America

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  20 June 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - National dialogue, once again halted, Mgr. Báez: "One cannot continue to kill" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "This government must demonstrate political will. It is not a game, it is serious thing for the future of Nicaragua. One cannot continue to kill people", said Mgr. Silvio Báez, Auxiliary Bishop ...
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  20 June 2018
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The Bishops: yes to an immigration law, no to negative impacts on families and the vulnerable Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "While we truly want a legislative solution for Dreamers, we cannot, in good faith, endorse large structural changes to the immigration system that detrimentally impact families and the vulne ...
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  19 June 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "Life is made up of meetings": no to the criminalization of migrants and refugees Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The objective of the 33rd National Migrant Week, which is celebrated throughout Brazil from 17 to 24 June, is to promote "the culture of encounter", "making spaces and opportunities grow for im ...
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  19 June 2018
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishop of Esmeraldas is alarmed by the situation of young people:"Violence is the fruit of the tree of injustice" Esmeraldas (Agenzia Fides) - It is time to think seriously about what is happening in the country, in particular the situation of violence that increases in the northern area, right at the border, where many young people ...
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  18 June 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Yes to a Committee of inquiry on violence, but massacres continue Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua and members of the Civic Alliance who are participating in the National Dialogue roundtable, said they were "very satisfied" with the result of the negotiations on truth ...
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  18 June 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Ivan Duque becomes the youngest Colombian president Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Right candidate Ivan Duque is the new president of Colombia. Leader of the Democratic Center, won Colombia's presidential election that took place yesterday, Sunday, June 17, defeating his leftis ...
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  18 June 2018
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Venezuelan refugees at the center of the Church's attention Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From 17 to 24 June, on the occasion of the World Refugee Day which is celebrated on 20 June worldwide, the Colombian Catholic Church will host about 300 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, for a lunch ...
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  15 June 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The President responds to the proposal made by the Bishops, National Dialogue convened Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua have informed that on Tuesday, June 12 they received the response of the President of the Republic, Daniel Ortega, regarding their proposal to find a peaceful resolutio ...
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  13 June 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - Caritas Peru: humanitarian aid and sustainable development projects for thousands of people in 2017 Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Peru realized 40 projects in 2017 with the support of 35 partner organizations, for 29,500 families, and at the same time, through its two social assistance programs, provided 193,306 peopl ...
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  12 June 2018
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Bishops: proclamation of the Gospel in synodality Havana (Agenzia Fides) – To have a vision of the Cuban reality, and proceed in the name of "synodality" with the sister Churches of the South and Central America, elaborating the guidelines of pastoral action that will ...
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  11 June 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Liturgical songs in Ticuna language Alto Solimões (Agencia Fides) - The peoples of the Amazon preserve a great variety of indigenous languages, some of which are spoken by relatively large groups. One of these is Ticuna, spoken by the population that bear ...
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  11 June 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - People ask for transparency and fairness: the Bishops are on the people's side Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Justice will bring about peace; right will produce calm and security": is the biblical verse (Isaiah 32, 17) chosen by the Peruvian Episcopal Conference’s message addressed to public opinion. Th ...
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  6 June 2018
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Support also by the American government for the Bishops' commitment to national dialogue Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The US government supports the efforts of the Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua in the search for a negotiated solution to the conflict taking place in the country: says Vice President Pence dur ...
• 6 June 2018
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Osvaldo Duarte Ramirez, CSsR Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 26 April 2018 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the rev. Fr. Osvaldo Duarte Ramirez, CSsR (Congregation of the Most Holy ...
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  5 June 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Pastoral Land Commission: "scandalous increase of victims in the last year", 71 peasants killed Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, June 4, the Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) presented its "Notebook of Conflicts", at the headquarters of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), in Brasilia, in which ...