America

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  1 December 2015
  AMERICA/HAITI - Bishops ask for clarification on the results of the presidential elections Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference has called on the Haitian Provisional Electoral Council to clarify "what really happened" during the presidential elections on 25 October, whose results confirmed ...
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  27 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - For the Bishops: to encourage gambling addiction "is a crime against the poorest" Lomas de Zamora (Agenzia Fides) - In view of the possible imminent opening of a "bingo" club, already built in the area of Puente la Noria, in the district of Lomas de Zamora in Buenos Aires, and after having informed th ...
• 27 November 2015
  AMERICA/CANADA - Appointment of the Bishop of Whitehorse Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 27 November 2015 the Holy Father appointed Rev. Héctor Vila, Rector of the Redemptoris Mater Seminary in Toronto as Bishop of the Diocese of Whitehorse (Canada). The newly-elected Bish ...
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  26 November 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Tension in the capital, Cardinal Urosa: "State officials must ask for peace" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, urged all political parties to prepare themselves to respect the results of the forthcoming parliamentary elections on 6 December. The cou ...
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  25 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - New President: the Church hopes stronger solidarity policies for vulnerable sectors La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - "A new government always represents the option of bringing great ideals and work with greater consensus, and a change of President is always a moment of great significance": this is what the Bi ...
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  25 November 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - National school feeding program to improve the living conditions of children and farmers Duque De Caxias (Agenzia Fides) - In a school in the rural community of the municipality of Duque de Caxias, in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro, in the southeast of the country, there are children who only have one ...
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  25 November 2015
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Cuban immigrants blocked at the border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua: "a humanitarian issue" San José de Costa Rica (Agenzia Fides) - As part of the ordinary meeting of the "Secretariado Episcopal de América Central (SEDAC)", which takes place in November from 23 to 27 in San José de Costa Rica with the sloga ...
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  24 November 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Peace process: no need to hasten the signing without verifying the international law Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Colombia have warned Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos and the negotiators of the peace talks being held in Havana that, although "they do not want to waste time in Cuba", it ...
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  24 November 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Preparations are underway for the beatification of the first missionary martyrs of Peru Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - The Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, Cardinal Angelo Amato, will preside at the beatification of the three martyred missionaries – the Polish Franciscans (OFM) Michael To ...
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  23 November 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - With the closure of borders many children are unlikely to make their First Communion Tachira (Agenzia Fides) - Among the many problems resulting from the closure of the border between Venezuela and Colombia (see Fides 01/09/2015; 03/09/2015), some also affect the religious life of the population. The Bis ...
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  23 November 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The presence of foreign missionaries enriches the Church in Brazil Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The introductory course regarding mission in Brazil, which is being held in Brasilia from 13 September until 11 December, sees the participation of 17 missionaries from 10 countries of 4 contin ...
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  21 November 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Church: need to clarify the referendum to have lasting peace Tunja (Agenzia Fides) - The Church in Colombia, through the president of the Episcopal Conference, has asked for clarification on the issue of the peace referendum, proposed by the government of Santos, regarding relatio ...
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  20 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Thousands occupy houses and land, the Bishop denounces the absence of state authorities Merlo (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Merlo-Moreno, His Exc. Mgr. Fernando Carlos Maletti, denounced the lack of political will to resolve the conflict that now involves thousands of people camped along th ...
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  20 November 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Church strongly rejects the use of the image of the Pope for political activities La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church condemns the use of the image of Pope Francis for political activities. The Bolivian Episcopal Conference (CEB) issued a statement, sent to Fides, in which "it deplores and co ...
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  19 November 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "There are connections between the conflicts in the Middle East and environmental issues" says a Jesuit Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - "The recent attacks in Paris and in Baghdad cannot be interpreted as isolated events or disconnected from what is happening in the Pan-Amazon. The climate of war in the Middle East has exploded d ...