America

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  15 March 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops condemn the bill that allows abortion even in cases of poverty La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bolivian Episcopal Conference is contrary to Parliament’s draft law laying down various causes that justify abortion, including poverty. "The proposal distorts the criminal justice system, ...
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  14 March 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Denunciation of the Bishop of Quilmes after attempting to set fire to a church Quilmes (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Quilmes, in the Argentine province of Buenos Aires, His Exc. Mgr. José Carlos Tissera, informed that on March 10, after the evening Mass, the faithful had just left ...
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  14 March 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "Solidarity Pots": parishes committed to giving food to the hungry Barquisimeto (Agenzia Fides) - Father Jesús Martínez, is a priest of San Francisco de Asís parish, in the Archdiocese of Barquisimeto, where there is the "olla solidaria" (literally "solidarity pot"), namely the daily ...
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  14 March 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - A new center in Gaboto where children receive care, food, schooling Puerto Gaboto (Agenzia Fides) - A new reception center for minors, CCI, was opened in the town of Gaboto, in the southeast of the Department of San Jeronimo, Santa Fe province, with the aim of preventing and eradicating ...
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  9 March 2017
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Continental Meeting of National Directors: analysis of the reality and the functioning of the PMS Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The thirteenth Continental Meeting of National Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of America is taking place in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. It started on March 6, w ...
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  9 March 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Presidential ballot: Mgr. Cabrera calls for respect and dialogue Guayaquil (Agenzia Fides) - "It is not enough to win the elections, it is important to know how to rule. This requires certain attitudes such as closeness, listening and service, regardless of our political or religious ...
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  8 March 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - CELAM and the Executive Secretaries of the Bishops' Conferences gathered in Bogota Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - From 7 to 9 March the annual meeting of CELAM (Latin American Episcopal Council) with the secretaries-general of the 22 countries of Latin America and the Episcopal Conferences Caribbean takes pl ...
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  8 March 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Trump: no "selective reception" reserved for Christian refugees Washington (Agenzia Fides) - The executive order on immigration signed by US President Donald Trump in late January, and intended to suspend the entry into the United States of refugees from seven countries with a Muslim ...
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  8 March 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Mgr. Bastres Florence’s message: "Woman, Star of Chile" Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - "A society which recognizes itself as modern and democratic must recognize the right of all women in order to allow them to contribute to the public and political life of our country, and to cr ...
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  7 March 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "People rummaging in the garbage looking for food increases" highlights Mgr. Gutierrez Ciudad Bolivar (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Ciudad Bolivar, His Exc. Mgr. Ulises Antonio Gutiérrez Reyes, O. de M. complained that every day there are more and more people rummaging in the garbage looking for foo ...
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  7 March 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - "The poor pay a high price because of corruption", denounces Mgr. Ulloa during the national holiday of the Nazarene Atalaya (Agenzia Fides) - The Basilica of St. Michael the Archangel in Atalaya, 250 km from the city of Panama, was the traditional appointment destination for devotees of Jesus of Nazareth, which every year on March 5 g ...
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  7 March 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - A new project to offer more reception to street children Tuxtepec (Agenzia Fides) - The Casa Hogar Chiria, founded over 20 years ago in the territory of San Bartolo, assists street children and with family issues. In order to welcome these children, this year’s project is ba ...
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  6 March 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Last option for undocumented immigrants: to live in a church Denver (Agenzia Fides) - Testimonies of the situation experienced by undocumented migrants continue to be sent to Fides since Donald Trump’s presidency. Between fear and anxiety, many children no longer attend school ...
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  4 March 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Mendoza condemns the killing of a journalist: "They want to silence the voice of the people" Chilpancingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Mgr. Salvador Rangel Mendoza, condemned the murder of the journalist, Cecilio Pineda Birto which took place in Ciudad Altamirano, Tierra C ...
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  3 March 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Mgr. Ochoa denounces: "Young people are becoming the protagonists of criminal acts" Cucuta (Agenzia Fides) - Drug use, verified by the high percentage of local drug trafficking involving the younger generation, is just one of many realities that worries the Catholic Church of Cucuta: "What one lives her ...