America

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  18 February 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "Surprise" visits of the President to the poorest people living in the countryside continue San Francisco (Agenzia Fides) - A gesture of sensitivity, love and solidarity towards the poor who live in the countryside: this is how His Exc. Mgr. Fausto Ramón Mejía Vallejo, Bishop of San Francisco de Macoris, defi ...
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  17 February 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bolivians to vote for the referendum that amends the duration of the presidential term La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - Next Sunday, February 21, Bolivians will vote for the referendum on the reform of Article 168 of the Constitution of the Plurinational State of Bolivia, regarding the Presidential and Vice-Presid ...
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  17 February 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa calls to conversion: "Need to defend the lives of all people and promote common good" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, urged "in the name of God", to "fight for the defense of life of all people, to promote the common good, leaving aside personal interests or i ...
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  16 February 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Privert interim president will lead the country towards a new government Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Interim President of Haiti, Jocelerme Privert, assumed his post on Sunday, February 14, in a ceremony at the National Palace in Port-au-Prince, before members of the bicameral Parliament, ...
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  16 February 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Salah denounces: The Wayuu communities abandoned by all ZuletaRiohacha (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Héctor Ignacio Salah Zuleta, Bishop of Riohacha, speaking to a local radio station (Radio BLU) denounced the neglect faced by the native Wayuu communities in the department ...
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  16 February 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Emigrants divided by the border, even for the Pope's Mass El Paso (Agenzia Fides) – On Monday, February 15 at about 11 am local time, hundreds of families and residents in the border area between Mexico and the United States gathered on both sides of the border fence Anapra/S ...
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  15 February 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Two new hostels for migrants for the Pope's visit, in the Year of Mercy San Cristobal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - "On the occasion of the Pope's visit to San Cristobal de Las Casas, we will build two hostels for migrants in the Year of Mercy, since the passage of those who, from various p ...
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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 ...