America

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  18 December 2025
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - PMS National Director Landry: "Congratulations and prayers" for Ronald Hicks, new Archbishop of New York New York (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies of the United States of America express their congratulations and promise prayers to accompany the new Archbishop of New York, Ronald Hicks, in the new mission ...
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  16 December 2025
  AMERICA/PERU - The “Bolivarian countries” united by the rosary at the close of the Jubilee Year Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Peru, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, and Bolivia united by a virtual rosary, now in its second year. At the close of the Jubilee Year, the national directions of the Pontifical Mission Societies ( ...
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  16 December 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - The "Christmas Program" of the rural community of Pourcine-Pic Makaya Pourcine-Pic Makaya (Agenzia Fides) – "The end of the first term at the parish nursery and primary school in Pourcine-Pic Makaya is approaching, and the students are excited about the upcoming Christmas holidays. We wi ...
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  9 December 2025
  AMERICA/PERU - Pontifical Mission Societies and the National Office for Catholic Education join forces for missionary formation in the country's schools Lima (Agenzia Fides) – The new didactic and pastoral teaching materials, presented on Wednesday, December 3, the Feast of Saint Francis Xavier, Patron Saint of the Missions, in the auditorium of the Peruvian Episcopal ...
• 4 December 2025
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Resignation and appointment of vicar apostolic of Leticia Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father has accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the apostolic vicariate of Leticia, Colombia, presented by Bishop José de Jesús Quintero Díaz. The Holy Father app ...
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  3 December 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Absolute priority for the village of Pourcine Pic-Makaya: building a clinic/outpatient center
  Pourcine Pic-Makaya (Agenzia Fides) – “After Hurricane Melissa, repairing the paths and roads in the parish territory has become essential, especially for the many students who ...
• 27 November 2025
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Appointment of the new Director of the Pontifical Mission Societies Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On October 15, 2025, Cardinal Luis Antonio G. Tagle, Pro-Prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization (Section for the First Evangelization and New Particular Churches), appointed Father Es ...
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  24 November 2025
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Salesians celebrate 150 years since their first missionary expedition in Patagonia Junín de los Andes (Agenzia Fides) – “We are gathered before the Lord with gratitude to commemorate and celebrate an event that has shaped the spiritual, cultural, and human history of our Patagonia,” said Cardina ...
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  23 November 2025
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Gratitude for a missionary experience that changed one's vision on life Canaima (Agenzia Fides) – On December 25, Carlos Bobillo (known as “Bobi”), a lay missionary of the Hakuna movement, will return home to Barcelona, Spain, after a three-month missionary experience in the vast terri ...
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  19 November 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Attack on the Foyer Saint Camille: “Continuing to run a hospital in this reality is heroic” Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday, October 28, and Saturday, November 15, members of one of the armed gangs active in the area stormed the “Foyer Saint Camille” in Port-au-Prince. In a statement sent to ...
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  17 November 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - Melissa, gangs, thefts, assaults, and kidnappings fail to quell hope for a better life Pourcine-Pic Makaya (Agenzia Fides) – Shootings and violent clashes against the defenseless population continue to be reported. Among the latest incidents is a shootout between U.S. Marines and gang members, following ...
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  11 November 2025
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Tornado devastates the state of Paraná Brasília (Agenzia Fides) – A severe weather front has unleashed the strongest tornado in 40 years, causing widespread destruction and leaving many dead and injured in southern Brazil. The town of Rio Bonito do Iguaçu ...
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  7 November 2025
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Pope Leo XIV at the XVII National Missionary Congress: true missionaries "put the leaven of the Risen One in the dough of history" Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - The true missionary shares "faith as one shares bread." Christ Himself draws him close and calls him to "get his hands dirty with the dough of history," so that faith, like leaven, may work "in t ...
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  6 November 2025
  AMERICA/PERU - Over 600 participants at the First National Congress of the Union of the Sick and Elderly Missionaries Abancay (Agenzia Fides) – Over 600 participants from various ecclesiastical jurisdictions in Peru gathered in the Diocese of Abancay for the first “National Congress of the Union of Sick and Elderly Missionaries,” ...
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  5 November 2025
  AMERICA/HAITI - “Life is stronger! Hurricane Melissa is moving away from the coast” Jerémie (Agenzia Fides) – “Hurricane Melissa is moving away from our coasts, leaving behind a trail of death, suffering, and devastation, especially in Jamaica and Cuba. In the coming days, weather conditions here s ...