America

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  4 November 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "All against drug trafficking!" A month after the death of father Viroche Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "One month after Father Juan Viroche’s death (see Fides 06/10/2016), the National Commission for Justice and Peace considers it appropriate to reflect on the challenge of combating drug t ...
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  3 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church may participate in the final phase of the peace agreements Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - A week of dialogue and exchange of proposals: this is how representatives of the Colombian government and the FARC defined these days when participants at the negotiating table to conclude the fi ...
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  3 November 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A Mass for the many "anonymous" deceased migrants, never identified Nuevo Laredo (Agenzia Fides) - For the commemoration of the dead, the "Casa del Migrante" in Nuevo Laredo promoted the celebration of a Mass for all those who died trying to cross the border towards the United States. Hi ...
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  28 October 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Violence and lack of health facilities aggravate an already precarious situation Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Since the 2010 earthquake that devastated Haiti, 62,600 displaced people have been living in 36 temporary camps on the island. Furthermore, 500,000 people are highly exposed to natural ...
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  28 October 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops ask the President to accept the proposed changes to the peace agreements Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC), His Exc. Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro Quiroga, has asked President Juan Manuel Santos to accept the proposals on behalf of the different s ...
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  27 October 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Do not continue with this clash", warns Cardinal Urosa Savino Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The first meeting between the opposition and the government representatives to determine how to continue dialogue and unblock the serious situation in which the country finds itself will take pl ...
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  26 October 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Investigations underway for the death of a 91-year-old priest Rionegro (Agenzia Fides) - The authorities of the municipality of Rionegro (Antioquia, Colombia) are investigating the death of the 91-year-old missionary, Jose Fortunato Bedoya Franco, which happened in circumstances ye ...
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  26 October 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - OAS Observer in Nicaragua, the Bishops call for authentic dialogue Managua (Agenzia Fides) – The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) has officially accepted a formal invitation from the government of Nicaragua to visit the country, on 5, 6 and 7 November, ...
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  25 October 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - On October 27 the peace process with ELN begins, the Church ready to give its support Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The formal start of the peace process between the Colombian government and the National Liberation Army (ELN) will take place on Thursday, October 27 in Quito (Ecuador). For this occasion, the Co ...
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  25 October 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Inauguration of the new Major Seminary in Cancun Cancun (Agenzia Fides) – The Major Seminary of Quintana Roo was inaugurated yesterday by His Exc. Mgr. Pedro Pablo Elizondo Cardenas, Bishop of the Prelature of Cancún-Chetumal, in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo in ...
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  25 October 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - After the hurricane the risk of exploitation and abuse against women and children increase Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Women and children in Haiti are at high risk of sexual exploitation and trafficking as a result of the hurricane. According to humanitarian agencies, since October 4, thousands of women a ...
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  25 October 2016
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Children forced to leave school to work and help their families San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - The lack of resources in families living in San Pedro Sula, in Honduras, is forcing children living in suburb areas of the city to leave school to look for work. A study carried out by th ...
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  25 October 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - First agreement between government and opposition: dialogue begins, the Church as mediator Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, said that the dialogue that will begin between the government and the opposition "is very good", and reported that the envoy of the Vatica ...
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  24 October 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Ethical strengthening of the democratic system": the request of the Bishops to the presidential candidates Quito (Agenzia Fides) - On February 17, 2017 Ecuador will vote for the President and Vice-President of the country. At the end of the Annual Plenary Assembly, the Ecuadorian Episcopal Conference (CEE) called on the "ethi ...
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  24 October 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Mass at the border for migrants, the number of Haitians increases in Nogales Arizona (Agenzia Fides) - "The economic migrant is not a criminal. The economic migrant is someone looking for a decent way of life for himself, for his family", said His Exc. Mgr. Gerald Frederick Kicanas, Bishop of the ...