America

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  5 July 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Porras: "An unacceptable situation, where are the State security organs?" Merida (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Merida, His Exc. Mgr. Baltazar Porras, has strongly condemned the attack on a group of seminarians which occurred on 1 July in Merida (see Fides 02/07/2016). "Everything seems t ...
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  4 July 2016
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - "Brilliant Lessons": school education program for Shoe-shine children Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The Guatemalan children working as a shoe-shine generally live far from any form of education, and remain without prospects for a different future. They cannot go to school because they a ...
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  4 July 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The appeal of the Apostolic Vicar of Chaco Paraguayo: "Live without violence and abuse" Chaco (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal "to non-violence and coexistence without abuse" was launched by His Exc. Mgr. Gabriel Narciso Escobar Ayala, Apostolic Vicar of Chaco Paraguayo. The request came yesterday, after report ...
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  4 July 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Dialogue with the Mapuche, the government asks Mgr. Vargas to intervene Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - The Chilean government is organizing an unprecedented dialogue meeting to address the Mapuche conflict in the area: this was confirmed to the local press by the Bishop of the Diocese of Temuco, H ...
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  2 July 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Baltazar Porras: Attack on students and seminarians: "This violence disqualifies the government" Mérida (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday afternoon, July 1, a group of violent (presumably one of the gangs that is trying to take control of the city) attacked a group of students who were going to school, among whom there w ...
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  1 July 2016
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Campaign on tolerance for over 250,000 children San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - A campaign has just been launched, throughout the country, on tolerance which will involve 1,391 educational centers for seven weeks, among them 193 are in San Pedro Sula. The slogan is " ...
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  1 July 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The newly appointed Bishop of San Carlos visits the hospital and encourages staff and volunteers San Carlos (Agenzia Fides) - In the face of the terrible emergency situation in Venezuela, particularly in hospitals (see Fides 21/06/2016), His Exc. Mgr. Polito Rodríguez Méndez, Bishop of the new diocese of San Carlo ...
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  1 July 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Immigration Reform: not a political issue, but defense of human rights Los Angeles (Agenzia Fides) - "Now we need a global immigration reform. It is not a political issue, it is a matter of human rights and protection of human dignity": are the words of His Exc. Mgr. José Gomez, Archbishop ...
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  30 June 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The child martyrs of Tlaxcala declared Patrons of Mexican childhood Tlaxcala (Agenzia Fides) - The Vatican has approved the declaration of the Blessed Martyrs of Tlaxcala, as Patron of Mexican childhood, says the Archbishop of Tijuana, His Exc. Mgr. Francisco Moreno Barron to Fides. Cri ...
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  30 June 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa Savino: impossible to deny the serious crisis and prevent the arrival of food and medicine Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "It is impossible to deny the serious crisis and prevent the arrival of food and medicine from other parts of the world, sent by various non-governmental organizations and Church organizations s ...
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  28 June 2016
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Solvent inhaled to calm hunger pangs Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - It is easy to meet adults, children and young people on the streets of Guatemala who wander inhaling solvents to avoid feeling hungry and thinking about the reasons of violence for which ...
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  28 June 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops of Oaxaca ask for a truce to start dialogue with teachers San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - A Commission of deputies and senators "should listen to the complaints, objections and doubts of teachers who are unhappy of the education reform, because they all admit that it is not com ...
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  27 June 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Get to the truth of the facts respecting the rights of the person Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - "It is essential to increase the importance of real professional preparation regarding all those who are to investigate on crimes in our society, so that by respecting the dignity of the human ...
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  27 June 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishops invite all Colombians to commit themselves to building peace Cúcuta (Agenzia Fides) - Several Bishops of Colombia have commented on the recent peace agreements. Among the various testimonies sent to Fides, we mention the Bishop of Cúcuta, His Exc. Mgr. Victor Ochoa, who said: " ...
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  24 June 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops to resolve the conflict with teachers: Public dialogue and shared educational project Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) - The National Episcopal Commission for Social Pastoral considers that dialogue in order to address and resolve the conflict with the teachers in Oaxacan should be public, and it is also necessary ...