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  20 January 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - The Pope's embrace to the flood victims of the Niño Costero Trujillo (Peru) - "You had to face the brunt of ‘El Niño costero,’ whose painful consequences are still present in so many families, especially those who are not yet able to rebuild their homes. This is also why I w ...
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  20 January 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - With Pope Francis' visit, the preparation of the Synod for the Amazon begins Puerto Maldonado (Peru) - Pope Francis has made history: "The Pope had had close encounters with indigenous cultural identities, especially in his meetings with popular movements and in some of his travels", says to Agen ...
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  20 January 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - "We hope that at least the Holy Father’s voice will be heard" hoping for repercussions in the political sphere after the Pope's visit to Peru Puno (Agenzia Fides) - "The presence and the voice of the Pope are a consolation for all of us, and we fully agree when he says that the cry of the poor is the cry of Pachamama, Mother Earth. We Andeans think that the ea ...
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  20 January 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - The Pope in Lima: corruption is the "social scourge" that devastates the Latin American continent Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Corruption is the "social virus" that infects Latin American peoples and democracies. It spreads as "a form of environmental degradation that increasingly contaminates the whole system of life". An ...
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  20 January 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - The Pope in Peruvian Amazon: perverse policies that defend nature forgetting man Puerto Maldonado (Agenzia Fides) - The indigenous Amazonian peoples have probably never been so threatened on their own lands as they are at present". The Amazon is a territory that is being disputed on many fronts. On t ...
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  20 January 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - From the Peruvian martyrs new impulse to mission Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) – On 9 August 1991 Fr. Michal Tomaszek and Fr. Zbigniew Strzalkowski, two young Polish conventual friars from Krakow, who had lived in the Peruvian Andes for a couple of years, bringing the Gos ...
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  19 January 2018
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A hundred Brazilian indigenous, with their Bishops, present in Puerto Maldonado Porto Velho (Agencia Fides) - Pope Francis’ visit to Puerto Maldonado, beyond national borders, is considered by the indigenous peoples and the Church of the region as "the presence of the Pope in the Amazon". In this ...
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  19 January 2018
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops on the murder of Oscar Pérez: "horrible massacre with extrajudicial executions" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Venezuela (CEV) defined the police operation, on Monday 15 January, as a "massacre", during which 9 people were killed, including former police officer Oscar Pérez, ...
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  19 January 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Cardinal Hummes: "A model of development for the Amazon starting from the Gospel" "The model of development that is being applied in the Amazon by governments, large public companies and private initiatives is damaging and devastating for the environment and for the indigenous peoples. The Church can ...
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  18 January 2018
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Pope in Iquique: there is no Christian joy when when doors are closed to others Iquique (Agenzia Fides) - Openness towards immigrants and foreigners is a sign that Christ is working in our hearts, bringing to fulfillment his "miracle". On the contrary, "we know there is no Christian joy when doors a ...
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  18 January 2018
  AMERICA/CHILE - "The Pope supports the mission of the Catholic University for quality education" Santiago (Chile) - "We will begin a sort of long exegesis, in various instances, of what the Holy Father told us" says to Agenzia Fides Professor Patricio Bernedo, Dean of History, Geography and Political Sciences of the ...
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  18 January 2018
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Francis in Peru, a polarized country and in need of reconciliation Pope Francis' visit to Inca land comes at a critical and therefore providential moment. On the one hand there is the harsh reality of the victims of the north coast of Peru due to the devastation caused by the typhoon El ...
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  18 January 2018
  AMERICA/PERU - The Pope will bless local devotions and patron images, which have kept the flame of Catholicism in Peru burning Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "El Señor del Mar" (The Lord of the Sea) and the Virgin of Carmen will be the first religious images that will welcome Pope Francis when he arrives in Peru on the afternoon of Thursday 18 January. ...
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  18 January 2018
  AMERICA/CHILE - Youth: "Francis shows us the source of joy: Christ Jesus" Santiago (Chile) - "Pope Francis explained to us a new concept of maturity. That of the ideas and dreams we realize against the pessimism of adults or of ourselves, which makes us think that the world will not change. He ...
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  18 January 2018
  AMERICA/CHILE - Isolde Reuque: "The Pope recognizes the suffering of the Mapuche and confirms them in the faith" Temuco (Chile) - "The Pope immediately started his speech in Mapudungun (the language of the Mapuche): 'Mari Mari. Küme tünngün ta niemün ', that is 'Good morning. Peace be with you'. And he thanked God for allowing ...