America

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  20 May 2017
  AMERICA/TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - Young activists rally to climate cause in Trinidad and Tobago Port of Spain (Agenzia Fides) - Two environmental activist groups in Trinidad and Tobago, powered by young volunteers, prepare to ramp up their climate change and sustainability activism. IAMovement and New Fire Festival ...
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  20 May 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "For ethics in politics", even the Bishops denounce corruption in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Members of the Presidency of the National Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB) published an official note on Friday, May 19, entitled "For ethics in politics", which states that the Conference ...
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  19 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - For the Bishops the Constituent Assembly is "not necessary and dangerous for democracy" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Bishops' Conference (CEV) yesterday issued a Pastoral Exhortation as a conclusion of the Extraordinary Plenary Assembly held from 16 to 18 May (see Fides 17/05/2017). With regar ...
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  19 May 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Almost six million children and teenagers live in extreme poverty Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - A study carried out by the Participatory Research Center for Economic and Social Policy (Cippes) shows that half of the children and teenagers in the country live below the poverty line. Ci ...
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  19 May 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The priest attacked in the Cathedral is still in serious condition Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Mexico published a statement on the health conditions of Father José Miguel Machorro Alcalá, 55, stabbed while celebrating Mass in the Metropolitan Cathedral on Monday, ...
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  19 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Malnutrition emergency, infant and maternal mortality rate increases Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - With the collapsing economy, food and drug shortages and rising food prices, half of Venezuelan children under five years of age are at imminent risk of malnutrition. The alarm arrives from Cari ...
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  17 May 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Anniversary of Independence: reiterated the need to reform the Constitution together Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - In the presence of President Horacio Cartes, ministers, judges of the Supreme Court, parliamentarians and military leaders, the Archbishop of Asunción, Mgr. Edmundo Valenzuela, on 15 May celeb ...
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  17 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Venezuelan Bishops gathered in an extraordinary Assembly Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The difficult situation in the country and in various contexts marked by the difficulties experienced by Venezuela have imposed the convocation of the 43rd Extraordinary Plenary Assembly of the ...
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  16 May 2017
  AMERICA - CELAM's Socio-Pastoral Observatory to build the "geopolitics of hope" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - One of the purposes of the XXXVI Ordinary Assembly of the Latin American Bishops' Council (CELAM) just completed in San Salvador (see Fides 13/05/2017) was to carry out an assessment of the work ...
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  16 May 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest stabbed in the cathedral immediately after Mass Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – Fr. Miguel Angel Machorro, who had just finished celebrating Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico D.F. was stabbed three times on the altar by a thirty-year-old man. According to w ...
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  16 May 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Help for children and families affected by the mud avalanche in Mocoa Mocoa (Agenzia Fides) - SOS Children's Villages International is at the forefront of the populations affected by the mud avalanche that hit the Colombian town of Mocoa on April 1st and caused the death of over 350 people ...
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  15 May 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican missionary denounces the situation of peasants El Seibo (Agenzia Fides) - "If the 'Central Romana' (agro-industrial company) dared to destroy the homes of 80 families in January 2016 at 3 o'clock in the night, without an order from the State Attorney, then stole thei ...
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  15 May 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Mary, protagonist of the 2019 WYD logo created by a young Panamanian Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Ambar Calvo, a a 20-year-old student of architecture at the University of Panama, was the winner of the competition for the next World Youth Day logo (WYD), to be held in Panama from 22 to Januar ...
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  15 May 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Arizmendi: "Do not spend money for political campaigns but for the needs of communities" San Cristobal de las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no need to spend so much money in political campaigns, but has to be destined to the needs of communities, like communications in Chiapas": asks the Bishop of the Di ...
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  13 May 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - CELAM Assembly: "We asked Mgr. Romero for his intercession" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The Central American Bishops have been meeting for 75 years to analyze social, economic and political situations, and above all to share the aspects of their ministry. Together we faced ou ...