America

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  15 September 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Meeting of union leaders with the Bishops on the serious economic situation Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday afternoon, 14 September, the leaders of the "Central General de Trabajadores" (CGT - Central Workers' Union) throughout the country, met with His Exc. Mgr. José María Arancedo a ...
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  14 September 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Basic Ecclesial Communities in America: after 50 years the need to relaunch them according to the signs of time Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The X Meeting of the Latin American and Caribbean Basic Ecclesial Communities (CEB) opened yesterday, September 13, in Luque in Paraguay. The delegates of the CEB across the continent will par ...
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  13 September 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Chanes and Guarani ask the Bishop for help: "we have no other way to make our voices heard" Aguaray (Agenzia Fides) - The native population of the Far North of Argentina, near the border with Bolivia and Paraguay, asked the Bishop of Oran, His Exc. Mgr. Gustavo Óscar Zanchetta, to intervene with the provincial ...
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  13 September 2016
  AMERICA - A virtual platform for the prevention and eradication of child labor Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of the International Day of South-South Cooperation, the Latin America and Caribbean free of child labor Regional Initiative (IR) has introduced its new virtual platform: www.i ...
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  13 September 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - More violence in Michoacan, the Church calls on the authorities Michoacan (Agenzia Fides) - A few days ago the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Morelia, state of Michoacan, published a message in which they emphasize the worrying situation they face due to widespread violenc ...
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  12 September 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Mgr. Gomez on immigration: Recover "forgotten history" Los Angeles (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, Sunday, September 11, many places of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles talked about the issue of immigration in the United States. According to a note sent to Fides, many lay groups, ...
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  12 September 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - More than one million people take to the streets in 125 cities for the march for the family Zacatecas (Agenzia Fides) - After the demonstrations in favor of the family, a national awakening is taking place and it is clear that the Church supports it, noted His Exc. Mgr. Sigifredo Noriega Barceló, Bishop of Zac ...
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  10 September 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Archbishop Castro: "We must participate in the referendum in a responsible manner and with a conscious vote" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - Following the signing of the agreements reached between the Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas in Havana, the President of the Colombian Bishops Luis Augusto Castro, Archbishop of Tun ...
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  10 September 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - There is no food or medicine, people are starving and tension increases in the country Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, said that Venezuelan people should resolve conflicts peacefully. "There is no food, and there are no medicines, this has become a serious ...
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  9 September 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Living mercy at the border between Mexico and the USA Texas (Agenzia Fides) - The border between Mexico and the United States has become a constant scene of the passage of thousands of immigrants from the south of the continent who try to reach North America, in a desperate ...
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  9 September 2016
  AMERICA/CUBA - "Being Cuban means to be devoted to Our Lady of Caridad del Cobre": centenary of the proclamation as Patroness Bayamo (Agenzia Fides) - "The Cubans have the privilege of praying our Mother as Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre!": this is how His Exc. Mgr. Álvaro Beyra Luarca, Bishop of the Diocese of Santisimo Salvador de Bayamo-Ma ...
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  8 September 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Mgr. Ortiz: it is incomprehensible that the violence of the EPP cannot be stopped Concepción (Agenzia Fides) - For His Exc. Mgr. Zacarías Ortiz Rolón, S.D.B., Bishop emeritus of the diocese of Concepción, it is incomprehensible that the so-called "Army of the Paraguayan People" (EPP) cannot be sto ...
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  8 September 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops support the safety rules to enter the country "for religious reasons" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Nicaragua (CEN) has expressed its approval regarding the immigration regulations issued by the Interior Ministry to regulate entry into the country of those who claim ...
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  7 September 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Signs of peace, justice and promotion of dignity in the ecclesial communities of Michoachan Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - Faced with the sad realization that "the Michoachan reality continues to provide alarming data", the Bishops of the Ecclesiastical Province of Morelia urge "all Catholics and people of good will ...
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  7 September 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Independence Day - The Bishops: "We believe in the Brazilian people's ability to overcome adversity" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Today, September 7, Brazil celebrates Independence Day from Portugal, sanctioned on September 7, 1822, and for the occasion the Brazilian Bishops issued a brief message, titled with the Bible v ...