America

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  1 February 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - First counseling center in Chiapas for the victims of violence and the building of peace Tuxtla Gutierrez (Agenzia Fides) - The Mexican Caritas Archdiocese of Tuxtla Gutierrez has just inaugurated the first "counseling center" which aims to offer a safe space to accompany and assist the victims of violence i ...
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  1 February 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - "To stigmatize immigrants" or open up to the richness of life they bring with them? Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "Who is 'the other', how can I get in relationship with him?" is the question to ask according to the Episcopal Commission for Migration and Tourism of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina ...
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  31 January 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - New impetus for Missionary Childhood and Adolescence with new communication technologies Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Five virtual meetings during 2017 for mutual enrichment of the national Directorates of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of the Bolivarian countries (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and V ...
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  31 January 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Consecrated life: "light for the world, promoter of peace and reconciliation" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Inspired by the theme "Let us be reconciled to God" (2 Cor 5:20) indicated by the Colombian Episcopate, which places reconciliation as a priority commitment of the whole Church of Colombia for th ...
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  31 January 2017
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The number of street children doubles San Miguel de Tucuman (Agenzia Fides) - The Secretariat for Childhood, Adolescence and the Family had to assist cases of sexual violence and child abuse, abandonment and neglect of relatives last year. Also in 2016, the ...
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  30 January 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Disarm hearts to eliminate violence in Mapuche lands Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - The lands where the Mapuche indigenous people live in southern Chile are caught up in a spiral of violence (see Fides 11/08/2016; 17/10/2016; 29/12/2016; 25/01/2017). A presidential Commission, c ...
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  28 January 2017
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Jubilee USA Network coalition: Puerto Rico needs significant debt relief Washington DC (Agenzia Fides) - Puerto Rico's "control" board meets January 28 as the island's financial crisis deepens. In a January 18 letter, the Financial Oversight and Management Board for Puerto Rico noted that the ...
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  27 January 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The Bishops of Mexico: "pain and rejection for the construction of this wall" Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - "We express our sorrow and rejection with regards to the construction of this wall, and respectfully invite all to reflect on the ways through which we can ensure security, development, work ...
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  27 January 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - "There is already a bloodbath in Venezuela" denounces Mgr. Santana Comillas (Agenzia Fides) - "I do not see why our people have to suffer so much", said the Archbishop of Maracaibo, His Exc. Mgr. Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera, F.M.I. with tears in his eyes, at a conference organized in ...
• 26 January 2017
  AMERICA/BELIZE - Resignation of the Bishop of Belize City-Belmopan and appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) – Today the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral governance of the Diocese of Belize City-Belmopan, in Belize, presented by His Exc. Mgr. Dorick McGowan Wright. The Holy F ...
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  26 January 2017
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Report of the American States Organization disappoints many, even the Church Esteli (Agenzia Fides) - "The lords of the American States Organization (OAS the acronym in Spanish) are politicians that adapt themselves to the circumstances, they are not defenders of freedom and justice; they disguis ...
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  26 January 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Religious leaders ask the UN to mediate between the government and gangs San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - Lutheran Bishop Medardo Gomez told the press that the leaders of the Lutheran and Evangelical Churches of El Salvador will ask the United Nations to mediate between the Salvadoran governmen ...
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  25 January 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The tears of the people and the future of young people at the basis of the dialogue between opposition and government Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - "The main points to be discussed at the negotiating table are the questions of the people, the tears of the people, what families want to offer to give young people a path with a future", said t ...
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  25 January 2017
  AMERICA/CHILE - Araucania: final report of the Commission led by Mgr. Vargas Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - In a public statement, the Standing Committee of the Episcopal Conference of Chile, thanked the Bishop of the Diocese of Temuco, His Exc. Mgr. Héctor Vargas, and the members of the Advisory Co ...
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  24 January 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - The Bishops on the new public education program Lima (Agenzia Fides) - "The basic principles of education in the country should follow the provisions of the General Education Law and the Constitution of the country. Recognizing the many positive aspects of the progr ...