America

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  13 December 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe with the anxiety in the heart for many immigrants Pittsburgh (Agenzia Fides) - Dozens of children lined the main aisle of St. Paul's Cathedral in Oakland-Pittsburgh, wearing the native dress of Latin America and holding up flags of their countries, accompanied by the so ...
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  13 December 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Solidarity Network for Migrants and Refugees: "we do not ask for privileges but specific policies" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The XII National Meeting of the Solidarity Network for Migrants and Refugees (RedeMir) took place at the Cultural Center of Brasilia (CCB). The event (from December 5 to 7) was promoted by Migr ...
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  13 December 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Casa Hogar Karike for poor and vulnerable children Chihuahua (Agenzia Fides) - The Casa Hogar Karike was opened five years ago thanks to the generosity of a lady who welcomed three poor and abandoned children in her house. Since then visitors have increased and the needs ...
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  13 December 2016
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Casa Alianza: 15,000 children live on the streets and in shopping malls Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In Honduras about 15 thousand boys and girls live on the streets, in shopping malls and on the streets of the main cities of the Country. This is what the NGO Casa Alianza denounces, which a ...
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  12 December 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Martinez Zepeda: After 10 years of the army on the streets, the police must become stronger Irapuato (Agenzia Fides) - It is urgent that the municipal and state police across the country become stronger, so that the military army gradually go back to their barracks, because for the past 10 years they have been ...
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  12 December 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Baez: "To promote human rights, it is urgent to renew the entire political structure" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Managua, His Exc. Mgr. Silvio Jose Baez, on Friday, December 9 celebrated a Mass to recall the efforts of human rights defenders in Nicaragua. During h ...
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  9 December 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - The Bishops' message: renounce violence, restore confidence, renew oneself at all levels Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - A strong appeal for the renunciation of violence in all its forms and the wish that this Christmas may be for all Haitians an inexhaustible source of joy, peace and love: these are the fe ...
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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 ...