America

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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops call for government intervention to release the nun abducted in Mali Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "We once again point out our condemnation for this abduction, and we ask the national Government to intervene and and carry out the necessary mediation for the release of the nun abducted and to ...
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  17 July 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A group from Juiz de Fora goes to Haiti: a missionary exchange is being studied Juiz de Fora (Agenzia Fides) - Following yesterday's Mass, a group of five Brazilian youths belonging to the “Jovens Missionários Continentais” (JMC) community, leave today from the Brazilian Archdiocese of Juiz de ...
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  15 July 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The V American Missionary Congress to be held from 10-14 July 2018 Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) – From 10 to 14 July 2018, the V American Missionary Congress will be held in Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Bolivia), after a five-year preparation in which the church in Bolivia and throughout Am ...
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  15 July 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - First Hispanic Bishop in Ohio: "The Church must accompany migrants well beyond spiritual support" Cleveland (Agenzia Fides) - "The church is called to accompany migrants, but far beyond spiritual support", says Mgr. Nelson Jesus Perez, new bishop of the diocese of Cleveland, Ohio (USA). Appointed only on July 11, th ...
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  14 July 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Archbishop denounces: The health of the population in jeopardy due to mining activities La Oroya (Agenzia Fides) - After the government reduced the environmental quality standards (ECA) to facilitate the sale of the metallurgical complex of La Oroya, the Archbishop of Huancayo, Mgr. Pedro Barreto Jimeno, SJ ...
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  14 July 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mgr. de la Rosa y Carpio: need to fight mafia groups of illegal immigration Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – Emeritus Archbishop of Santiago de los Caballeros, Mgr. Ramon Benito de la Rosa y Carpio, in a brief interview with the local press said that until mafia groups composed of Dominicans and for ...
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  13 July 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Labor reform approved, despite the opposition of the Church and other institutions Brazil (Agenzia Fides) - The Brazilian Senate approved Michel Temer's labor reform: 50 votes in favor and 26 against. The text, which has caused countless demonstrations and three general strikes, aims to modernize the B ...
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  13 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Radio station for human rights: a window for activism Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Humano Derecho Radio Estación radio has just launched a radio channel, a new alternative means of communication dedicated to human rights and the involvement of Venezuelan citizens. The initiat ...
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  13 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Urgent Message of the Bishops to Catholics and people of good will Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the 108th Plenary Assembly of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference held in Caracas from 7 to 12 July (see Fides 07/07/2017; 11/07/2017), the Bishops issued an "Urgent message ...
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  12 July 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - The diocese of Copiapó informs foreign workers of their rights Copiapó (Agenzia Fides) - The Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe House of Migrant in Copiapó hosted a conference on the rights of foreign workers residing in the Chilean region of Atacama, promoted by the Pastoral Ministry f ...
• 12 July 2017
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Confirmation of the National Director of the PMS, Mgr. Byron Heralda Chevannes Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On November 24, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the appointment of Mgr. Byron Heralda Chevannes, of the diocese of Ju ...
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  12 July 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - 60 percent of young people are poor: "We are all responsible", says Mgr. Martin Rosario (Agenzia Fides) - If 58.7 percent of young people under the age of 18 are poor, "it is clear that this is a sign of something that could not be solved". "We all are responsible, in one way or another, although we ...
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  11 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - About 869,000 children work during the night recycling materials of all kinds Barranquilla (Agenzia Fides) - Child labor exploitation in Colombia is punishable: from 3 to 7 years in prison. According to the police which deals with the country's childhood and adolescent, about 869,000 children work ...
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  11 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Letter to President Maduro from the Bishops gathered in Assembly Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – In order to resolve the serious food and drug crisis, and the insecurity that is causing innumerable victims throughout the country, it is urgent: "To recognize the autonomy of all public powe ...
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  10 July 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Mgr. Paz denounces: "Mining activity leaves only contaminated water and fields" Palo Quemado (Agenzia Fides) - "Farmers in Palo Quemado have to face the environmental impact caused by mining activity in the area, especially water and contaminated fields", denounces Mgr. Geovanni Mauricio Paz Hurtado ...