America

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  30 May 2016
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - The precariousness of the structures penalizes children's education Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - Educational programs aimed at children in Guatemala do not meet expectations. In many rural communities, in particular, there is only one school which often fails to cover the needs of al ...
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  30 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Journalists released: the Church mediates, but tension remains high Ocaña (Agenzia Fides) - As soon as journalist Salud Hernandez Moro was released, on May 27, her first words were of appreciation and gratitude for the Catholic Church of Colombia. As news agencies reported, the Church, ...
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  27 May 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops concerned about the announced operations for the expulsion of Central American immigrants Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, auxiliary bishop of Seattle and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Committee on Migration expressed deep concern over reports that U.S. Immi ...
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  27 May 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Children make toys for their peers affected by the earthquake Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The consequences caused by the earthquake last April 16 which devastated the country, continue to have an impact on children. In the provinces of Manabi and Esmeraldas, children of other areas in ...
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  27 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Tibù and the local Church are ready to mediate for the release of journalists Tibù (Agenzia Fides) – There is growing concern after the disappearance of the journalist of El Tiempo newspaper, Salud Hernández-Mora, of whom we have no news since last Saturday, May 21, when from the municipality ...
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  25 May 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - The Bishop of Buenaventura: "Areas without water, the only hospital closed, please help us Mr. President!" Buenaventura (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Ettore Epalza Quintero, P.S.S., Bishop of the Diocese of Buenaventura, during the Eucharist celebrated on May 21 took advantage of the presence of President Santos and the del ...
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  25 May 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Bishops' statement: "The outcome of the elections must be accepted by all" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Episcopal Conference (EDC) has called on political leaders and all Dominican nationals to conclude the election process (see Fides 12, 17 and 19/05/2016) in a peaceful and re ...
• 25 May 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - National Director of the PMS, Fr. Victor Livori Grech Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On May 6, 2016 Cardinal Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples, confirmed Fr. Victor Livori Grech, of the Missionary Society of St Paul (MSSP) as Nat ...
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  24 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Michoacan is among the five States with the highest rate of child exploitation Morelia (Agenzia Fides) - The state of Michoacan is among the five States of Mexico where there is the highest number of child exploitation. According to data collected by the Human Rights Commission, the violence suffer ...
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  24 May 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Kidnapping during the Mass, the Bishop denounces "things are getting worse and worse" Cordoba (Agenzia Fides) - Before the wave of violence that continues to hit Veracruz, the Bishop of the diocese of Cordoba, His Exc. Mgr. Eduardo Patiño Leal, could not help but declare that "things are getting worse an ...
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  24 May 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Children drop out of school to look for food Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The economic, food and political emergency within the Latin American Country continues. In past months, in order to survive and find something to eat, one Venezuelan child out of four was forced ...
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  24 May 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - "It seems that La Araucania does not exist for the government" said Mgr. Vargas before INDH Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - The session of the National Institute of Human Rights (INDH), one of the institutions that aims to collect relevant testimony of La Araucania, regarding intercultural conflicts in this area, took ...
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  23 May 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Nuns leave their cells to meet other women who live behind bars Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - A group of nuns came out from their monastic cells to meet other women who live behind prison bars. Seventy-six cloistered nuns from Santiago del Chile, went to meet the prisoners of the Female ...
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  23 May 2016
  AMERICA/CUBA - Mgr. Garcia Rodriguez new Archbishop of Havana: "A more effective dialogue" Havana (Agenzia Fides) - The new Metropolitan Archbishop of Havana, His Exc. Mgr. Juan de la Caridad García Rodriguez, launched an appeal during the Mass which he presided in the Cathedral yesterday, Sunday, May 22, so ...
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  21 May 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - A hospital boat to give assistance in the most remote places Macapá (Agenzia Fides) - Religious Camillians continue their health project in the area of the largest river in the world. We are talking about the "Camillians at the mouth of the 'Amazonas", and Fr. Raúl Matte, Camill ...