America

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  20 January 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - "The country wants the truth": the Bishops on corruption and the Sodality of Christian Life Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Peru, at the conclusion of the 109th Ordinary Assembly, issued a statement, also sent to Fides, in which it expressed solidarity with the victims of natural disasters wh ...
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  20 January 2017
  AMERICA/PERU - "Wheelchairs for the poorest of the poor": biomechanical supports for 350 poor disabled persons Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Peru, through Gerenza for Social Development, thanks to the solidarity and support of Hans Peter Dentler, a German citizen, will distribute biomechanical supports for 350 people with physic ...
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  20 January 2017
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Mgr. Celli will not participate in the meetings for dialogue, an absence that says a lot Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Executive Secretary de la Mesa de la Unidad Democratic (MUD), Jesus Alberto Torrealba, announced yesterday, Thursday, January 19, that the Apostolic Nuncio in Venezuela, Aldo Giordano, infor ...
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  19 January 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - "Movimiento de Santuario" has over 800 points of reference for immigrants Tucson (Agenzia Fides) - Few hours before the new President of the United States takes office, many churches and religious congregations have joined the "Movimiento de sanctuary", over 800 points of reference, to offer p ...
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  19 January 2017
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - "Return to smile": medical campaign of reconstructive surgery for children Cartagena (Agenzia Fides) - This year doctors and volunteers of the American NGO Healing The Children will carry out a selection among children between 0 to 17 years of age, who need reconstructive surgery. "Return to sm ...
• 17 January 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Reappointment of the National Director of the PMS, Fr. Andrew Small OMI Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On March 4, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed the reappointment of Fr. Andrew Small, Missionary Oblates of Mary Immacu ...
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  16 January 2017
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Mgr. Vieira: "It is urgent to address the problems of our prison system" Natal (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Natal (Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil), His Exc. Mgr. Jaime Vieira Rocha, released a statement on the massacre that took place on Saturday night, January 14, in which at least 26 pr ...
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  16 January 2017
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Dialogue between the government and gangs for peace and genuine reconciliation is still necessary San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - "The country needs political consensus, this means dialogue", said yesterday the Auxiliary Bishop of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. Gregorio Rosa Chavez, in the usual Sunday press. "The spirit ...
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  16 January 2017
  AMERICA/CANADA - Worldwide, 119,000 children are born with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome each year Ottawa (Agenzia Fides) - A study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health in Canada published the first-ever estimates of the proportion of women who drink during pregnancy. According to data published in The Lan ...
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  14 January 2017
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Catholic Bishops "disappointed" of the sudden change of the Cubans protection policy Austin (Agenzia Fides) - The US Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has expressed "disappointment" for the abolition of the policy measure that protected the Cubans who arrived in the country, promising to work with t ...
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  13 January 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - On mission in canoe at the Amazon borders Leticia (Agenzia Fides) - For 6 months a lay Ecuadorean, who has chosen to support one of the works of the traveling group of the Society of Jesuits in the Amazon has been committed to doing voluntary work at the triple ...
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  13 January 2017
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - For the February elections Bishops call for "a moral regeneration of politics" Quito (Agenzia Fides) - A little more than a month before the presidential elections to be held on February 19, 2017 (see Fides 24/10/2016), the Ecuadorian Bishops' Conference issued a pastoral letter, sent to Agenzia Fi ...
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  13 January 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The priest who had been missing since 3 January found dead Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Saltillo, Coahuila (Mexico), His Exc. Mgr. José Raúl Vera López, O.P. announced the discovery of Fr. Joaquin Hernandez Sifuentes’ body, who was missing since 3 January (see F ...
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  12 January 2017
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Bishops prepare World Youth Day 2019 Panama (Agenzia Fides) - The Ordinary Plenary Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Panama (CEP) is underway. The Assembly began on Monday, January 9 and will end on Friday 13 in Clayton. The central theme is the prepa ...
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  12 January 2017
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Navarro: "We must not remain silent but commit ourselves with our history" Zamora (Agenzia Fides) - During the traditional "Rosca de Reyes", a cake to share to celebrate Epiphany, held in the Bishop’s offices of the Diocese of Zamora (Michoacán, Mexico), was also attended by media representa ...