America

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  13 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO -Violence increases against priests Tijuana (Agenzia Fides) – Still on the danger list but slowly improving: Rev. Juan Antonio Zambrano García, of the archdiocese of Tijuana, was attacked and wounded last Friday, June 9, in the parish of San Pedro e San ...
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  12 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The country is bleeding to death: not even a minimum of security is guaranteed the authorities are powerless Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – “In recent weeks, in various different parts of the country, violence has not subsided. In Tamaulipas fighting between drug cartels continues. Early last week Reynosa Prison was turned i ...
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  9 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Nine children out of 100 work and 37% do not go to school Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico 9 children out of 100 between 5 to 17 years of age work. According to the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI), there are two million and 475,000 children engaged ...
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  9 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops: communion and solidarity with the suffering of the people of Venezuela Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "United as a Church, we launch an appeal to show communion and solidarity with the suffering of the people of Venezuela", writes the President of the Bishops' Conference of Mexico (CEM) Card ...
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  8 June 2017
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - More than 3,000 people evacuated due to flooding in the north of the country Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - As a result of the floods that led to the overflow of the River Uruguay, there are currently 3,700 displaced persons in the north of the Country. The most hit department continues to be Salto ...
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  8 June 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The State of Roraima appeals to the federal government to help the Venezuelans who arrive Roraima (Agenzia Fides) - The authorities of the state of Roraima, where there is the only land border between Venezuela and Brazil, have asked for help from the federal government of Brazil in order to respond adequatel ...
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  8 June 2017
  AMERICA - Meeting of political leaders of the continent summoned by CELAM Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - A group of politicians and leaders of various Latin American parties were summoned for an unprecedented meeting with Bishops, inspired by Pope Francis's thought. The meeting, organized by the La ...
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  7 June 2017
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Vocational month: finding your place in life according to God's plan Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - "I am the one who speaks to you" is the theme with which the Church in Uruguay is celebrating the month of June "Vocational Month". According to the note sent to Fides by the Bishops' Confere ...
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  7 June 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - US House of Representatives approves law on intervention in favor of religious minorities persecuted in Syria and Iraq Washington (Agenzia Fides) - On Tuesday, June 6, 2017, the United States House of Representatives unanimously voted Law 390, Iraq and Syria Genocide Emergency Relief Accountability Act of 2017, which authorizes among oth ...
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  7 June 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The diocese of Cucuta opens a transit home for Venezuelans seeking food and medicine Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - A new transit home, significantly called "Divine Providence" was inaugurated on June 5 in the Colombian diocese of Cucuta, to help Venezuelans affected by the severe social, economic and politica ...
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  7 June 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Campaign to eradicate the phenomenon of child labor Huamanga (Agenzia Fides) - The phenomenon of child labor continues to spread in the urban area of Huamanga, Peruvian province of the Ayacucho region, where 520 children work on the streets of the city every day. In order ...
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  6 June 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Presidency of the Episcopal Conference in Rome to meet Pope Francis Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - On Thursday, June 8, the Presidency of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference (CEV) will be in Rome to meet with the Pope in the Vatican. "The meeting intends to discuss with him the dire situation ...
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  6 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - An indigenous candidate running for presidential elections Tuxpan (Agenzia Fides) - An indigenous woman is running for presidential elections in 2018. The voting that has just been held in Mexico among the delegates of the National Congress of Indigenous People (Inc), a party wh ...
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  6 June 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - A new reception center for vulnerable children Quito (Agenzia Fides) - A new "Guagua Center", a Child Development Community Center, was inaugurated on the occasion of the recent Child Day. El Arbolito, is the name of the home that will welcome 150 vulnerable childr ...
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  5 June 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Child labor: 64% of cases are concentrated in the agricultural sector Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Of the over 23,000 child workers surveyed in the Panama Republic, 64% are engaged in agricultural activities. For this reason, the Ministry of Labor and Development this year has focused its camp ...