America

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  8 April 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - First stone of the new main church in Siuna Siuna (Agenzia Fides) – There was great joy for the laying of the foundation stone on April 3, of what will be the main church in Siuna, a very poor Nicaraguan municipality, abandoned by state services, and part of the ...
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  7 April 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Assembly of Bishops: without the help of the laity there cannot be an "outgoing Church" Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - "We sincerely hope that this meeting will help us to support and enhance the mission of the laity. There cannot be an "outgoing Church" without the help of the laity, and a just and fraternal ...
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  6 April 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The serious situation of drug trafficking denounced by the Bishops, who gather in Assembly Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, April 7, the Bishops of Bolivia will meet in Assembly in Cochabamba. According to the note sent to Fides, the meetings of the working groups of the Bolivian Bishops' Conference Comm ...
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  6 April 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Over three million working children Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - More than 3 million underage children and young Brazilians are involved in the labor market, 31% in agriculture. This is what emerges in a report recently submitted by the Abrinq Foundati ...
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  6 April 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Amnesty law: the relatives of political prisoners call for the intervention of the Pope Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - A group of family members of Venezuela's political prisoners chained themselves yesterday afternoon at the entrance gate of the Apostolic Nunciature in Caracas, demanding the intervention of the ...
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  5 April 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Award to "Las Patronas": recognition for solidarity with migrants Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - The historian Jean Meyer Barth, Bishop Raul Vera Lopez and "Las Patronas", a group of women who provide food and assistance to migrants crossing the center of Veracruz, will receive the Medal o ...
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  5 April 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - "Mapuche conflict": another church burned Temuco (Agenzia Fides) – This morning a fire destroyed a chapel in Quepe, in the municipality of Freire, Chilean region of La Araucania. The chapel had been a reference point for the local faithful for 30 years. Accor ...
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  4 April 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Worsening of poverty Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - A "significant deterioration" of poverty was registered in Argentina in the first quarter of 2016: is what the latest report of the social debt observatory (ODSA) of the Universidad Católi ...
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  4 April 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Catholic Medical Mission launches the alarm about the spread of Zika virus on the island Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. "The lack of education, information, the number of people living in slums and the level of stagnant water everywhere, are the ideal ...
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  2 April 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Acapulco and tradespeople’s appeal: "No more murders!" Acapulco (Agenzia Fides) - "Brothers of organized crime (...) we kindly ask you to give us a few days without violence" said Laura Caballero, president of the largest association of traders of Acapulco, who together with ...
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  1 April 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Priest found dead in San Cristobal San Cristobal (Agenzia Fides) - "The diocese of San Cristobal has the painful duty to report the tragic death of one of its priests, Fr. Darwin Antonio Zambrano Gamez. According to reports, the death took place on the ni ...
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  1 April 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Hopes are placed in peace talks with ELN to "put an end to this war that makes no sense" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Tunja and President of the Episcopal Conference of Colombia (CEC), His Exc. Mgr. Luis Augusto Castro, expressed optimism on the agreement for the opening of peace talks between ...
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  1 April 2016
  AMERICA - Latin America: 348 thousand tons of food wasted every day Lima (Agenzia Fides) – About 348 thousand tons of food is wasted every day in Latin America and the Caribbean, which would be enough to feed 37 percent of the world's population suffering from hunger. This clearly appe ...
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  31 March 2016
  AMERICA/CANADA - Catholic organizations: errors and falsehoods against aboriginal rights Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - An "appeal to all our Catholic brothers and sisters" to walk together with Canadian Indigenous Peoples in building a more just society where their gifts and those of all people are nurtured and h ...
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  31 March 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Peruvians to vote, the Bishops ask to vote in a conscious and responsible manner Lima (Agenzia Fides) – In view of the presidential elections in the country, scheduled for April 10, and due to the recent statements made by some Bishops regarding the candidates in this election, the Permanent Counci ...