America

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  26 June 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Mgr. Medina's appeal: the government has abandoned flood victims Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - On the day of the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, on June 23, Bishop emeritus of the diocese of San Juan Bautista de las Misiones (Paraguay), Mgr. Mario Melanio Medina celebrated Mass ...
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  26 June 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE -"Araucania Plan" delivered, for Mgr. Vargas "it is the beginning of a path of true justice" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "I believe that when the Head of State, on behalf of the State and the country, asks for public forgiveness to indigenous peoples, and especially this time to the Mapuche people, for the shortc ...
• 23 June 2017
  AMERICA/ANTILLE - Appointment of the Bishop of St. George's in Grenada Vatican City (Agenzia) – Today the Holy Father appointed Rev. Clyde Martin Harvey, of the clergy of Port of Spain, Parish priest and Episcopal Vicar of the clergy, as Bishop of the diocese of St. George's in Grenada. ...
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  23 June 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church mediates for the release of journalists kidnapped in the north of Santander Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "ELN rebels in a conflict area of northeastern Colombia informs that the two Dutch kidnapped are in good health and will be released with a statement", reads the social media account of the guer ...
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  23 June 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The cry of the Bishops: "In the name of God, do not kill young Venezuelans anymore" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "In the name of God, do not kill young Venezuelans. Their great sin is not to believe in a future that resembles the present". This is what Mgr. Oswaldo Azuaje Pérez, O.C.D., Bishop of Trujillo ...
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  22 June 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - OAS Assembly: the Holy See asks to allow the entry of food and medicine and to define the date of the elections Cancun (Agenzia Fides) – To allow food and medicine to enter, define the date of the elections and free political prisoners: these are the three priorities that Pope Francis and the Holy See have asked in the face of t ...
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  22 June 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Alcohol addiction alarm regarding street children: from glue to marijuana, to "chespi" Asunciòn (Agenzia Fides) - Every day, the National Center for Drug Addiction in Paraguay receives hundreds of people with drug problems. However, the most alarming phenomenon is the many street children who go there to ...
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  22 June 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - To agree on a bilateral ceasefire, a first step in the dialogue between the Government and ELN Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On June 13, the government informed the delegation of the National Liberation Army (ELN), at the headquarters of the peace talks in Quito, Ecuador, on "the willingness to immediately begin studyi ...
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  21 June 2017
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Dumps, fields, hotels, restaurants, roads exploit the work force of over 400 thousand children Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In Honduras, more than 400,000 children and teenagers are forced to work in order to survive. According to a study carried out by the National Institute of Statistics (INE), over the past fi ...
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  21 June 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Over one million children do not go to school and work instead Cusco (Agenzia Fides) - "More education, less child labor" is the name of the campaign recently launched by Fundación Telefónica in the Peruvian city of Cusco to make the population aware of the importance of studying ...
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  21 June 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - To favor the culture of encounter to build a nation of brothers Córdoba (Agenzia Fides) - "A few days after experiencing difficult moments in our city, it encourages us to find ways to resolve conflicts and reach agreements that guarantee social peace and the common good. We must re ...
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  20 June 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Reconciliation with the creation and protection of the Colombian Amazon Leticia (Agenzia Fides) - The third Meeting of the Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network "REPAM-Colombia" was opened in Leticia on June 19, yesterday. Until June 24 more than 100 people will deepen the reality of the Colombian ...
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  20 June 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Recreational centers to stop the phenomenon of child labor Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the National Study on Employment, there are over 2 million children who are employed in Mexico and should not be working in Mexico. To prevent the phenomenon, starting from the ...
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  19 June 2017
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Over one thousand working children engaged in markets in Managua Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Hundreds of vulnerable children in Managua drop out of school to work in the markets of the city. Many of them are children of the same merchants. The Nicaraguan Institute for Human Promotion (I ...
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  19 June 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Migrant Week: It is not just a humanitarian crisis Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - From 18 to 25 June, the Catholic Church in Brazil celebrates the 32nd Migrant Week, with the theme "Migrations, biomes and living well", announces the Bishops' Conference of Brazil in the comm ...