youth Pastoral Meeting of the Andean Region, which will take place ...
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  15 September 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - A call to social friendship from the Archbishop of Bogotà: "We cannot remain indifferent" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "Friendship is a strong motivation to work, true friendship helps us to overcome frustrations, friendship gives us wisdom. Today in Bogota and Colombia, in the neighborhoods and on the streets, w ...
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  15 September 2020
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Month of September: "the Word of God at the center of our evangelization" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - With the motto "The Word of God ... which is now at work in you who believe" (1 Thes 2, 13), the Church in Uruguay, like many other nations of Latin America, celebrates the Month of the Word of ...
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  14 September 2020
  AMERICA - Red Clamor calls on Europe for a humanitarian corridor after the fire at Moria camp Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Red Clamor, the organization that brings together men and women committed to accompanying, defending, promoting and including displaced persons, migrants and refugees who are in the region of Lat ...
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  14 September 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mgr. Arana: "It is urgent to build a culture of reconciliation, politicians must avoid clashes in this pre-electoral period" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "An urgency for our time, especially for us Bolivians, is to work to build a culture of reconciliation, where forgiveness, listening and respect allow us to live together, despite our differences ...
• 11 September 2020
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Bishops for Independence Day: "let us celebrate our freedom as a gift and as a commitment" Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - "You have been called to freedom" (Gal 5:13): this is the biblical verse that opens the Message of the Bishops of Guatemala, published with the date of September 8, on the occasion of the ...
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  11 September 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Towards Missionary Day: "Cybermission, Gospel without borders" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - The Fundación Universitaria Católica del Norte, of the Benedict XVI Center for Theological Studies, organized "Cyber mission, Gospel without borders" course, which aims to offer the necessary ...
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  10 September 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Towards World Mission Day: the witness of the elderly and the sick is an indispensable force for missionary work Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Brazil have published the brochures for the animation of the activities of the Elderly and Sick Missionaries - IEM. The aim is to animate, train and ac ...
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  10 September 2020
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Feast of the Virgin of Caacupé: Mgr. Valenzuela complains about the violence and "the great absence of God in our life" Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of people, at different times, participated in the liturgical celebrations in honor of the Virgin of the Miracles of Caacupé, on the day of the feast of her birth, 8 September, alway ...
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  9 September 2020
  AMERICA/CUBA - For the first time the media have broadcast the religious feast of the Virgin of Charity Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Cuban television broadcast the solemn Eucharist in honor of the Virgin of Charity, Patroness of Cuba, celebrated yesterday morning, September 8, in her sanctuary in El Cobre, a town near the city ...
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  8 September 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Protests by Bishops and Caritas for violence against humanitarian workers Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for Justice and Peace of the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela and Caritas Venezuela "firmly reject the violation of the rights and deprivation of freedom of humanitarian ...