America

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  12 February 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Bishops' message: Ethical criteria in order to choose the right candidate in the elections Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "A reflection before the next general election", is the title of the document that Peruvian Bishops handed over to the national community on Wednesday evening, February 10th. "We have to choose rep ...
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  12 February 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Archbishop of Monterrey invites to pray "for our detained brothers and for their families" Nuevo Leon (Agenzia Fides) - A prayer for the victims of Topo Chico was asked by His Exc. Mgr. Rogelio Cabrera López, Archbishop of Monterrey, after the riot and fire broke out on the night between 10 and 11 February, i ...
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  10 February 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - The giant sign "Immigrant Lives Matter" has been removed El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - "The Border Network for Human Rights and the residents of the border area are deeply disappointed at the decision taken by the International Boundary and Water Commission to remove the mega-sign ...
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  10 February 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Diocese of Cucuta has to deal with the administration of school meals in the city Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) – No formal decision has been taken by COSPA (Corporación de Servicio Pastoral Social) of the Colombian diocese of Cucuta, after the news, released on Monday, February 8, regarding the managemen ...
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  9 February 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishop of Cuernavaca in solidarity with the university protest Morelos (Agenzia Fides) - On February 7, the Bishop of the Diocese of Cuernavaca, His Exc. Mgr. Ramon Castro Castro, visited the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos (UAEM), in the central square of the state ca ...
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  9 February 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Zika virus: Cardinal Cipriani compares man to a modern Herod Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Peruvian Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani, Archbishop of Lima, believes that the UN acts as a modern Herod, encouraging governments of countries affected by Zika virus to permit abortion, as this may ma ...
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  9 February 2016
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Poverty and neglect among the leading causes of school drop out San José (Agenzia Fides) - According to an annual assessment of the Encuesta Nacional de Hogares (Enaho) 2015, carried out every year by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC), of the 584,645 children, b ...
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  9 February 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - "Adopt a child and act against child poverty" Chota (Agenzia Fides) - On the occasion of Carnival, the Centre Ideas together with the Fundación Ayuda en Acción have launched a Carnival Campaign of Solidarity "Adopt a child and act against child poverty". The objec ...
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  8 February 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - A President of transition and elections on April 24 Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - An agreement in extremis was signed on February 6 by President Michel Martelly at the conclusion of his term and by the presidents of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, Jocelerme Privert ...
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  8 February 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "Immigrant Lives Matter": a giant sign for the Pope at the border El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - A group of members of the "Border Network for Human Rights", who assist undocumented immigrants, hang a message addressed to Pope Francis, who in coming days will be in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, ...
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  8 February 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The slow agony of the Wayuu children La Guajira (Agenzia Fides) - The state of abandonment and food insecurity and water supplies for the Wayuu children continues (see Fides 18/12/2015). On December 17th, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR ...
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  6 February 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Children missing in Veracruz: people do not report them for fear of organized crime Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - "There are many cases of kidnapping. First there was talk of 50 but it seems that at least 400 have disappeared: But most of their families have not reported the kidnappings for fear", said the ...
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  5 February 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Bishops: "Do not create panic, together we will be able to defeat the disease" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "With great collective effort, involving all sectors of society, we will be able to defeat these diseases that affect, without distinction, the entire Brazilian population": reads the message o ...
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  5 February 2016
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Bishops' Message before the violence that affects the country San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the Ordinary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of El Salvador, which took place from January 25 to 27, a "Message of the Bishops before the violence that the country ...
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  4 February 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Political crisis: the Church urges to find an agreement in conformity with the Constitution Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Haiti say they are concerned about the situation in the country and have asked politicians and the authorities to reach an agreement as soon as possible to avoid the deteri ...