America

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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 ...
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  8 September 2020
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - In the Week of Peace, new complaints on the violation of human rights in Chocó Quibdò (Agenzia Fides) - The department of Chocó is one of the Colombian territories most affected by the scourge of violence (see Fides, 10/6/2020; 13/1/2020). The Bishops of the dioceses of Quibdó, Istmina-Tadó and ...
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  7 September 2020
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Cardinal Rodríguez Maradiaga for the Month of the Homeland: "Power is service and search for the common good" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, in his homily during yesterday's mass, referred to the Month of the Homeland that has just begun and to the political ...
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  7 September 2020
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Independence Day: "seeing the many riches that exist in our differences" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Independence Day should not be experienced as a simple holiday, but as a moment to celebrate the belief that all Brazilians, each with their own difference, depend on each other. A better, mor ...
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  5 September 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Schools of forgiveness and reconciliation": the Bishops give new impetus to peaceful coexistence Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - A new pastoral agreement with the aim of promoting the method of the "Schools of Forgiveness and Reconciliation" (ES.PE.RE. is the abbreviation in Spanish), in an ecclesial and popular way s ...
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  4 September 2020
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The beatification of the "Doctor of the poor" is being prepared Coro (Agenzia Fides) - The Commission for the Beatification of José Gregorio Hernández, of the Archdiocese of Coro, continues its activities aimed at promoting the values and virtues of the Venerable Servant of God. In ...
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  3 September 2020
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - "Pandemic and general elections": the pastoral letter of Archbishop González Nieves highlights "the pandemic of corruption" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico, Mgr. Roberto Octavio González Nieves, OFM, published a pastoral letter entitled "Puerto Rico: Pandemic and general elections, a call for reflection a ...
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  2 September 2020
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Álvarez Cano: "Society must ask its rulers to make proper use of public resources" Tampico (Agenzia Fides) - "The population has the task of demanding its leaders the correct use of public resources, so that while fighting corruption, public employees are truly committed and dedicated to the common goo ...
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  1 September 2020
  AMERICA/HAITI - Bishops denounce uncontrollable violence: "An attack on life, justice and peace" Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - "We, the Catholic Bishops of Haiti, strongly condemn the assassination of Monferrier Dorval, President of the Bar of Port-au-Prince, as well as all the latest assassinations with firearms ...
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  31 August 2020
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Land and territory continue to be a matter of controversy La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Mining, expansion of the agricultural frontier and community family production system, were the pillars of Martín Torrico's presentation, during the second discussion "Amazonia and indigenous pe ...
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  8 August 2020
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Rector of Santiago de María of Zacatecoluca Major Seminary murdered Zacatecoluca (Agenzia Fides) - Father Ricardo Antonio Cortéz was shot dead yesterday August 7, 2020. According to reports from the diocese of Zacatecoluca sent to Agenzia Fides, the vehicle with the corpse of the religi ...
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  8 August 2020
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A missionary from the province of Guayas: "There is no certainty" Duràn (Agenzia Fides) - "Since May 28, our city has a yellow light, meaning commercial activities have reopened but with capacity reduced to 30% in order not to create crowds. Churches have also opened", writes Fr. Save ...