America

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  29 February 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Bishops call for: “Rural developemtn and ethics to build a new post-conflict Colombia ” Bogotà (Agenzia Fides) – "We are highly concerned about the situation in rural areas … point nne of the peace agreement opens a window for a policy of comprehensive agricultural development ": said the Catholic Bi ...
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  29 February 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - “Life is impossible in the present situation of total indifference on the part of the authorities”Bishop Escobar exclaims Upper Paraguay (Agenzia Fides) – Bishop Gabriel Escobar, in charge of the Apostolic Vicariate of Chaco, has urged the people living in Upper Paraguay to be more insistent in calling the authorities to fulfil their ...
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  26 February 2016
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Dioceses without borders", initiative for the reception of migrants Nogales (Agenzia Fides) - An unprecedented religious celebration took place on Sunday, February 21, at the border between Agua Prieta (Mexico) and Douglas (United States), and in a few months will be repeated at the bord ...
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  26 February 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - "Let us help them Grow": campaign to donate school supplies to vulnerable children Lima (Agenzia Fides) - By People, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting people with cancer, has urged the population to provide school supplies to patients of the National Institute for Neoplasia (INEM) and H ...
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  26 February 2016
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops' message: "Day of the Paraguayan woman" Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - "The Bishops of Paraguay greet all women on their day and remember the historical role they had and continue to have in the building of society and culture": this is how the message of the Epis ...
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  25 February 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - "Commitment to culture": meeting of the border dioceses of the two countries Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - At the end of their second meeting, held in a fraternal and friendly atmosphere on 15 and 16 February 2016 in Villa Cana, Cap Haitien (Haiti), the border dioceses between Haiti and the Do ...
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  25 February 2016
  AMERICA/CHILE - Artisanal fishing destined mainly for export Algarrobo (Agenzia Fides) - In Chile, artisanal fishing accounts for over 90% of fisheries worldwide, and workers in the sector, about half of whom are women. According to the Regional Office for Latin America and the Ca ...
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  25 February 2016
  AMERICA/HAITI - Towards the elections: the Provisional Electoral Council almost complete Port au Prince (Agenzia Fides) - The various social sectors that make up the Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) of Haiti have begun to nominate their new representatives in this body, following the resignation of six of ...
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  24 February 2016
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Letter of the 3 Bishops of Chocó to the President to demand adequate health care Quibdo (Agenzia Fides) - The three Colombian dioceses of Quibdo, Istmina-Tado and Apartado and 68 social organizations of Chocó department, sent a letter to the President of the Republic, Juan Manuel Santos, to complain ...
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  24 February 2016
  AMERICA/PERU - A month after the oil spill in Inayo, the Church calls for urgent action Inayo (Agenzia Fides) - On 25 January there was a first oil spill, followed shortly after by another, in Inayo, in the Amazon region of northern Peru, from the pipeline that crosses the province of Bagua. A month after t ...
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  23 February 2016
  AMERICA/REP. DOMINICAN - Families of workers violently sent away from their homes Santa Cruz de El Seybo (Agenzia Fides) - The population of the province of El Seibo, east of the Dominican Republic, near the tourist resort of Bavaro and Punta Cana, is appalled by the brutal evictions that are happenin ...
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  23 February 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - All the Bishops of the American continent represented in Tampa Tampa (Agenzia Fides) - The 40th meeting of the Bishops of the Catholic Church in America will take place in Tampa, Florida, from 22 to 25 February, with the presidencies of the United States Conference of Catholic Bisho ...
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  23 February 2016
  AMERICA/PANAMA - The Cathedral of Colon reopens, the living reality of the population’s faith Colon (Agenzia Fides) - After more than five years, one of the most important places of worship and religious monuments of the Panamanian province of Colon reopens its doors to thousands of faithful: we are talking about ...
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  23 February 2016
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - The Bishops: "We must be vigilant on our democracy" Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The Dominican Episcopal Conference issued a message on Independence Day, February 27th, with the title "Upcoming elections and other urgent matters" ("Próximas elecciones y otras urgencia ...
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  20 February 2016
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Birth of the "Catholic-Muslim National Dialogue" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - Archbishop Blase J. Cupich of Chicago will be the first co-president of a new Catholic interfaith forum of meetings called "Catholic-Muslim National Dialogue", organized by the Commission for ...