America

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  4 July 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Cardinal Da Rocha: "Corruption kills! Market interests are not a reason to sacrifice the people!" Brazil (Agenzia Fides) - It is not the first time that the Bishops of Brazil warn about the economic reforms of the government, but the President of the National Conference of Bishops of Brazil (CNBB), Cardinal Sergio Da ...
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  4 July 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Poverty, discrimination, infant marriages among the Latin American plagues Santiago del Chile (Agenzia Fides) - The percentage of pregnant teenagers in Chile is higher in the Afro descent and Indigenous population. The ethno-racial component also aggravates the phenomenon. The figures were anno ...
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  4 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops renew their appeal for Sister Gloria’s release, four countries involved Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - After the video in which Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez appears, kidnapped by Al Qaeda in Mali, on February 7 (see Fides 8 and 9/02/2017), the President of the Episcopal Conference Of Colombia, ...
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  3 July 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Moreno Barrón: "It is absurd to think that a wall is a sign of progress" Baja California (Agenzia Fides) - When he was appointed Archbishop of Tijuana, Baja California Norte in Mexico, he never thought he would have to deal with the problem of migration so closely, but now, as he says, "it ha ...
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  3 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Even Sister Gloria Cecilia in the video released by Al Qaeda with those kidnapped in Mali Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has informed that it has received proof that Sister Gloria Cecilia Narvaez Argoty, the Colombian missionary abducted on 8 February in the village of Kara ...
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  1 July 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Now more than ever unity is strength": the greetings of Mgr. Epalza in Buenaventura Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - "The affection of the people of Buenaventura is in my mind and heart, and I tell you that now more than ever unity is strength. This is my message: to continue with that tenacity, resistanc ...
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  1 July 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa: "Enough violence, one could speak of a government war against the people" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "One could speak of a government war against the people", says Cardinal Urosa who condemned the violent repression by both state security forces and paramilitary groups against the demonstrators ...
• 30 June 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Resignation of the Bishop of Buenaventura and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral government of the diocese of Buenaventura (Colombia), presented by His Exc. Mgr. Héctor Epalza Quintero, P.S.S. The Pope ...
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  30 June 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National meeting of diocesan representatives and migrant chaplains Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - From June 30 to July 2, the annual national meeting will be held in Buenos Aires, and brings together diocesan delegates and chaplains from migrant communities working in all of the diocese ...
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  28 June 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Ramirez: "Enough thefts and profanations!", while chaos reigns in the capital Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Vandals have robbed and profaned the church of Santa Rosa de Lima in Caracas. This is what His Exc. Mgr. Tulio Luis Ramírez Padilla, auxiliary Bishop of Caracas denounces, through a statement o ...
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  28 June 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Patagonia united in the story of the two miners trapped underground Aysen (Agenzia Fides) - "In Patagonia we always say that we are united in good and bad times, in moments of difficulty: United with the families of Jorge and Enrique, miners, authorities, companies, the whole population" ...
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  27 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - In the face of growing violence, the Church creates a body to build peace Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in the state of Michoacan has created a body responsible for coordinating and promoting pastoral actions with special attention to building peace, because despite the efforts ...
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  27 June 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Historical act: with the delivery of weapons by FARC, the peace process continues Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - A historical act will take place today in Bogota: the FARC (Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia), the oldest guerrilla group on the continent, will not exist any more. The act consists i ...
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  27 June 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Venezuelans arriving at the border are hungry, border Bishops call for the support from authorities Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - Venezuelan emigrants crossing the border with Colombia are more and more numerous: there are those looking for work, others want to reach distant relatives and all in search of a better situation ...
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  27 June 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Two Combonian missionaries die in a road accident S. Antonio do Matupi (Agenzia Fides) - Combonian missionaries, a 47-year-old Mozambican, Sister Luisa Manuel, and 37-year-old Sister Giuseppina Lupo, Italian, died in Brazil following a car accident on June 24 around noo ...