America

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  19 January 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Return to smile": medical campaign of reconstructive surgery for children Cartagena (Agenzia Fides) - This year doctors and volunteers of the American NGO Healing The Children will carry out a selection among children between 0 to 17 years of age, who need reconstructive surgery. "Return to sm ...
• 17 January 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Reappointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Andrew Small OMI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 4, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the reappointment of Fr. Andrew Small, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immacu ...
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  16 January 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Mgr. Vieira: "It is urgent to address the problems of our prison system" Natal (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Natal (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil), His Exc. Mgr. Jaime Vieira Rocha, released a statement on the massacre that took place on Saturday night, January 14, in which at least 26 pr ...
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  16 January 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Dialogue between the government and gangs for peace and genuine reconciliation is still necessary San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The country needs political consensus, this means dialogue", said yesterday the Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Rosa Chavez, in the usual Sunday press. "The spirit ...
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  16 January 2017
  AMERICA/CANADA - Worldwide, 119,000 children are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome each year Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - A study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada published the first-ever estimates of the proportion of women who drink during pregnancy. According to data published in The Lan ...
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  14 January 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic Bishops "disappointed" of the sudden change of the Cubans protection policy Austin (Agenzia Fides) - The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has expressed "disappointment" for the abolition of the policy measure that protected the Cubans who arrived in the country, promising to work with t ...
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  13 January 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - On mission in canoe at the Amazon borders Leticia (Agenzia Fides) - For 6 months a lay Ecuadorean, who has chosen to support one of the works of the traveling group of the Society of Jesuits in the Amazon has been committed to doing voluntary work at the triple ...
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  13 January 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - For the February elections Bishops call for "a moral regeneration of politics" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - A little more than a month before the presidential elections to be held on February 19, 2017 (see Fides 24/10/2016), the Ecuadorian Bishops' Conference issued a pastoral letter, sent to Agenzia Fi ...
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  13 January 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The priest who had been missing since 3 January found dead Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. José Raúl Vera López, O.P. announced the discovery of Fr. Joaquin Hernandez Sifuentes’ body, who was missing since 3 January (see F ...
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  12 January 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops prepare World Youth Day 2019 Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Panama (CEP) is underway. The Assembly began on Monday, January 9 and will end on Friday 13 in Clayton. The central theme is the prepa ...
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  12 January 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Navarro: "We must not remain silent but commit ourselves with our history" Zamora (Agenzia Fides) - During the traditional "Rosca de Reyes", a cake to share to celebrate Epiphany, held in the Bishop’s offices of the Diocese of Zamora (Michoacán, Mexico), was also attended by media representa ...
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  12 January 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Foundations committed to the eradication of child labor Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The Don Bosco and the Salesians projects, identified as foundations, support atypical families in Ecuador in which children are forced to work. In 2016, in Tungurahua, 200 children were welcomed ...
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  11 January 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Mgr. Rodríguez Peña’s appeal to the authorities: "Quickly resolve the problem of crime" Puerto Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Nicanor Peña Rodríguez, asked the state security organs to act quickly in the fight against cri ...
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  11 January 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Government-ELN peace dialogue resumes tomorrow, the Church is closely following the negotiations Cali (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, January 12, dialogue between the Colombian government and the guerrilla group ELN (Ejercito de Liberacion Nacional) in Quito, Ecuador resumes. The Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Mgr. Darío ...
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  10 January 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The rate of malnutrition regarding children and the elderly increase because of the crisis Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - A study of the Central University of Venezuela estimates that in 2017 the rate of malnutrition regarding school-age children will increase by 3% compared to 2016, and will reach between 350 and ...