America

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  22 November 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The plight of Quilmes denounced by Mgr. Tissera: "People no longer have money to buy milk" Quilmes (Agenzia Fides) - The "Mass of Hope" was celebrated on Saturday, November 19 with a massive presence of faithful, at the big park of the Malvinas, point of encounter of the three districts that make up the Argent ...
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  22 November 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Padrón to Fides: "People are falling into depression over the disappointment of dialogue which is not leading to anything positive" Rome (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV), His Exc. Mgr. Diego Padrón, who came to Rome to accompany His Exc. Mgr. Enrique Porras Cardozo, Archbishop of Mérida, created Cardinal ...
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  21 November 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - In thousands for the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy in the name of the family Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - They were thousands who participated in the march under the slogan "One step for my family", national demonstration organized for the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy, which was held yester ...
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  21 November 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Elections without accidents in a country which is still devastated Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Presidential elections were held yesterday in Haiti in a peaceful manner except for a few isolated incidents. The results will not be known before a week. More than 6 million Haitians wer ...
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  21 November 2016
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Church wants to be an active part in public education and have access to the media Havana (Agenzia Fides) - "The Church wants to have schools or spaces in schools, because it is what also a considerable part of the population wants": asks the new Archbishop of Havana, His Exc. Mgr. Juan de la Caridad G ...
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  19 November 2016
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The coalition Jubilee USA Network: "People are suffering, the crisis is getting worse in Puerto Rico" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "People are suffering, the crisis is getting worse in Puerto Rico", said Eric LeCompte, presenting the testimony as executive director of the coalition "Jubilee USA". LeCompte collaborates with ...
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  19 November 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - For the Year of Mercy: pardon and better conditions in prisons Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The President of Paraguay, Horacio Cartes, announced yesterday, 18 November, the granting of pardon to 16 prisoners, mostly women, answering the request pronounced by Pope Francis to heads of s ...
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  18 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The suspension of the hydroelectric project El Quimbo requested by the population Garzón (Agenzia Fides) - "Peace is not merely the absence of war; nor can it be reduced solely to the maintenance of a balance of power between enemies; nor is it brought about by dictatorship. Instead, it is rightly an ...
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  18 November 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Abandoned at the mercy of the sun, hunger and parasites San Diego (Agenzia Fides) - The march of children and immigrant families from Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador to the United States, fleeing violence and poverty does not stop. The alarm was launched by the Ag ...
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  18 November 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops' message: "To live mercy in the practice of justice" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "We have to live together on the foundations of truth, without deceiving, with respect, without aggression. Special interests must give way to the common good, especially for the most vulnera ...
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  17 November 2016
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Award to IDHUCA: has been defending the rights of the weakest for 31 years San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - On November 15, the Ambassador of Spain in El Salvador delivered, on behalf of the Spanish king, Philip VI, a Plaque of Civil Merit to the Institute for Human Rights of the Central American ...
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  17 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church accompanies the peace talks with ELN with impartiality and discretion Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Colombian government, through the Commission created ad hoc to negotiate with the ELN (National Liberation Army), met the Bishops in charge of accompanying the process of dialogue with this g ...
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  16 November 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Amazon Ecclesial Convention: situation and prospects of missionary work Belem (Agenzia Fides) – The Amazon Ecclesial Convention, being held from 14 to 16 November in the city of Belem aims at discussing the political, social, economic, cultural and religious situation of the region and the ...
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  16 November 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Children workers discuss work and decent life Luque (Agenzia Fides) - "Work ennobles us, struggle unites and strengthens us" was the motto of the Regional Meeting that the Latin American and Caribbean Movement of Children and Adolescents Workers (MOLACNNATs), recent ...
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  16 November 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Two Christians among Trump’s advisors for the Middle East New York (Agenzia Fides) - There are at least two Christians of the Eastern Churches in the American Middle East Advisory Committee, the Advisory Committee on the Middle East appointed by tycoon Donald Trump before being ...