America

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  9 October 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mgr. Peña Rodríguez denounces corruption in the judiciary: "Justice must go back and follow the right path" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Dominican Episcopal Conference (CED) described the Dominican justice system as "fragile", as the code-and-law enforcement officers are doing a job that leaves much to ...
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  7 October 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops invite to vote and announce a Day of Prayer on October 13 Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The crisis that the Country is facing is still there. This is the context in which the elections for state Governors have been announced. This is an electoral process of constitutional rank tha ...
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  6 October 2017
  AMERICA/ANTILLE - Still a very slow recovery after the passage of the hurricanes Port of Spain (Agenzia Fides) - The area most affected by recent Hurricane Irma regards the northern islands of the Antilles (see Fides 20/9/2017). The most affected and damaged dioceses are Saint John's-Basseterre, whic ...
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  6 October 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "Not even one young person must die for drugs": a year ago Father Viroche's death Tucuman (Agenzia Fides) - "Ni un pibe menos por la droga" (Not even one young person must die for drugs): this is what Mgr. Fernando Maletti, Bishop of Merlo-Moreno and representative of the National Commission for drug ...
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  5 October 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The possibility of becoming a candidate again: "A serious damage to democracy" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - "A serious damage to democracy" is how the Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB) defined the decision of the Plurinational Constitutional Tribunal to accept the request of the Movement for Socialism ...
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  4 October 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priest killed in Rionegro, the second in Colombia in 2017 Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) - Father Abelardo Antonio Muñoz Sánchez, 41 years old was killed during an attempted theft, in San Antonio neighborhood in Rionegro, on the main road leading to La Ceja. According to informat ...
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  3 October 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Amazon: An Atlas displays conflicts and tensions in 338 municipalities Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - There are 338 municipalities in the Amazon that live in situations of conflict due to land. In the State of Acre, half of the municipalities, 11, are involved. The State experienced a tough fig ...
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  2 October 2017
  AMERICA/PORTO RICO - "United we stand, divided we fall ": Archbishop of San Juan’s appeal for the rebirth of the Country devastated by hurricanes San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "Puerto Rico has been demolished but not completely destroyed", reports to Fides Mgr. Roberto O. González Nieves, OFM, Metropolitan Archbishop of San Juan de Puerto Rico, President of the Epis ...
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  2 October 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bilateral ceasefire between Government and ELN has begun, the Church protagonists in the path to peace Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "To help find the way to ensure peace, a solid and complete peace, this is the purpose of our participation in the dialogues", said His Exc. Mgr. Juan Carlos Barreto, Bishop of the Diocese of Qu ...
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  29 September 2017
  AMERICA/HAITI - Dialogue for socio-economic development restarts, even the Bishops meet the President Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - After only seven months since taking office as President of the Republic of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse is facing a situation that is putting him to the test. The population does not accept t ...
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  28 September 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Economic and social crisis: minors, adolescents and older people in the streets rummaging for food among the waste Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The long economic and social crisis that Venezuela is experiencing and the great difficulty in finding groceries are having a worrying impact on children and families living in more vulnerable s ...
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  28 September 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "Share the Journey" campaign begins, to welcome migrants who "too often seem invisible to us" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The worldwide campaign to support displaced people began yesterday, September 27. On the same day, several Bishops across the United States joined Pope Francis as he launched the "Share the J ...
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  27 September 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mapuche issue: clashes and arrests outside the Cathedral of Concepcion Concepcion (Agenzia Fides) - At least 30 people were arrested after a demonstration outside the Cathedral of Concepcion in southern Chile. During the demonstrations, several citizens who support 4 Mapuche activists who h ...
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  26 September 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Arauca appeals to ELN: "to make the peace process credible" Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - "I want to launch this appeal to everyone, we must make the peace process credible, we must make people feel that all this is true, that the path that has been taken is true, that we are acting s ...
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  25 September 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Support from 12 countries with regards to the dialogue between government and opposition, the Church is the only institution that people trust Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Foreign ministers from 12 US countries consider the new relations of the Venezuelan government with the opposition very positive, but they believe that they should be developed with internationa ...