America

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  11 May 2016
  AMERICA/CUBA - The Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre has been the patroness of the island for a hundred years Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, 10 May, the entire Cuban people celebrated the centenary of the proclamation of the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre as Patroness of Cuba. Fides received several testimonies from missi ...
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  10 May 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The crisis is first of all political": declaration of the Latin American Redemptorist Missionaries Atyrà (Agenzia Fides) - "The major superiors and representatives of 26 provinces and missions of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer of all the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, gathered in the Genera ...
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  10 May 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - The protests of fishermen after the environmental disaster of Ancud still unanswered Ancud (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Chilean diocese of San Carlos de Ancud, His Exc. Mgr. Juan Maria Florindo Agurto Muñoz, O.S.M. managed to allow a few trucks with fuel and groceries to pass in order to supply t ...
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  10 May 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Archbishop of Portoviejo: "Hospitality and Mercy" to overcome discouragement Portoviejo (Agenzia Fides) - "The experience of the earthquake was really a great trauma for everyone, but especially for the many families who lost their relatives. I think about that father from Manta who lost his wife ...
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  9 May 2016
  AMERICA - One year of zika in Latin America Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - Since its discovery in Uganda in 1947, the Zika virus had never left Africa until 2007 when 185 suspected cases in Micronesia, in the Pacific were registered. Over the past seven years a few ...
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  9 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - New projects to stem the phenomenon of street children Villahermosa (Agenzia Fides) - The local government of the Mexican state of Tabasco are coming together to address the problem of street children and to find a solution. Although there is a Center of Assistance for Child ...
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  9 May 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Week for Christian Unity: respectful, not only tolerant, towards migrants Sao Paulo (Agenzia Fides) - In Brazil, as in many other Latin American countries, the week before Pentecost is dedicated to prayer for Christian unity. "Called to proclaim the great works of the Lord" is the theme chos ...
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  9 May 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Meeting of the border dioceses of 4 countries dedicated to environment and climate change El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - The 31st Meeting of "border dioceses" which will bring together a hundred people including Bishops, priests, religious women and lay people from four countries: Argentina, Paraguay, Brazil and U ...
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  7 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. García Peláez: "Solidarity before the dramatic situation of the flood victims" Istmina (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal for solidarity for the victims of the recent floods: says the Colombian Episcopal Conference, relaunching the appeal of Mgr. Julio Hernando García Peláez, Bishop of the diocese of Is ...
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  7 May 2016
  AMERICA/CANADA - Fires in Fort McMurray: the Pope's prayer Fort McMurray (Agenzia Fides) - The city of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta (Canada), is completely deserted, abandoned by its inhabitants because of a fire that has destroyed 1,600 buildings. The fire forced the evacu ...
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  6 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Families are fleeing violence", denounces the Bishop of Tibù Tibù (Agenzia Fides) - Farming families flee due to the increase in homicides, for the presence of armed groups that threaten and extort the population, denounced the Colombian Bishop of the Diocese of Tibù, His Exc. M ...
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  6 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - More than 9,000 children suffer domestic violence in the State of Michoacán Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - In the Mexican state of Michoacán 15.5% of girls and 19.4% of boys between 6 to 9 years of age suffer abuse and beatings by parents. Data were collected by Children and Youth Study 2012. Equall ...
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  6 May 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - "Let us not stop aid": volunteers are concerned about the earthquake victims Portoviejo (Agenzia Fides) - First breakfast, lunch and a snack: this is what homeless families, volunteer rescuers and firefighters receive every day, thanks to the work of a large group of faithful organized by the Cap ...
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  4 May 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP- An initiative to eradicate child labor Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - Child labor is a phenomenon that affects 13% of Dominican children between 5 to 17 years of age. In order to address this phenomenon, the Niños Limpiabotas La Merced Foundation was establ ...
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  4 May 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Still killings carried out by the army, the population lives in fear Matagalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Deploring the murder of Enrique Aguinaga Castrillo, nicknamed "Invisible Captain", which took place last Saturday, April 30, and considering that there is nothing positive from the militarizat ...