America

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  9 May 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Torres condemns the blue Whale "game" on the internet that leads young people to suicide Ciudad Juarez (Agenzia Fides) - "The Blue Whale game is to be condemned, it is a terrible epidemic, it is reprehensible", said the Bishop of Ciudad Juarez, Jose Guadalupe Torres Campos, asking parents to be careful when ...
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  9 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "They want to impose a dictatorship disguised as democracy", warns Mgr. Lückert Coro (Agenzia Fides) – Mgr. Roberto Lückert, Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of Coro (Venezuela), believes that the country can find peace if there are elections for governors and mayors. This could decrease th ...
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  8 May 2017
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The Road Film Festival to give voice to the missing family members Quiché (Agenzia Fides) - The Quiché department in Guatemala was one of the areas most affected by a 36-year-long armed conflict (1960-1996) that resulted in the deaths of 200,000 people across the Country and the disap ...
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  6 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Enough repression!": denounce the Bishops who defend popular protests Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "At present people need food, medicine, freedom and security, but the government does not solve these serious problems", denounces the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela (CEV) in a statement relea ...
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  5 May 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishop Dewane to the Senate: Health system must reach everyone Washington (Agenzia Fides) - In a response that came hours after the U.S. House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (H.R. 1628), Bishop Frank J. Dewane of Venice, Florida, Chairman of the U.S. Bishops� ...
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  5 May 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REP. - Poverty and domestic violence: First Causes of child marriage involving 1 girl out of 3 Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - "Plan Internacional República Dominicana", an organization that promotes children's rights, recently presented its latest study entitled "Characterization of forced marriage of girls and ...
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  5 May 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Assembly of Bishops: "It is urgent to resume the path of ethics to rebuild social fabric" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Brazil, almost at the end of their 55th General Assembly celebrated in Aparecida, which ends on May 5, have issued an official note on the historic moment Brazil has been living ...
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  4 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The population is starving, Caritas Caracas responds with "solidarity pots" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archdiocese of Caracas continues with the initiative "Olla solidaria" ("Solidarity pots"). The program, also called "Community Pots", is promoted by Caritas Venezuela and despite the difficu ...
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  3 May 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Proposal of the Church regarding the autonomy of the Mapuche people, an open question in the country Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "Accept the essential truths of the failure of State negotiations - Mapuche people, with the obligation to negotiate peace without fear of national diversity and autonomy": this is the proposal ...
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  3 May 2017
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Over 90,000 children suffer chronic malnutrition Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) - Lack of food, access to basic health services, drinking water and hygiene are some of the causes that year after year favor the increase of chronic childhood malnutrition in Honduras . Accor ...
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  3 May 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "The situation of anguish and poverty involves everyone", says the Bishop of Los Teques Los Teques (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Los Teques, His Exc. Mgr. Freddy Jesús Fuenmayor Suárez, published a message to the community where, in 8 points, he recalls the feelings of the Catholic Church ...
• 3 May 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Appointment of the National Director of the PMS Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 3 March 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, appointed Rev. Mauricio Silva Jardim, of the Archdiocesan clergy of Porto Alegre, as ...
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  2 May 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Cardinal Robles Ortega: Authorities must monitor the security of citizens Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - After numerous attempts of theft, which took place recently and made public through social networks, and after the written messages on walls in at least two neighborhoods in Tonala and Zapop ...
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  2 May 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Violence and child labor, the great threats to children Cali (Agenzia Fides) - An appeal for the protection of children's rights was launched by local authorities during the Childhood Day, just celebrated in Colombia. Violence, child labor and sexual abuse are the scourges th ...
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  2 May 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - 90% of Mexican children are involved in hazardous work activities Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - According to the 2015 results of the Child Labor Office (MIT) of the National Research on Employment carried out by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (Inegi), about 2.48 mil ...