America

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  15 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The children of the peninsula of La Guajira forced to leave school in order to survive with the sale of fuel Maracaibo (Agenzia Fides) - In the Venezuelan peninsula of La Guajira smuggling fuel is an alternative for survival that in particular sees children involved. From 8 in the morning thousands of young children start to wo ...
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  14 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The meeting of the National Indigenous and Missionaries show interest in Arco Minero Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Seven years after the last meeting between the indigenous population and missionaries working in Venezuela, the Department of Missions of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela, in collaboration ...
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  14 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico closed between two walls Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Mexican public opinion remains divided on the construction of the "Trump wall" in the north with the United States, but begins to wonder about the wall that Mexico continues to strengthen al ...
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  14 February 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Wayuu denounce a state of neglect as the cause of death regarding malnourished children La Guajira (Agenzia Fides) - Despite the precautionary measures taken by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), the Wayuu indigenous people continue to suffer from malnutrition. The complaint comes from t ...
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  13 February 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Catholic Church breaks ties with the Scout Association of the country La Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church in Argentina has broken its ties with the Scout Association of the country due to recent changes in its educational project concerning the concept of family, and issues such ...
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  13 February 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Violence in the rural area increases, yesterday the memory of Dorothy Stang’s testimony Anapu (Agenzia Fides) - Families of farmers from Anapu in the south of Pará (Brazil), yesterday February 12 gathered to commemorate the death of Sister Dorothy Stang which happened 12 years ago. The nun was killed becau ...
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  10 February 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - New challenge for the Pastoral Care of Prisons: what happens after having found freedom? Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - Organized by the Pastoral Care of Prisons, on 3 and 4 February the retreat of prison chaplains in the Convent of San Alfonso, in Villa Allende, Cordoba was held. 22 chaplains from all over the c ...
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  10 February 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - For the first time a feast of Candlemas for the poor Puno (Agenzia Fides) - The program of celebrations in honor of the feast of Our Lady of Candlemas of Puno, in southern Peru, on the border with Bolivia, on Wednesday, February 8, the Bishop of the diocese, His Exc. Mgr. ...
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  10 February 2017
  AMERICA/CUBA - Polio vaccination campaign for 470,000 children Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The 56th National Vaccination Campaign against Poliomyelitis will soon begin in Cuba. Organizers expect that over 471,000 Cuban children will be vaccinated. The first phase will take place from ...
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  8 February 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Social Justice for 120,000 farm workers in the state of New York Albany (Agenzia Fides) - During a press conference held yesterday at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, the capital of New York state, the Catholic Bishop of the Diocese of Albany, His Exc. Mgr. Edward B. Scharfe ...
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  8 February 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - 26,000 Panamanian children still exploited in various forms of work and slavery Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Institute for the Development of Women and Children (UDEMI) recently organized a meeting with members of civil society, NGO representatives and members of Alianza con la niñez to address the ...
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  8 February 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - New missionary front in the Amazon for Italian fidei donum missionaries Boa Vista (Agenzia Fides) - "The heart of the Church of Roraima, extreme north of the Brazilian Amazon, welcomed with joy the sister church of Padua which on Saturday, January 21, sealed its commitment to open a new miss ...
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  8 February 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Dialogue between the government and ELN opens in Quito, the Church is present at the trial Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The public phase of dialogue between the Colombian government and the guerrilla group ELN (Ejército de Liberación Nacional) opened yesterday, on February 7, in the capital of Ecuador, Quito. T ...
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  1 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - First counseling center in Chiapas for the victims of violence and the building of peace Tuxtla Gutierrez (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Caritas Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutierrez has just inaugurated the first "counseling center" which aims to offer a safe space to accompany and assist the victims of violence i ...
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  1 February 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "To stigmatize immigrants" or open up to the richness of life they bring with them? Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Who is 'the other', how can I get in relationship with him?" is the question to ask according to the Episcopal Commission for Migration and Tourism of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina ...