America

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  27 February 2017
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Concern of the Church for the labor crisis in Soriano and in Cologne Mercedes (Agenzia Fides) – As Lent approaches, the priests of the diocese of Mercedes (Urugauy) with the Bishop, His Exc. Mgr. Carlos Collazzi, issued a statement expressing "concern and pain" for "the difficult situat ...
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  27 February 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "EsTuDía": literacy campaign for the children of Antioquia Medellin (Agenzia Fides) - The National Ministry of Education has just launched the "EsTuDía" with the goal to seek, in the most remote places of Colombia, children and young people who do not go to school. The initiati ...
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  27 February 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Clear signs of peace by ELN: the request of the Bishop of Arauca Arauca (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of the Diocese of Arauca calls for clear signs of peace from ELN (National Liberation Army) in this particular moment: last week, this guerrilla group attacked police stations and stol ...
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  27 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Family conflicts: fertile ground for violence in schools Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - Violence and family conflicts, stress and lack of food, are breeding grounds for children who attend school and listlessly increasingly become aggressive towards other classmates. The alarm was l ...
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  24 February 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - #WeAreAllTexas: February 28, Day of Action for Immigrant and Refugee Rights Austin (Agenzia Fides) – On Tuesday, February 28, 2017 communities throughout Texas will gather in Austin for #WeAreAllTexas: a Day of Action for Immigrant and Refugee Rights. The event will begin with a march that wil ...
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  24 February 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - One of the policemen injured in the explosion in La Macarena has died Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The Military Bishop, His Exc. Mgr. Fabio Suescun Mutis, went to hospital to visit the members of the police who were injured in the explosion in the district of La Macarena, in Bogota, on 19 Febr ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Human rights: in Mexico and Central America a sad record of violations Washington (Agenzia Fides) – The Annual Report 2016 of Amnesty International was presented yesterday, February 22, which states that in 2016 there was an acceleration of the human rights crisis in Latin America. Countr ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa: "We must hold elections, the agreements must be respected" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - No representative of the Catholic Church in Venezuela will participate in the round table for dialogue between the government and the opposition, until the electoral path announced last year is ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - 82% of Venezuelan households live in poverty Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Due to the severe economic crisis that continues to affect Venezuela, there is a lack of food and basic products in the Country. The inflation index indicated by the Central Bank in 2015 is 180 ...
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  23 February 2017
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - "A dignified life for life": in El Alto the only integral center for disabled children El Alto (Agenzia Fides) - Virgen Niña, is the only integral center for disabled children which is located in El Alto, in the Los Andes area. Promoted by the homonymous Virgen Niña Association, the center was launched 2 ...
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  22 February 2017
  AMERICA/HAITI - About 4,000 prisoners awaiting justice, deaths due to starvation and degradation increase Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Yesterday, 21 February, at St. Anne's Church in Port au Prince, Father Jean Robert Louis celebrated in the presence of family members, the funeral of 20 inmates of the National Penitentia ...
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  22 February 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - More than 650 participants at the V National Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, February 25 the V National Congress of Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (CONIAM) begins in Caracas, with the arrival of 650 participants from across the country. The aim of the ...
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  21 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Church on the situation of migrants: "legal, political and social solutions are no longer an option, they are imperative issues" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "Due to the executive orders of President Donald Trump, a hostile environment, insecurity, uncertainty and terror has been created concerning thousands of people who are accused of being cri ...
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  21 February 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Still waiting for the election results, the Bishops call for truth and transparency Quito (Agenzia Fides) - "The final results of every popular election must always reflect the virtues of justice and the value of transparency. Political institutions have to guarantee them and build trust, the foundatio ...
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  20 February 2017
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The flow of migrants arriving in Guatemala to reach the United States continues Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The flow of migrants arriving in Guatemala with the hope of being able to somehow reach the United States continues: this is what a note from Prensa Latina, sent to Fides reports, where i ...