America

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  29 March 2017
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Parliamentary coup": the Bishops ask for legality and respect for democracy Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "The decisions taken, with serious doubts regarding their legality and legitimacy, are a sign of the absolute lack of consideration and respect for the democratic institution that with so much ...
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  28 March 2017
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - "Corruption and fanaticism": Mgr. Baez invites to give light and soul to society Managua (Agenzia Fides) - "There is a lot of corruption. There are many lies, there is selfishness and a lot of greed for money and power, and this creates injustice and increases the number of poor people", said His Exc ...
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  28 March 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Children under 15 years of age guilty of 2,936 crimes Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In Caracas, the most violent city in the world, children at already eight years of age start killing. According to a research of Cecodap (non-governmental organization that defends human rights ...
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  28 March 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Another priest killed because of crime Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Father Felipe Carrillo Altamirano was killed on Sunday, March 26 in the village of El Nayar, Prelature of Jesús María del Nayar, Nayarit state, apparently victim of an assault for theft. T ...
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  27 March 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - A survey on corruption on Twitter, to allow the community to reflect Bani (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Bani, Dominican Republic, His Exc. Mgr. Victor Emilio Masalles Pere launched a survey in which he asked: "Do you agree with Mgr. Víctor Masalles that the fight against ...
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  24 March 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "Two countries but one Church, committed to migrants": meeting of border dioceses Barahona (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement released yesterday, the group of representatives of the border dioceses of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, who met on March 21 to analyze common problems (see Fides 23/03/2017) ...
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  24 March 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mexico celebrates: the child Martyrs of Tlaxcala, protomartyrs of America will be canonized Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "With happiness and joy we share the news that the Holy Father Francis received Cardinal Angelo Amato S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in audience. During the aud ...
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  23 March 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Meeting of the border Bishops of Haiti and Rep. Dominicana on common issues Barahona (Agenzia Fides) - Bishops, priests and delegations of Haitian parishes and the Dominican Republic met in Barahona (Dominican Republic) on March 21, to analyze the social and economic problems affecting the borde ...
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  23 March 2017
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Religious leaders ask the United States to prevent financial crises in the country San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Puerto Rico, His Exc. Mgr. Roberto González, and the Bible Society led by Reverend Heriberto Martínez, ask the United States Congress to approve tax benefits for children an ...
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  23 March 2017
  AMERICA - REPAM: the right to land is a prerequiste for the exercise of other rights Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Considering the violation of the territorial rights of indigenous and Amazonian communities in South America, the Pan-Amazon Ecclesial Network (REPAM) has proposed to the International Commis ...
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  22 March 2017
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Mgr. Ramazzini: the country is economically dependent on remittances from workers in the US Bern (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Huehuetenango, Guatemala, His Exc. Mgr. Alvaro Ramazzini Imeri, participated in a panel discussion at the European Parliament in Brussels, which has launched a study on ...
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  22 March 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Towards CAM V 2018: the missionary Cross arrives in El Salvador Cara Sucia (Agenzia Fides) - El Salvador has welcomed the missionary Cross, the relics of the Blessed Nazaria Ignacia and of Oscar Romero Beato from Guatemala, that will travel the country in preparation for the V Americ ...
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  22 March 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - More than 2 and a half million child laborers Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent research published by the Abrinq Foundation, an NGO which promotes the defense of the rights of children and adolescents, reports that in 2015, 2 million and 600,000 ...
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  21 March 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Arizmendi: "Lay down weapons once and for all" San Cristobal de Las Casas (Agenzia Fides) - After Mass on Sunday, March 19, the Bishop of San Cristobal de Las Casas, His Exc. Mgr. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, called for a definitive solution to the conflict in the area ...
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  21 March 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "It is impossible to live here": says Mgr. Garcia on the violence in Upper Baudo Chocó (Agenzia Fides) - "Violence in Upper Baudo does not stop. The communities along the Baudo and San Juan rivers are living a serious humanitarian crisis, and many have begun to flee", said His Exc. Mgr. Julio Hernan ...