America

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  4 December 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - 532 thousand deaf people and only 23 interpreters of sign language Puno (Agenzia Fides) - Among the many obstacles that people with disabilities are faced with in order to live a "normal" life, a note sent to Fides from a local source wants to draw attention on the problems of deaf peop ...
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  4 December 2015
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - The population suffers from hunger and misery for a debt it will never be able to pay Miami (Agenzia Fides) - Puerto Rico is facing a tremendous financial crisis with its debt beyond $ 70 billion. This was emphasized by the Archbishop of Miami (USA), Mgr. Thomas Wenski. In a recent letter to Congress, Mg ...
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  3 December 2015
  AMERICA/CUBA - local Church concerned about Cuban migrants held up in central America Havana (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Dionisio García, President of the Cuban Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has voiced the concern of the local Church for the situation of thousands of Cubans blocked between Costa Rica an ...
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  3 December 2015
  AMERICA/BRASIL - Mato Grosso Missionary Community offers CIMI solidarity and support Mato Grosso (Agencia Fides) – The Regional Mission Commission (COMIRE) in Mato Grosso do Sul (Brazil), held its annual assembly 27 to 29 November in Dourados, and issued a final statement of support and solidarity with ...
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  2 December 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Drugs, a national tragedy: Bishops’ statement on the necessity to intervene Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Argentina (CEA) has issued a statement with the title "No to drug trafficking, Yes to fullness of life", in which they say that drug addiction and tr ...
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  2 December 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Growing crowds flock to pray Our Lady of Caacupé novena Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Adalberto Martinez Flores, Military Ordinary, celebrated Mass on December 1 , the fourth day of the novena to Our Lady of Miracles at Caacupé, for a large crowd of faithful in the Bas ...
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  1 December 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - The beatification of three missionary martyrs: "Martyrs of faith and charity, witnesses of hope" Chimbote (Agenzia Fides) - "A land that was watered with the blood of martyrs, is called to generate new Christians in the example of the Gospel": says the Bishop of Chimbote, His Exc. Mgr. Angelo Francisco Simon Piorno ...
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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 ...