America

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  27 April 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - “There must be pressure to reach a democratic solution ” says Bishop Pérez Lavado Madrid (Agenzia Fides) – "There must be a peaceful solution, elections, but to reach this goal there is need of pressure at very high levels, perhaps extreme, in order to find a democratic solution, which is what e ...
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  27 April 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The Vatican is ready to help, only “when the conditions exist for effective and genuine dialogue to resolve the difficulties” Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – The Holy See is following carefully the delicate situation in Venezuela and is ready to help if and when there are real conditions for effective dialogue and not for a " political show". This ...
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  27 April 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Bishop Espinal: “Corruption feeds social inequality and can destabilise the government ” San Fernando de Montecristi (Agenzia Fides) – Demonstrations by a social movement of protest against the incompetence of the authorities cannot destabilise a government, the only thing which can endanger the stability ...
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  26 April 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Abuse and violence on minors: no decrease in cases involving even newborn babies Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – According to official figures, in Colombia an act of sexual abuse is reported every 120 minutes. Of every ten cases, seven of the victims are children. In 80% of the cases reported, the aggre ...
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  26 April 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops urge people to join national strike “to defend rights acquired, and defend the life and dignity of every person” Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) –Bishop Francesco Biasin of Barra do Piraí-Volta Redonda, has urged the people of his diocese to join the general strike called by unions for 28 April. "I urge you all to take part, to make ...
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  26 April 2017
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Start bankruptcy process to save the country : religious leaders demand San Juan (Agenzia Fides) – "We confirm our encouragement and our support to the government of Puerto Rico and the Supervising Committee, to authorise a process of Title III bankruptcy before 28 April, when legal debt ...
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  25 April 2017
  AMERICA/ UNITED STATES - Like his recent predecessors President Trump avoids the term Armenian Genocide Washington – (Agenzia Fides) – American President Donald Trump, on Monday 24 April, issued an official statement on the planned massacre 102 years ago of Armenians in the Anatolian Peninsula, but avoided referring to ...
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  24 April 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Closeness and solidarity for Venezuela also from the Catholic Church in Colombia Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – “Closeness and solidarity has been voiced by the Catholic Church in Colombia towards the people of Venezuela, and the present difficult situation in that country” as expressed already by t ...
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  24 April 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New window for the evangelising activity of the Catholic Church in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – On 26 April the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Brazil (CNBB) will launch its new portal www.cnbb.org.br. The aim, says Auxiliary Bishop of Brasilia and CNBB secretary, is to give new im ...
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  22 April 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Church in Panama is sympathetic with the people of Venezuela Panama (Agenzia Fides) - "We are sympathetic with the request of the Bishops 'Conference of Venezuela, which calls for action on the basis of conscience and the exercise of the right to demonstrate", says a statement fro ...
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  22 April 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - 9 other peasants killed in an agrarian conflict Mato Grosso (Agenzia Fides) - Nine people killed. This is the toll of the last massacre caused by an agricultural conflict in Brazil. The massacre occurred a few days ago in a settlement in the municipality of Colniza, a ...
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  21 April 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Emergency in Mocoa continues and the risk of infection increases Mocoa (Agenzia Fides) - Two weeks after the overflow of the two rivers, Sangoyaco and Mulato (see Fides 3/4/2017), the population of Mocoa still lives in a state of emergency: there is no food, water and medical treatmen ...
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  21 April 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - School kits and food for working children Sullana (Agenzia Fides) - The Yachay National Program of the Peruvian Ministry for Women and Vulnerable Populations, in agreement with the Municipality of Sullana, has distributed a total of 50 school kits and food to wo ...
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  21 April 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Protomatyrs of Brazil: examples of Eucharistic devotion, faithfulness to the Church and missionary commitment Rio Grande do Norte (Agenzia Fides) - There is great joy in Rio Grande do Norte after the news that the canonization of the Protomartyrs of Brazil will take place on 15 October: André de Soveral, Ambrosio Francisco Ferr ...
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  20 April 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Episcopal Conference: "The judicial elections must not be politically manipulated" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Bishops' Conference (CEB) has asked through a brief message of its Secretary, Fr. José Fuentes, addressed to the civil community and the Bolivian government that the judicial electi ...