America

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  24 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Murder in a church in Cali, in front of the Archbishop who was celebrating Mass Cali (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement the Archbishop of Cali, His Exc. Msgr. Dario de Jesus Monsalve Mejia, denounced the killing of one of the faithful of the parish of Santa Cecilia during the celebration of the Mass f ...
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  24 November 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Thanksgiving: "Diverse as we are, we are united in the debt we owe to God" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of Thanksgiving, which is celebrated today, the President and the Vice President of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCBB), Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo, Archbishop of Ga ...
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  24 November 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Hurricane Otto: Bishops' appeal for those affected Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Hurricane Otto continues to hit Central America with torrential rains and strong winds (see Fides 23/11/2016). In Costa Rica, the authorities have evacuated 4,000 people in the northern Caribbea ...
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  24 November 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Group of 120 workers without jobs appeal to the Bishop of Reconquista Reconquista (Agenzia Fides) - On November 22, the Bishop of the diocese of Reconquista, His Exc. Mgr. Ángel José Macin, visited the headquarters of the union of textile workers to express his solidarity to the 120 une ...
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  23 November 2016
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Meeting of the Bishops of Central American SEDAC has begun, prayers for the victims of hurricane Otto Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Episcopal Secretariat of Central America (SEDAC) opened their annual meeting yesterday afternoon, in the chapel of the Marist Brothers Center in Guatemala City. Accordi ...
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  23 November 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Christmas campaign to help poor children Charlotte (Agenzia Fides) - The Christian Samaritan Purse group, based in North Carolina, United States, is promoting the project "Operation Christmas Child" this year. A group of volunteers collect small gifts, hygiene ...
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  23 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Tomorrow the final Peace agreement will be signed, President Santos asks to stop the killings of peasant leaders Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - In a joint statement, the negotiating teams of the government and FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia) confirmed yesterday that the new peace agreement will be signed at the Teatro Colon ...
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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 ...