America

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  15 November 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - In memory of Jesus' martyrs: an impulse to change the nation San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The death of the Jesuit martyrs and laywomen encourages us to work tirelessly to change the course of history and the country", said Fr. Andreu Olivo, Rector of the "José Simeón Cañas" ...
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  14 November 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Horror and violence against ashaninka communities, in the memory of a Franciscan nun Puerto Ocopa (Agenzia Fides) - Puerto Ocopa is a town in the district of Río Tambo, province of Satipo (Junín). It is one of the areas most affected by the violence of the Sendero Luminoso terrorist group (PCP-SL), whi ...
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  14 November 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The case of the assassination of missionary Vicente Cañas, defender of the indigenous, reopens Cuiabá (Agenzia Fides) - "Kiwxí" was the Indian name of Jesuit missionary Vicente Cañas, who together with his confrere Fr. Thomaz Aquino Lisbôa made the first contacts with the indigenous peoples living in the north ...
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  13 November 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - More space and rights for women in society Panama (Agenzia Fides) – To share work experience, encourage the incidence of women in different sectors of society, promote women's presence and rights at political, economic and social levels: this is the goal of the ...
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  13 November 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - To build the "Amazonian face" of the Catholic Church Quito (Ecuador) - The call to create a "Church with an Amazonian face" is a great challenge that opens after Pope Francis’ invitation "to explore paths, expressions and processes that help build and structure a model o ...
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  10 November 2017
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Militarization and human rights violations in the department of Quiché Santa Cruz del Quiché (Agenzia Fides) – There is an increase in the attacks against human rights defenders, who take position against the creation of highly polluted hydroelectric megaprojects in the indigenous Maya-I ...
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  9 November 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Education and shelter for street children in Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - Over a thousand children in the Bolivian outskirts of Santa Cruz de la Sierra are street children, and many others are likely to become street children in an area where violence ...
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  9 November 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A church burned and smeared: why? Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Our commitment as a Church is to announce and promote the Kingdom of Jesus, which is Justice, Truth, Love without exclusion, giving priority to the poor, who are God’s favorites. We want ...
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  8 November 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Synod for the Pan-Amazon region, a Tuyuka priest: "The Church promotes and enhances indigenous peoples" Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the goals of the extraordinary Synod for the Pan-Amazon region is to identify new ways for the evangelization of indigenous peoples in all the Pan-Amazon regions. However, many of thes ...
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  7 November 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops: "We cannot stand still in the face of the dramatic situation of the country" Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - An invitation to Catholics and the entire Colombian people to "become aware of the reality and of the responsibility we all have" is what the Bishops of Colombia say at the end of their extraord ...
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  4 November 2017
  AMERICA/HAITI - Haitian lay people called to rediscover their mission in society and the Church Port au Prince - (Agenzia Fides) - 180 Catholic lay faithful from all the dioceses of Haiti took part in the National Congress of Laity held in Port au Prince from 31 October to 3 November. The meeting, promoted by the C ...
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  4 November 2017
  NEWS ANALYSIS/OMNIS TERRA - Violence and insecurity in Venezuela The nation is going through a deep crisis: it is ranked second among the most violent countries in the world, with over 91 violent deaths per 100,000 inhabitants. The State seems to have handed over the control of securi ...
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  3 November 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops: after critical moments, the elections will allow to make choices regarding the present and the future Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Bishops' Conference of Paraguay (CEP) will be in the Vatican from 5 to 12 November for their Ad limina apostolorum, "bringing with them the report of the episcopal ministry o ...
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  3 November 2017
  AMERICA - Positive peace signs in the continent Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - "Although security in Latin America is still precarious, the first signs of peace are beginning to be registered": this is what emerges from the data in the Global Peace Index 2017 report, recei ...
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  27 October 2017
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Bishops for the elections: "Restoring politics, democracy, rule of law and hope" Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – To create a country with a different future, which has dignity and without corruption: this is the wish expressed in a press release, less than one month before the 2017 General Elections, ...