America

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  25 July 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - The Bishops on the decriminalization of abortion: With more force than before, we promote the value of life Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Following the approval of the draft law by the Chilean Senate that decriminalizes the voluntary interruption of pregnancy in three particular cases, "there will be laws on euthanasia and so on" ...
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  24 July 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Thirty years ago the martyrdom of a Spanish Bishop and a Colombian nun who defended the natives Quito (Agenzia Fides) - On July 21, 1987, what seemed like a friendly encounter in a remote Ecuadoran jungle (today is the province of Orellana) turned out to be the terrible killing of a Spanish Bishop and a Colombian r ...
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  24 July 2017
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Coloring horror: Children's drawings reflect the violence they live Sacoj Mixco (Agenzia Fides) - Delinquency, drugs, family problems and daily terror: This is how the children in their fifth and sixth year who go to the Primary School of the Educational Center Dr Bloem, in Sacoj Mixco, ...
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  24 July 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Elizondo on the destruction of a chapel:Security and respect of everybody’s rights Cancun (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of the Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal, Mgr. Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cárdenas, in his homily yesterday said that media sometimes report that evil is winning because bad news is what is m ...
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  21 July 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Cardinal Lacunza has been asking to resolve the situation of Cubans blocked in Panama for months David (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal José Luis Lacunza O.A.R., Bishop of the Diocese of David (Panama), has asked the government to resolve the situation in which Cuban migrants are still blocked at the Los Planes de Gualac ...
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  21 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Day of prayer and fasting for the country, two more dead during yesterday's strike Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Friday, July 21, the Day of prayer and fasting for liberty, justice and peace in Venezuela, promoted by the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference to ask God to bless the efforts of the Venezuelans. In ...
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  20 July 2017
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Inauguration of a new temple dedicated to the Christ of Esquipulas San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - With a solemn Mass presided by His Exc. Mgr. Ángel Garachana, Bishop of the diocese of San Pedro Sula, a new temple dedicated to the Christ of Esquipulas was inaugurated. The solemn ritu ...
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  20 July 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Mgr. Gualberti after the gunfight: "These deaths must shake our conscience" Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - "First and foremost, it is urgent to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation to eliminate any possible doubt on what happened. We must also take preventive measures, such as having w ...
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  19 July 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishop Seitz's Pastoral Letter: it is important to welcome migrants according to the Gospel El Paso (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, His Exc. Mgr. Mark J. Seitz, condemned the demonization of immigrants, the militarization of the border and the immigration system that divides fam ...
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  19 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - November 19 - Day Against Child Abuse in Medellin Medellín (Agenzia Fides) - The establishment of the "Day against child abuse", which will be celebrated on November 19, has just been approved in Medellín. The goal is to continue working to protect the rights of child ...
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  18 July 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Animation Week in the Archdiocese of Sucre: "I am a Church, I am Mission" Sucre (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Archdiocese of Sucre is experiencing a week of prayer and meetings in view of the Day of the Diocesean Church, with the slogan "I am Church, I am Mission! I count on you!". The Week o ...
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  18 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Month of the Bible on the road of reconciliation, to be artisans of peace Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - In several Latin American countries, September is celebrated as the "Month of the Bible" and is marked by various initiatives at all levels to promote reading and the knowledge of the Scriptures ...
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  18 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa Savino after the attack in the parish: "enough violence against the people" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, "condemns the attack of armed groups against citizens who were peacefully participating in the popular consultation on the Constituent Assembl ...
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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The BoscoBús assists street children Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Red de Casas Don Bosco, together with the Municipality Council for Children and Adolescent's Rights in Chacao, have created the BoscoBús program, which takes care of children who live on th ...
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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Cardinal Ezzati at the sanctuary of Maipù: "Mary, in these times of tension, asks us to learn the language of love" Maipù (Agenzia Fides) - At least sixty thousand faithful went on a pilgrimage to the Maipù National Sanctuary on the occasion of the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Patron of Chile, celebrated yesterday, on Sunday, ...