America

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  7 December 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa: "Dialogue should be a tool to solve problems" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "We must set the many political prisoners free. It is necessary for the government to act in this way, because they are unjustly detained. The Church will not renounce to dialogue and it is in i ...
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  7 December 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Justice and Peace" denounces the serious situation: 12 young men and women disappeared and found murdered Coro (Agenzia Fides) - The "Justice and Peace" Commission of the Episcopal Conference of Venezuela expresses deep sorrow for what happened in the region of Barlovento, Miranda state, where the bodies of a group of 12 you ...
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  7 December 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "A light, a smile" for children and young people in situations of poverty Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - With the aim of offering drinking water to 1,400 children who are guests at the Hogar Escuela Santo Domingo Savio educational center, the Salesian Congregation has launched the initiative ...
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  6 December 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The number of migrants increases, Mgr. Lira invites everyone to work together to welcome them Matamoros (Agenzia Fides) - "No doubt this phenomenon occurs more here on the border, where expulsions are on the rise along with the emigration of those who come from Central America, driven by insecurity or poverty in ...
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  6 December 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Cardinal Ezzati: "The Church's doors are open to welcome and share the wealth of different cultures" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - On Sunday, December 4, a group of Haitian citizens received the sacrament of Confirmation in the parish of San Saturnino in Santiago del Chile, and on this occasion the Archbishop of Santiago, ...
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  5 December 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - First Mass of newly appointed Cardinal Porras in Mérida: a reference point for many Merida (Agenzia Fides) - The newly appointed Venezuelan Cardinal, Baltazar Enrique Porras Cardozo, yesterday celebrated the first Mass as Cardinal in his Archdiocese in Mérida, attended by thousands of faithful from the ...
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  5 December 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "The indigenous suffer indifference, misunderstanding and lack of respect for their rights", denounces Mgr. Alfert Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - During Mass yesterday, Sunday, December 4, in the Basilica of Caacupé, the Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Pilcomayo, His Exc. Mgr. Lucio Alfert, O.M.I. criticized the treatment given to ...
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  5 December 2016
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Avoid waste and live with basic necessities, especially at Christmas Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "Avoid waste and live with basic necessities especially at Christmas time, when so many people squander money even for superfluous things": is the appeal launched by Honduran Cardinal. Ósca ...
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  3 December 2016
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Stanley Rother, first martyr born in the US Atitlan (Agenzia Fides) - It is official, Pope Francis yesterday, 2 December 2016 recognized the martyrdom of Father Stanley Rother of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City (USA), making him the first martyr who was born in t ...
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  3 December 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Concern about the socio-political reality. Meeting church-OEA Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Nicaragua is concerned about the socio-political reality of the country and is ready to give its contribution to the common good. This is what emerged from the meeting held yester ...
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  2 December 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Mgr. Cabello on the lack of decisions to combat criminals: "Something is wrong" Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - After the Mass for the novena in preparation for the feast of Our Lady of Caacupé, celebrated yesterday in front of hundreds of young people from across the country, His Exc. Mgr. Miguel Ánge ...
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  2 December 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The fires devastate the tourist areas of the Great Smoky Mountains Gatlinburg (Agenzia Fides) - There are many residents of the diocese of Knoxville who have lost their homes and their jobs or even business, in the fires that devastated the tourist areas of the Great Smoky Mountains reg ...
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  1 December 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - American Catholics have concretely been supporting the Latin American Pastoral care for 50 years Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The Subcommittee for the Church in Latin America of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) approved the granting of subsidies for 204 projects of evangelization and solidari ...
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  1 December 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops concerned due to the violence against the rights of citizens Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Nicaragua condemn the violent repression of the government against farmers, on 29 and 30 November (see Fides 30/11/2016), who were attacked by anti-riot police forces in New Guine ...
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  30 November 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Still protests for the inter-oceanic canal: the police ward off protesters Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Police warded off hundreds of peasants with rubber bullets and gas, who from the south of Nicaragua were trying to reach the capital last night to attend a demonstration of the opposition with r ...