America

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  15 April 2016
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Half a million children in conditions of neglect Quito (Agenzia Fides) - At present there are 500,000 children and adolescents in the age group between 0 and 17 years, living without any family ties completely left on their own in Ecuador. This is what emerges from a s ...
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  15 April 2016
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Bishops' message: "Christians cannot relinquish their participation in politics" Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - At the conclusion of the General Assembly of Bishops of Brazil (see Fides 07/04/2016), the president of the Bishops' Conference (CNBB), the Archbishop of Brasilia, His Exc. Mgr. Sergio da Rocha ...
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  15 April 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - The Bishops invite the State to listen to the demands of farmers Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Conference of Paraguay (CEP) has requested the presence of the State alongside farmers, the promotion of programs to prevent the uprooting of families and highlighted the strength ...
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  14 April 2016
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - A work program for women and young people in poverty Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The non-profit organization Cuso International, engaged with its volunteers to fight poverty, has launched in Nicaragua the Voice work program, Voluntary work for International Cooperation and E ...
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  14 April 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Nearly half of minors and adolescent workers receive no remuneration Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - According to a recent report by the National Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE), at a national level, the last quarter of 2015, 47.1% of the population in the age group between 5 to 1 ...
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  14 April 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Vera against suspected alms: "Money, the more you wash it, the more you dirty your conscience" Coahuila (Agenzia Fides) - "Money must never be washed, because the more you wash it, the more you dirty your conscience", said His Exc. Mgr. José Raúl Vera López, OP. Bishop of Saltillo (Coahuila, Mexico), during the ...
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  13 April 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - An agreement has been signed that prohibits the employment of children in fields Chihuahua (Agenzia Fides) - In the Mexican state of Chihuahua no farmer will be able to employ child workers as in all other States of the Country. Local authorities, along with 250 farm owners, have recently signed an a ...
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  13 April 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops: "drug trade threatens the peaceful and democratic coexistence of the country" La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops' Conference of Bolivia (CEB) has reiterated the seriousness of the problem of drug trafficking, which "threatens the peaceful and democratic coexistence of the Country". This is what ...
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  13 April 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Church fires do not stop, the solution is in dialogue Temuco (Agenzia Fides) - Another Catholic chapel was set on fire at dawn yesterday in the region of Antiquina, in the town of Cañete, Biobio region (Chile). According to police information, the arson completely destroye ...
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  12 April 2016
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - A growing crisis: teachers risk retirement San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - While the Puerto Rican government cannot seem to recover from the deep economic crisis in which it has collapsed (see Fides 18/03/2016), now teachers in public and private schools risk retireme ...
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  12 April 2016
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa’s appeal in the face of lynchings and widespread violence: "Do not kill" Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of Caracas, Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, yesterday published a letter, also signed by the four auxiliary Bishops, in which he condemned the lynching of criminals as sin. "With dee ...
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  12 April 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Poverty, abuse and family conflicts are forcing children to live on the streets New York (Agenzia Fides) - A report by the National Center on Family Homelessness (NCFH) revealed that, in 2015, 2 and a half million children in the United States were living in shelters, on the streets, in cars, or in ...
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  12 April 2016
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Inhumane conditions for children and workers found in a warehouse for packaging Maipu (Agenzia Fides) - Following a Government inspection in a warehouse for packaging in the department of Maipú, province of Mendoza, workers and children were found living in inhuman conditions in these unhealthy env ...
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  11 April 2016
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - First International Congress on human rights and Catholic thought in Latin America La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of the First International Congress on human rights and Catholic thought in Latin America, which took place from April 7 to 9, the Bolivian "San Pablo" Catholic University (UCB) stress ...
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  11 April 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Assembly of Bishops concluded: concern over the violence in Araucania Punta de Tralca (Agenzia Fides) - Particular concern for the violence in Araucanía and an appeal to collaborate in first person in the building of a better life was expressed by the Chilean Bishops in their concluding ...