America

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  17 November 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishop's denunciation: exodus of the Tarahumaras indigenous due to violence Tarahuamara (Agenzia Fides) - The Tarahumaras and Tepehuanes Indigenous are leaving their lands because they no longer find the necessary conditions for living there: reports the parish priest of San José of Tarahumara, ...
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  17 November 2017
  AMERICA/HAITI - Among poverty, illness, malnutrition, the care of missionaries towards the disabled Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) – In Haiti people live in huts, half of the population does not have access to drinking water, they do not have enough food and the highest rate of child mortality is recorded. One child ...
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  16 November 2017
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Bishops: profound electoral reform is needed, support for Mgr. Baez Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Nicaraguan Bishops 'Conference (CEN) gathered at the annual plenary Assembly from 13 to 15 November to learn and share the work of the various bishops' Commissions in the face of the social ...
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  16 November 2017
  AMERICA/PORTO RICO - Trauma, psychological and emotional damage to hurricane victims who are afraid of the recovery San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - Even after 47 days since the passage of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, which in September devastated the Country, emergency has not ended yet (see Fides 2/10/2017). The most serious problem continu ...
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  15 November 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - In memory of Jesus' martyrs: an impulse to change the nation San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The death of the Jesuit martyrs and laywomen encourages us to work tirelessly to change the course of history and the country", said Fr. Andreu Olivo, Rector of the "José Simeón Cañas" ...
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  14 November 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - Horror and violence against ashaninka communities, in the memory of a Franciscan nun Puerto Ocopa (Agenzia Fides) - Puerto Ocopa is a town in the district of Río Tambo, province of Satipo (Junín). It is one of the areas most affected by the violence of the Sendero Luminoso terrorist group (PCP-SL), whi ...
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  14 November 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The case of the assassination of missionary Vicente Cañas, defender of the indigenous, reopens Cuiabá (Agenzia Fides) - "Kiwxí" was the Indian name of Jesuit missionary Vicente Cañas, who together with his confrere Fr. Thomaz Aquino Lisbôa made the first contacts with the indigenous peoples living in the north ...
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  13 November 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - More space and rights for women in society Panama (Agenzia Fides) – To share work experience, encourage the incidence of women in different sectors of society, promote women's presence and rights at political, economic and social levels: this is the goal of the ...
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  13 November 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - To build the "Amazonian face" of the Catholic Church Quito (Ecuador) - The call to create a "Church with an Amazonian face" is a great challenge that opens after Pope Francis’ invitation "to explore paths, expressions and processes that help build and structure a model o ...
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  10 November 2017
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Militarization and human rights violations in the department of Quiché Santa Cruz del Quiché (Agenzia Fides) – There is an increase in the attacks against human rights defenders, who take position against the creation of highly polluted hydroelectric megaprojects in the indigenous Maya-I ...
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  9 November 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Education and shelter for street children in Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra (Agenzia Fides) - Over a thousand children in the Bolivian outskirts of Santa Cruz de la Sierra are street children, and many others are likely to become street children in an area where violence ...
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  9 November 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A church burned and smeared: why? Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Our commitment as a Church is to announce and promote the Kingdom of Jesus, which is Justice, Truth, Love without exclusion, giving priority to the poor, who are God’s favorites. We want ...
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  8 November 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Synod for the Pan-Amazon region, a Tuyuka priest: "The Church promotes and enhances indigenous peoples" Cachoeira (Agenzia Fides) - "One of the goals of the extraordinary Synod for the Pan-Amazon region is to identify new ways for the evangelization of indigenous peoples in all the Pan-Amazon regions. However, many of thes ...
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  7 November 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops: "We cannot stand still in the face of the dramatic situation of the country" Bogotá (Agenzia Fides) - An invitation to Catholics and the entire Colombian people to "become aware of the reality and of the responsibility we all have" is what the Bishops of Colombia say at the end of their extraord ...
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  4 November 2017
  AMERICA/HAITI - Haitian lay people called to rediscover their mission in society and the Church Port au Prince - (Agenzia Fides) - 180 Catholic lay faithful from all the dioceses of Haiti took part in the National Congress of Laity held in Port au Prince from 31 October to 3 November. The meeting, promoted by the C ...