America

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  17 May 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Progetto Tumaco: un popolo che, nonostante l'abbandono, sogna un futuro migliore AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Tumaco Project: a people that, despite the abandonment, dreams of a better future Tumaco (Agenzia Fides) - The "Tumaco Project: Social Dialogue for Life and Justice" continues, proposed by the Social ...
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  16 May 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Violation of human rights and fundamental freedoms: third evaluation at the UN Geneva (Agenzia Fides) - The murder of 325 Nicaraguans by the regime of Daniel Ortega, since April 18 2018, the torture of political prisoners and the brutal attacks against freedom of expression, were documented yesterd ...
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  16 May 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Teachers' daily contribution to the formation of a more human, fraternal and supportive culture Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "With gratitude we want to congratulate all the teachers of our country, recognizing their precious daily contribution in shaping an increasingly human, fraternal and supportive culture": th ...
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  15 May 2019
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Video of Bishops to show the world the dramatic situation in which people live Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "In the difficult situations that our country is experiencing, with the high risk that the citizens have experienced in recent years, the Venezuelan Episcopate has remained in defense of the peo ...
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  14 May 2019
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishop Mata Guevara: "dialogue is blocked, no political prisoners have been released, there is no will to resolve the crisis" Esteli (Agenzia Fides) - "We have said several times: this regime does not have the political will to reach an agreement for the good of the country. For the regime, the people are only the small group that supports it. ...
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  13 May 2019
  AMERICA - CELAM Assembly begins, the Spanish Bible of the Church in America has been completed Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - From today until May 18, the Ordinary General Assembly of CELAM gathers in Tegucigalpa, Honduras to discern "the signs of the times" posed by the reality of Latin America and the Caribbean a ...
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  10 May 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The president of CIMI: "the Amazon is a land disputed on several fronts" Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - "Probably, the original peoples of the Amazon have never been as threatened in their territories as they are now; the Amazon is a land disputed on several fronts": says the President of the In ...
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  10 May 2019
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Nuncio: "This extreme violence of eliminating the adversary cannot continue" Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) - "We must take the theme of peace seriously, because it is not optional. Colombia cannot continue in this extreme violence of the elimination of the adversary and of those who think differently, ...
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  9 May 2019
  AMERICA/PERU - Development and reconstruction, to improve the quality of life Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Two years after the catastrophe caused by the environmental phenomenon "El Niño" (see Fides, 23/05/2017), with rains, floods and landslides that caused thousands of victims, the small agricultural ...
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  9 May 2019
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Message of the Bishops to the people of God: "Christ is alive and wants you to be alive!" Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - "The Lord Jesus Christ, in his apparition to the disciples, as the evangelist John tells us, encourages them to cast their nets again, despite the uselessness of their work. The Risen One inv ...
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  8 May 2019
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Assembly of Bishops: Extraordinary Missionary Month experience of communion with the Church throughout the world Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) - "The extraordinary thing about this Missionary Month is that, for the first time in history, the Holy Father, the Pope, announces a month like this for the Catholic Church throughout the world ...
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  8 May 2019
  AMERICA/MEXICO - It is a humanitarian crisis: thousands of people have gone days without eating and sleep in the streets Tapachula (Agenzia Fides) - The situation of migrants in Mexico is getting worse by the day. On the northern border, with the United States, the increase in migrants is creating a logistical crisis in the attempt to welc ...
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  8 May 2019
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Jean Vanier: "missionary of tenderness" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "What we don't want to lose sight of - and what we want to ponder, celebrate and proclaim – is that Jean Vanier was a missionary", said Donald R. McCrabb, Executive Director of the United S ...
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  7 May 2019
  AMERICA/HAITI - Gangs kill and terrorize, even blackmail those who carry out humanitarian projects Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Human rights organizations and religious institutions continue to be concerned about the increase in insecurity throughout the country in Haiti, according to a report sent to Fides by loc ...
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  7 May 2019
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - In the face of economic crisis the Bishops call for "a new way of doing politics" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "We need a new way of doing politics that, beyond particular interests, seeks the common good and promotes a great national pact at the service of citizens": say the Bishops of Ecuador in the stat ...