America

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  31 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops on the violent day of the election: "Useless, unnecessary, and damaging to the people" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Useless, unnecessary and damaging to the Venezuelan people", this statement was repeated many times yesterday in the many demonstrations that took place on the election day to elect the members ...
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  31 July 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Day against trafficking: Mgr. Noriega recalls the 10 dead immigrants in the truck Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of the diocese of Zacatecas, Mgr. Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, during his homily on Sunday, July 30, recalled the young man who died in a truck in Texas, in an attempt to find a jo ...
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  31 July 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - During summer courses children also learn to know Jesus Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - In Ecuador, the Evangelical Church has promoted summer courses for children where the Word of God is also taught. According to the statement by the local Christian Summer School Coordinator, 5 ...
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  29 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Five priests stop the tanks of the National Guard in Ejido Ejido (Agenzia Fides) - The priests of the Catholic Church spoke yesterday July 28 with regards to a confrontation between the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) and demonstrators in the city of Ejido, in the state of Méri ...
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  29 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priest killed in Puerto Valdivia, "sacrificed in the exercise of his mission" Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Colombia joins the pain of the assassination of Fr. Diomer Eliver Chavarría Pérez, killed on the day of his 31st birthday, on the evening of July 27, in the parish ...
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  28 July 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Christian-Jewish group launches fundraiser for "Persecuted Christians" Chicago (Agenzia Fides) -The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, with headquarters in Chicago and Jerusalem, has launched a fundraising initiative to aid Christians and other persecuted minorities in the Mid ...
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  28 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops call for non-violence and appeal to law enforcement: "Your role is to maintain peace" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "In a few hours the constituent National Assembly elections will be held and the President of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference reiterates his rejection with regards to this initiative, conside ...
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  28 July 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Mgr. Piñeiro during the national holiday: need to intervene and be severe against corruption Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "The national holiday that reminds us of one of the greatest aspirations of Peruvians, independence of living in freedom and democracy, this year has a special blessing: the upcoming visit of Pope ...
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  27 July 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - A church burned in Mapuches conflict area in Chile Vilcun (Agenzia Fides) – An evangelical church has been burned to the ground along the road from Cajon to Vilcun. According to a note by Radio Bio Bio, sent to Fides, the arson attack happened late Tuesday, July 25. ...
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  27 July 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Hundreds of children wear fancy-dresses for the Santiago Wanka feast Huancayo (Agenzia Fides) – The schoolchildren of seven school institutes gave life to the start of the traditional Santiago Wanka feast in Huancayo province. With great enthusiasm, hundreds of children represented the ...
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  27 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Dialogue on illegal mining, a first positive approach Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) – The meeting between Colombian Minister for Mining and Energy Carlos Andrés Cante and the Catholic Bishops held on 24 July in order to clarify the main points of this activity in different p ...
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  26 July 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mgr. Goic Karmelic's reflection: For a democracy based on values Rancagua (Agenzia Fides) - "The debate in the Senate and Chamber of Deputies last week, on the abolition of abortion, saddened me with regards to democracy based on values which since my childhood I was taught to nurture ...
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  26 July 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - In debt with childhood: Dominican children are deprived of their rights Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly 13% of minors in the Dominican Republic are forced to work, about 15% do not go to school and 28% are married or cohabit. These alarming data have been reported by the "In Debt with ...
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  26 July 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A bomb explodes at the entrance of the Episcopal Conference, appeal for calm Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - On July 25, a bomb exploded at the main entrance of the Mexican Episcopal Conference headquarters in Mexico City around 1.50 am, causing some damage but no one was injured. "We appreciate t ...
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  25 July 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Detroit judge blocks deportation of Iraqi immigrants for 90 days Detroit (Agenzia Fides) – A judge Mark Goldsmith in Detroit has temporarily halted the deportations of Chaldean Christians and other Iraqi immigrants ordered last June by virtue of the new immigration rules implemented ...