America

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  15 May 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Dominican missionary denounces the situation of peasants El Seibo (Agenzia Fides) - "If the 'Central Romana' (agro-industrial company) dared to destroy the homes of 80 families in January 2016 at 3 o'clock in the night, without an order from the State Attorney, then stole thei ...
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  15 May 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Mary, protagonist of the 2019 WYD logo created by a young Panamanian Panama (Agenzia Fides) - Ambar Calvo, a a 20-year-old student of architecture at the University of Panama, was the winner of the competition for the next World Youth Day logo (WYD), to be held in Panama from 22 to Januar ...
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  15 May 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Arizmendi: "Do not spend money for political campaigns but for the needs of communities" San Cristobal de las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - "There is no need to spend so much money in political campaigns, but has to be destined to the needs of communities, like communications in Chiapas": asks the Bishop of the Di ...
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  13 May 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - CELAM Assembly: "We asked Mgr. Romero for his intercession" San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The Central American Bishops have been meeting for 75 years to analyze social, economic and political situations, and above all to share the aspects of their ministry. Together we faced ou ...
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  12 May 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Catholic institutions called to enhance agro-ecological production Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) – During a meeting held yesterday, May 11, the Episcopal Commission for the Service of Charity, Justice and Peace, chaired by Mgr. Guilherme Werlang, Bishop of Ipameri (Brazil), brought forward ...
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  12 May 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A meeting of Bishops in Reynosa suspended for security reasons Tampico (Agenzia Fides) - The wave of insecurity affecting the whole Mexican region of Tamaulipas has forced the suspension of a meeting to be held in the border town of Reynosa, which should have been attended by repre ...
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  12 May 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The drama of little girl brides Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - In Mexico, hundreds of thousands of girls are forced to marry with far older men than them. This is what emerges from the Investigaciò en Salud y Demografia (Insad) report, where it is esti ...
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  11 May 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Jesuits return the lands of the Rosebud Indian Reservation to the Sioux Dakota (Agenzia Fides) - The Jesuits are returning more than 500 hectares of land to the Rosebud Indian Reservation (RIR), the Sioux Indian reserve in South Dakota. The operation should be completed at the end of May. ...
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  11 May 2017
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - 25% of children are born from teenage mothers, 19 year old women already have two children Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Guatemala records one of the highest pregnancy rates among teenagers in Latin America, and this leads to bringing girls on the path of poverty instead of studying and finding a decent job ...
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  11 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Latin American Bishops denounce: "The responsibility for the disaster in Venezuela is Maduro" Trujillo (Agenzia Fides) - "Venezuela is experiencing a humanitarian crisis, the government is barking up the wrong tree with the proposal of the Constituent Assembly rejected by all citizens", said Mgr. Cástor Oswaldo ...
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  10 May 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - CELAM creates a commission to study the situation in Venezuela San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Juan Espinoza, auxiliary Bishop of Morelia (Mexico) and Secretary General of the Latin American Bishops' Council (CELAM) at the beginning of the XXXVI Ordinary General Assembly of CE ...
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  10 May 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - Interreligious forum: protecting children from violence and exploitation Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The V Forum of the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC) was inaugurated yesterday, May 9, by Panamanian Bishop Julio Murray. About 430 leaders of the world's leading religions and 60 c ...
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  10 May 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mgr Olivera underlines: "Reconciliation means justice, reparation and truth" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - Sometimes it is thought that the path of reconciliation also means impunity and to leave behind the serious crimes committed. Reconciliation is true only if it manages to reach reparation a ...
• 10 May 2017
  AMERICA/CUBA - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Sergio Cabrera Angulo Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 20 January 2017 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed rev. Fr. Sergio Ernesto Cabrera Angulo, of the Archdiocesan clergy of S ...
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  9 May 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - An award for the Campaign against Child Labor: One and a half million child workers Lima (Agenzia Fides) - La Fundación Telefónica del Perú (see Fides 2/4/2014) received the Caracol de Plata Award for the campaign against child labor entitled "An appeal to indifference" launched on June 12, 2016 with ...