America

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  2 March 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR -Conclusion of the diocesan phase of the investigation into an alleged miracle attributed to Blessed Oscar Romero San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Church of El Salvador announced that it has sent the findings of an extensive research to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints at the Vatican, on a "presumed healing" attributed to ...
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  1 March 2017
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Harsh criticism of the Bishops' regarding the electoral campaign Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Honduras (CEH) in a message published on February 27, addressed all the faithful of the Country to offer some considerations on the electoral campaign for the pre ...
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  1 March 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Fraternity Campaign: "Brazilian ecosystems and defense of life" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Fraternity: Brazilian ecosystems and defense of life" is the theme of the Fraternity Campaign (CF) 2017, organized every year by the Bishops' Conference of Brazil (CNBB). The "text of the CF 2 ...
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  1 March 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Children fast for too many days, too weak to go to school Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Scholastic abandonment is one of the consequences of the Venezuelan crisis. It is estimated that between 2005 and 2015, 141,823 primary and secondary school students in the Country abandoned the ...
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  27 February 2017
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Concern of the Church for the labor crisis in Soriano and in Cologne Mercedes (Agenzia Fides) – As Lent approaches, the priests of the diocese of Mercedes (Urugauy) with the Bishop, His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Collazzi, issued a statement expressing "concern and pain" for "the difficult situat ...
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  27 February 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "EsTuDía": literacy campaign for the children of Antioquia Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - The National Ministry of Education has just launched the "EsTuDía" with the goal to seek, in the most remote places of Colombia, children and young people who do not go to school. The initiati ...
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  27 February 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Clear signs of peace by ELN: the request of the Bishop of Arauca Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Arauca calls for clear signs of peace from ELN (National Liberation Army) in this particular moment: last week, this guerrilla group attacked police stations and stol ...
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  27 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Family conflicts: fertile ground for violence in schools Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - Violence and family conflicts, stress and lack of food, are breeding grounds for children who attend school and listlessly increasingly become aggressive towards other classmates. The alarm was l ...
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  24 February 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - #WeAreAllTexas: February 28, Day of Action for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Austin (Agenzia Fides) – On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 communities throughout Texas will gather in Austin for #WeAreAllTexas: a Day of Action for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. The event will begin with a march that wil ...
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  24 February 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - One of the policemen injured in the explosion in La Macarena has died Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Military Bishop, His Exc. Mgr. Fabio Suescun Mutis, went to hospital to visit the members of the police who were injured in the explosion in the district of La Macarena, in Bogota, on 19 Febr ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Human rights: in Mexico and Central America a sad record of violations Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The Annual Report 2016 of Amnesty International was presented yesterday, February 22, which states that in 2016 there was an acceleration of the human rights crisis in Latin America. Countr ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa: "We must hold elections, the agreements must be respected" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - No representative of the Catholic Church in Venezuela will participate in the round table for dialogue between the government and the opposition, until the electoral path announced last year is ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - 82% of Venezuelan households live in poverty Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the severe economic crisis that continues to affect Venezuela, there is a lack of food and basic products in the Country. The inflation index indicated by the Central Bank in 2015 is 180 ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "A dignified life for life": in El Alto the only integral center for disabled children El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - Virgen Niña, is the only integral center for disabled children which is located in El Alto, in the Los Andes area. Promoted by the homonymous Virgen Niña Association, the center was launched 2 ...
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  22 February 2017
  AMERICA/HAITI - About 4,000 prisoners awaiting justice, deaths due to starvation and degradation increase Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, 21 February, at St. Anne's Church in Port au Prince, Father Jean Robert Louis celebrated in the presence of family members, the funeral of 20 inmates of the National Penitentia ...