America

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  3 May 2016
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Mgr. González Nieves: "Necessity to re-build Puerto Rico, but we must be united" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - "Today, the country asks us not to remain silent. Silence means to resign. And we Puerto Ricans are men of peace, but we are not resigned": with these words the Archbishop of San Juan of Puerto ...
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  2 May 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Mgr. Alvarez Lagos:"Nicaragua is not at war! Buying tanks is contrary to our reality" Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - "Nicaragua is not at war, Nicaragua does not want war, Nicaragua does not need war, nor heavy combat weapons", said the Bishop of Matagalpa, His Exc. Mgr. Rolando Jose Álvarez Lagos, criticiz ...
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  2 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Accompany dialogue with ELN": the Church for peace and for the release of the hostages Rionegro (Agenzia Fides) - "We received the request not to be guarantors, but to accompany, so we will be present to moderate the talks, we hope this helps to make them more effective and bring us towards peace as soon a ...
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  2 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Lessons in the native language for a group of indigenous children in Medellín Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - Thanks to a program of inclusion offered by the Municipality of Medellin in Niquitao district, the area where many children live in precarious conditions, 77 indigenous children of Embera commu ...
• 2 May 2016
  AMERICA/JAMAICA - Appointment of the Apostolic Administrator of Mandeville Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – On May 1, 2016 the Holy Father appointed His Exc. Mgr. Charles Dufour, Emeritus Archbishop of Kingston in Jamaica as Apostolic Administrator of the vacant Diocese of Mandeville (Jamaica). ...
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  29 April 2016
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - The construction of the penitentiary center in San Pedro Sula has come to a stop, the Bishop seeks funding San Pedro Sula (Agenzia Fides) - The construction of the new detention center in San Pedro Sula has stopped again. For four months, the works have stopped, despite repeated announcements to resume construction. The Presi ...
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  29 April 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Bishop of Oran appeals to everyone, including authorities, to take action against dengue Oran (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Oran, His Exc. Mgr. Gustavo Zanchetta, has recently sent a letter to the community to urge all, including authorities, to increase their efforts against dengue. According to the local ...
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  29 April 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Caritas campaign to deal with the emergency: "Let’s put Ecuador back on its feet" Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - The campaign "levantemos Ecuador Juntos" (Let’s put Ecuador back on its feet) has just begun, promoted by Caritas of the Archdiocese of Portoviejo together with a major company operating in ...
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  28 April 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Priest assaulted and handcuffed, "the arms trade is flourishing", denounces the Bishop Irapuato (Agenzia Fides) - "The violent assault committed by armed men against the parish of the Señor de la Clemencia in Irapuato, is a painful affront to the whole community", said the Bishop of the Diocese of Irapuat ...
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  28 April 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Bishops on the serious situation in the country: "Be peaceful but active citizens" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "Never before had Venezuelans suffered an extreme lack of basic necessities such as food and medicines, along with other evils such as criminal and inhuman crime, rationing of electricity and wa ...
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  27 April 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Statement of the Bishops on death penalty: "Today it is unacceptable" Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "Human life is a gift from God, and therefore we are obliged to respect and protect it from the first moment of conception until its natural end", reads the first lines of the communiqué of the Pe ...
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  27 April 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Three women killed because deaf Leveque (Agenzia Fides) - Three deaf mothers were found dead on the road that goes from the Haitian capital to Leveque. They were returning home on foot together because a bridge had collapsed and there was no bus servic ...
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  26 April 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "The army must act in an ethical manner", says Mgr. Herrera on the conflict in Ayapal Ayapal (Agenzia Fides) - "The army of Nicaragua should proceed following the ethical principles in the existing conflict in the Ayapal community" said His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Enrique Herrera Guttierez OFM, Bishop of the dio ...
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  26 April 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Evangelical church set on fire, still in the name of the Mapuche cause Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - Another church in the Chilean region of La Araucania was set on fire: last night the fire destroyed an evangelical church, in the municipality of Padres Las Casas. Although firefighters arrived o ...
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  25 April 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Earthquakes cause extreme difficulties for those affected by disability Quito (Agenzia Fides) – The death toll of the earthquake that just over a week ago struck Ecuador rises: more than 710 people have died or are missing, including some 16,600 injured and some are still in serious condit ...