America

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  15 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Two and a half million children victims of armed conflicts Cali (Agenzia Fides) - The damage that the war has caused Colombian children continue to affect their lives. Anxiety and depression, behavioral, social, attention and concentration problems are among the most common. Thi ...
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  14 November 2016
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Mgr. Escobar: The national security plan is not giving the expected results San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of San Salvador, His Exc. Mgr. José Luis Escobar Alas, in his traditional Sunday press conference yesterday said that the "El Salvador Seguro" plan is not giving the desired ...
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  14 November 2016
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Inclusion in the educational system to eradicate child labor Puerto Rico (Agenzia Fides) - In Costa Rica child labor is illegal and, despite this, 3,359 children under 15 years of age are engaged in illegal jobs. The figures were released by the National Research on Families (ENAH ...
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  14 November 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Kidnapped and tortured -the priest who condemned crime and corruption Veracruz (Agenzia Fides) - Diocesan priest José Luis Sánchez Ruiz, who had been kidnapped on Friday, November 11, was released yesterday with "obvious signs of torture", according to a statement from the Diocese of San ...
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  11 November 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Mgr. Seitz to border communities, "the Church will remain by your side" El Paso (Agenzia Fides) - After the outcome of the presidential elections in the United States, the Bishop of the Diocese of El Paso (Texas, USA), His Exc. Mgr. Mark Joseph Seitz, sent a message to the border communities ...
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  11 November 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops concerned about the increasing presence of drug trafficking in politics Luque (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay who gathered in the city of Luque for their ordinary Assembly, discussed various issues affecting the country and called on all Paraguayans and State authorities to examine ...
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  11 November 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - Free surgeries for patients with cleft lip and palate Puno (Agenzia Fides) - For the ninth consecutive year the volunteers of Operation Smile International have planned a series of surgeries at the Manuel Núñez Butrón Regional Hospital of the city of Puno. A statement se ...
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  10 November 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Early Pregnancies bring poverty and diseases among adolescents Merida (Agenzia Fides) - Pregnancy among adolescents is one of the main factors that contribute to maternal and infant mortality and to diseases and poverty. This is what was stated in the Maternal and Perinatal Health P ...
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  10 November 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Family and social pastoral being discussed by the Episcopal Conference Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - About 35 Bishops of Bolivia will reflect on the reality of the country and other issues affecting the national society during the Assembly of the Bishops' Conference (CEB) which opens this mo ...
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  10 November 2016
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Bishops denounce: "The fight against corruption is fundamental" Guatemala (Agenzia Fides) - In a statement titled "God loves righteousness and justice" (Ps. 33), the Bishops of Guatemala denounce an "institutional paralysis" that manifests itself in different ways, such as obstructio ...
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  9 November 2016
  AMERICA/CANADA - Assisted suicide could also kill Catholic healthcare Vancouver (Agenzia Fides) - There is growing tension in health care centers in the region of Ontario, only months after the Canadian Parliament approved legal assisted suicide, Catholic hospitals, palliative care centers ...
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  9 November 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Violence in the North of Santander increases, the denunciation of the Bishop Cúcuta (Agenzia Fides) - The popular protest for the abduction of Maria Gloria Contreras, 61, kidnapped while she was in her house, in the town of Chinacota in the north of Santander increases by the hour. "Kidnapping i ...
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  8 November 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Unity and Mercy, the closing of the Jubilee in a suffering country Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Chibly Langlois, Bishop of Les Cayes, along with the other Bishops of Haiti, celebrated the closing of the Jubilee of Mercy last Sunday, November 6, with the participation of a l ...
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  8 November 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Plenary Assembly of Bishops: "Poverty, drug trafficking and reconciliation" Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - "We have to thank God for the year we are about to conclude. We have witnessed a series of events that make the history of the Church in Argentina and have enriched the lives of our communi ...
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  7 November 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - Ortega still President, but abstention is 78% Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Managua, His Exc. Mgr. Silvio Baez, last night said that citizens deserve "authorities elected in another way, in a way that truly represents the popul ...