America

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  20 December 2016
  AMERICA/PANAMA - "A Doctor at home" initiative in favor of the most vulnerable Panama City (Agenzia Fides) - The health initiatives in Mexico City, called "Médico en tu casa" and "Cunas CDMX", were presented to the Ministry of Health (Minsa) authorities of Panama that wants to put them in place i ...
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  20 December 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Central American migrants "seek accommodation" together with the Bishops El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - A group of 30 Central American migrants were special guests of the "Posada Sin Fronteras", which was organized by the Diocese of El Paso (Texas) and Las Cruces (New Mexico), last weekend. To lo ...
• 20 December 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Yurimaguas and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 17 December 2016 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Apostolic Vicariate of Yurimaguas (Peru), by His Exc. Mgr. José Luis Astigarraga Lizarralde ...
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  20 December 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The solution is not barbarism": the Archbishop of Ciudad Bolivar after the violence and ransacking Ciudad Bolivar (Agenzia Fides) - "We strongly believe that the solution is not barbarism, acts of vandalism and irrationality. We can solve our conflicts in a civilized, peaceful and democratic framework. Violence is the ...
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  19 December 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Threats to the Archbishop of Cali, but "Colombia must overcome this stage" responds Mgr. Monsalve Mejia Cali (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Dario de Jesus Monsalve Mejia, Archbishop of Cali, talking to some media operators, reported that last Friday, December 16, strangers delivered leaflets to the Archbishop's house, in ...
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  19 December 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The measures taken have worsened the crisis, the Bishops call on politicians to listen to people Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Venezuelan Episcopal Conference (CEV) issued a message addressed to the authorities of Venezuela on recent economic measures imposed. With regard to the new measures, the Bishops denounce: " ...
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  17 December 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Baez: "To change the culture of power for the power of culture" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "To change the culture of power for the power of culture": this is how we can summarize the message of the Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Silvio José Báez Ortega, in his speech at the Human Righ ...
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  17 December 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - FARC register themselves as a political party. No Vatican "mediation" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In Bogota, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) continue the road taken to transform itself into a political party in 2017, and have registered themselves at the National Electoral C ...
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  16 December 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A video shows a child rummaging in the garbage looking for food Villaflores (Agenzia Fides) - The video that shows a street child seeking food from a garbage has caused great indignation among the citizens of the municipality of Villaflores, Chiapas, Mexico. The video, filmed by a pa ...
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  16 December 2016
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Going to school for two-thirds of children is a danger to their safety Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - In Honduras one third of today’s generation of school-goers can access a secure educational space. The general violence that the country lives obliges families to decide whether to hide th ...
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  15 December 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishops of Patagonia: "Christmas invites us to take the path of non-discrimination" Neuquén (Agenzia Fides) - In their message for Christmas, the Bishops of the Region of Patagonia-Comahue ask to reflect on the violence that the country lives. "Everything seems infested by violence. We know that violen ...
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  15 December 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Epidemic of diphtheria after 24 years, a result of the economic crisis Ciudad Guayana (Agenzia Fides) - Since September 28 the main hospital in Ciudad Guayana, in eastern Venezuela, has been admitting among pediatric emergencies only possible cases of diphtheria, a disease that reappeared i ...
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  15 December 2016
  AMERICA/TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO - "The Church is opposed to the death penalty", reaffirms the Archbishop of Port of Spain Port of Spain (Agenzia Fides) - "No to the death penalty". This was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Joseph Everard Harris, C.S.Sp. Archbishop of Port of Spain, in a brief meeting with the press of Trinidad and Tobago, where the ...
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  14 December 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Archdiocese of La Plata does not sponsor Scouts who are losing core values La Plata (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of La Plata has decided not to renew its sponsorship of the "Scouts of Argentina" because they "are conducting a process in which they are losing certain fundamental values, suc ...
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  14 December 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - An award to a missionary for her contribution in the field of education Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - For her contributions to public education Sister Micaela Princiotto, a Dominican Missionary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus will be awarded the "Bronze Patujú" (flower symbol of Bolivia). The a ...