America

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  5 August 2017
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO -“We are grateful to Congress for approving funds for the poorest of the poor” San Juan (Agenzia Fides) – We are grateful that Congress has approved a law which foresees a process to restructure the Island’s debt” say Archbishop Roberto O. González Nieves of San Juan de Puerto Rico and Rever ...
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  4 August 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - On August 4, Bishop Enrique Angelelli, committed to the poor was killed La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - On August 4, 1976, Father Arturo Pinto and Mgr. Angelelli were returning from a celebration in honor of two priests killed. Along the way to Cordoba, two cars approached them and crushed agains ...
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  4 August 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Bishops: "We will not be a different Country unless we overcome naivety, passivity and indifference" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "We will not be a different Country unless we overcome naivety, passivity and indifference", concludes the final message of the meeting of the Pastoral Care for Social Action of the National Bi ...
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  3 August 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Human Rights International Film Festival brings together new directors Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - Cinema creates a space to give way to the creativity of new film directors. With this aim, the Bogotá Human Rights International Film Festival, in collaboration with the Latin American Rule of ...
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  3 August 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The priest wounded on May 15 in Mexico’s city Metropolitan Cathedral has died Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "On Wednesday, August 2, the medical director of the Intensive Care Unit of the National Institute of Medical Science (INCM) announced that Father José Miguel Machorro has a brain death sit ...
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  2 August 2017
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Caravan of Friendship of the Pastors for Peace arrives in Cuba Havana (Agenzia Fides) - This year, the 28th Caravan of the United States-Cuba Friendship also landed on the Caribbean island. As part of its agenda, the group will tour several Cuban provinces and meet with people, chur ...
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  1 August 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - A missionary donates a new tabernacle to the parish of San José de Los Llanos San José de Los Llanos (Agenzia Fides) - About two months ago, the tabernacle was desecrated and taken away in the parish of San José de Los Llanos. On July 30, Father Christopher Hartley, a diocesan missionary in Tole ...
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  31 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Bishops on the violent day of the election: "Useless, unnecessary, and damaging to the people" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Useless, unnecessary and damaging to the Venezuelan people", this statement was repeated many times yesterday in the many demonstrations that took place on the election day to elect the members ...
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  31 July 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Day against trafficking: Mgr. Noriega recalls the 10 dead immigrants in the truck Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) – The Bishop of the diocese of Zacatecas, Mgr. Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, during his homily on Sunday, July 30, recalled the young man who died in a truck in Texas, in an attempt to find a jo ...
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  31 July 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - During summer courses children also learn to know Jesus Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - In Ecuador, the Evangelical Church has promoted summer courses for children where the Word of God is also taught. According to the statement by the local Christian Summer School Coordinator, 5 ...
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  29 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Five priests stop the tanks of the National Guard in Ejido Ejido (Agenzia Fides) - The priests of the Catholic Church spoke yesterday July 28 with regards to a confrontation between the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) and demonstrators in the city of Ejido, in the state of Méri ...
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  29 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Priest killed in Puerto Valdivia, "sacrificed in the exercise of his mission" Antioquia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Colombia joins the pain of the assassination of Fr. Diomer Eliver Chavarría Pérez, killed on the day of his 31st birthday, on the evening of July 27, in the parish ...
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  28 July 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Christian-Jewish group launches fundraiser for "Persecuted Christians" Chicago (Agenzia Fides) -The International Fellowship of Christians and Jews, with headquarters in Chicago and Jerusalem, has launched a fundraising initiative to aid Christians and other persecuted minorities in the Mid ...
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  28 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops call for non-violence and appeal to law enforcement: "Your role is to maintain peace" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "In a few hours the constituent National Assembly elections will be held and the President of the Venezuelan Bishops' Conference reiterates his rejection with regards to this initiative, conside ...
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  28 July 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Mgr. Piñeiro during the national holiday: need to intervene and be severe against corruption Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "The national holiday that reminds us of one of the greatest aspirations of Peruvians, independence of living in freedom and democracy, this year has a special blessing: the upcoming visit of Pope ...