America

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  6 April 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Church in the dialogue process: abandon the request of the re-election of the President San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the diocese of San Pedro, His Exc. Mgr. Pierre Laurent Jubinville, C.S.Sp. informed that the Permanent Council of the Bishops' Conference of Paraguay (CEP) consid ...
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  6 April 2017
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - "Road Project" for thousands of street children and adolescents Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) - In Montevideo, Paysandú, Maldonado, Salto and Durazno "Road Project" takes care of 1,088 children. The project includes a "kids club", as well as 90 youth centers that assist 7,000 adolescen ...
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  6 April 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Bishops on the election results: "Transparency, never violence, peace is in danger" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "Ecuador is going through difficult times, which threaten the unity of our country. Peace is indeed in danger!" says the statement of the Bishops' Conference sent to Fides. The text continues: "In ...
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  6 April 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Landslide in Mocoa: Nuncio celebrates Mass for the victims, aid from the Bishops' Conference Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - According to figures of the National Institute of Legal Medicine and Forensic Sciences of Colombia, the number of confirmed deaths caused by the mudslide that flooded the town of Mocoa, in the so ...
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  5 April 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The help of the Catholic Church to those fleeing from Venezuela Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - The recent events and political developments that are taking place in Venezuela (see Fides 1 and 3/04/2017) have increased the arrival of Venezuelans in Colombia, in search of better opportunitie ...
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  5 April 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops call to vote and ask candidates to avoid "foul play" Xalapa (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops that make up the ecclesiastical province of Xalapa have invited the candidates of the 212 places in the region to avoid "foul play", unfounded attacks or lack of respect during the el ...
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  4 April 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishop of Caacupé on the situation: "The authorities that govern us are the real culprits" Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Caacupé, His Exc. Mgr. Claudio Giménez Medina, said that "many are guilty of what happened, usually those who exercise authority, but especially those who lead th ...
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  4 April 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mgr. Nicanor Peña: "Corruption and impunity must be fought at all levels" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Nicanor Peña, has spoken in favor of the investigation by the Attorney General on the scandal o ...
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  4 April 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Crime helps to increase the number of children who are orphaned Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In the last five years the number of children orphaned as a result of the underworld has increased significantly in Caracas. Although there are no official figures of children and adolescents wh ...
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  4 April 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops' Conference agrees to participate in the dialogue proposed by Cartes Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Paraguay has confirmed its participation in the dialogue convened by President Horacio Cartes with various political sectors. According to the statement sent to Fide ...
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  4 April 2017
  AMERICA/HAITI - Six months after the hurricane the commitment for people with disabilities continues Milan (Agenzia Fides) - Six months ago hurricane Matthew hit Haiti, causing the most serious humanitarian emergency in the Country after the 2010 earthquake. The situation is still difficult today. In a note sent to Fide ...
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  3 April 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Lenín Moreno wins election, Oppostition contests outcome Quito (Agenzia Fides) – Lenín Moreno, the candidate backed by Rafael Correa (Ecuador‘s president), was declared the winner in elections on Sunday 2 April, amid charges of fraud raised by the Opposition. With almost ...
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  3 April 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Concern for social tension: “this creates a dictatorship” warns Cardinal Urosa Savino Caracas (Agenzia Fides) – " The National Assembly is still blocked. I am deeply concerned about the state of emergency in our country regarding poor economic growth which has persisted for the past twelve months. ...
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  3 April 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Prayers and aid for victims of the Mocoa disaster, at least 250 dead Bogota (Agenzia Fides) – During the night of Saturday 1 April a huge mud slide swamped the Colombian town of Mocoa. The Mocoa and SanBoyaco rivers burst their banks sweeping away homes, cars and two bridges. At leas ...
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  31 March 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Need to improve the tragic situation through dialogue": Fr. Sosa on the crisis that the country lives Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Venezuelan Jesuit priest Arturo Sosa, first Latin American to be elected superior general of the Society of Jesus (SJ), visited his confreres in Peru this week, where he was interviewed by "El C ...