America

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  28 September 2018
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Right to water: popular mobilization, with the support of the Church San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Two marches took place yesterday morning on the streets of the capital of El Salvador, both of them headed towards the Legislative Assembly to ask deputies to approve a general law on water ...
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  27 September 2018
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops defend the assistance to immigrants and reception towards refugees Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "The new proposed rulemaking on immigrants undermines decades of policies and guidelines on the treatment of immigrants by the US government". This is what was written by an official statemen ...
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  26 September 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - G20 Interfaith Forum: religious contributions for a dignified future Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The 2018 G20 Interfaith Forum will take place from 26 to 28 September 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina and the theme for this year’s Forum is “Building Consensus for Fair and Sustainable ...
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  25 September 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Shots against the church: intimidating message of the narcos Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - The parish of María Reina, in the town of Rosario and the school just near the church, were the target of more than ten shots at dawn on Sunday, 23 September, around 4 am. As Fides learns, it i ...
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  25 September 2018
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Emergency continues due to heavy rains, the Bishops call for solidarity with flood victims Michoacán (Agencia Fides) - At least seven people have lost their lives - four children and three adults - and eight others have disappeared after the heavy rains hit a town in the Mexican state of Michoacán (in the we ...
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  24 September 2018
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Food assistance: the Bishops of the province of Buenos Aires meet the Governor Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Fourteen Argentine Bishops from the province of Buenos Aires met the Governor of Buenos Aires, Maria Eugenia Vidal, on September 21, at the headquarters of the provincial government, in the ...
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  22 September 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church renounces the procession of the patron saint, in protest against the violence of the government Masaya (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Masaya has decided to celebrate the Patron Saint San Jeronimo, which is celebrated on September 20, in prayer and silence, without public expressions and the traditional re ...
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  22 September 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Venezuela: the Church defends freedom of information While a very harsh report by Amnesty International on violence, the right to life and public security in Venezuela is being published and as the international community intensifies pressure on President Nicolás Maduro's ...
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  21 September 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In Europe there is talk of Amazonia and of integral ecology Berlin (Agenzia Fides) - The path regarding the preparation for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon in October 2019 continues. This week, meetings were held in Berlin and Brussels, promoted by REPAM (Pan-Amazon Ecclesial ...
• 21 September 2018
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Mgr. Daniel Fernandez Torres Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 July 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed His Exc. Mgr. Daniel Fernandez Torres, Bishop of Arecibo as National Direct ...
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  20 September 2018
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - After 10 days of strike and violence first meeting between government and trade unions, the Bishops present Limon (Agenzia Fides) - "The acts of violence that have occurred have generalized a climate of fear in the population and have gone beyond the line of respect for life and coexistence": these are the words with which the ...
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  19 September 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Former FARC guerrillas return to take up arms, new obstacles on the path of peace Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Exactly one week ago, on the afternoon of 12 September, 6 people were released who were held hostage by the National Liberation Army (ELN) guerrilla group. The Church, together with the Red Cros ...
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  18 September 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Card. Barreto: "Peru is living a highly democratic moment" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Peru is going through a highly democratic phase. We fully support President Vizcarra because the other two powers of the State, Legislature and Magistracy, are seriously ambiguous. Now the people ...
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  17 September 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Priest attacked and robbed by three hooded people, the climate is always tense León (Agenzia Fides) - A Nicaraguan priest, Fr. Abelardo Toval, parish priest of the parish of Sutiava, was attacked on Saturday, September 15 by a group of three hooded men who entered his home before celebrating the f ...
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  14 September 2018
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - After the last decisions of the executive the country is divided, the Bishops invite to avoid violence and blood Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Like other Latin American countries, Guatemala also celebrates National Independence Day tomorrow, September 15th. On this occasion the Episcopal Conference of the country (CEG) published ...