America

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  16 December 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Primo incontro dei Vescovi con il neo Presidente: affrontare insieme i problemi della società Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - A representative of the Bishops of the Episcopal Conference of Argentina (CEA) will be received by newly-elected President Mauricio Macri tomorrow, December 17, for the traditional Christma ...
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  16 December 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - "Posadas" on the bridge of the border, with the Bishops and the authorities of both countries: a historical event Ciudad Juarez (Agenzia Fides) - A meeting of the Bishops of El Paso (United States) and Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), and the Consuls General of Mexico and the United States, on the border line between the two countries, on th ...
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  15 December 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Two dioceses divided by the border, but only one community will welcome Pope Francis Juarez (Agenzia Fides) - The news of Pope Francis' apostolic visit in Mexico has caused great joy in the country and not only: even if Juarez is one of the cities that will host the Pope Francis' visit, also for the Bish ...
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  15 December 2015
  AMERICA/UNITED STATES - Bishops' appeal: "Messengers of hope and prophetic voices against the senseless violence" Washington (Agenzia Fides) - "We are called to be messengers of hope and prophetic voices against senseless violence, a violence that can never be justified by invoking the name of God": is the statement of Archbishop Jo ...
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  15 December 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - No child should be left alone Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Among its various initiatives, the Foundation Neida Perez Morillo has promoted Ayúdanos a Ayudar with the objective of assisting children and street youth. Currently in Venezuela, the Foundatio ...
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  14 December 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Cardinal Urosa calls for an amesty Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, Archbishop of Caracas, in an interview with the local television "Televen", sent to Fides, spoke of the last parliamentary elections held on December 6. As a citize ...
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  14 December 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - About 37 thousand people displaced due to the rise of the River Paraguay Asunción (Agenzia Fides) - The waters of the Paraguay River are exceeding the maximum level of 7 meters in height towards the capital Asunción, forcing about 37,000 people to flee their homes. According to the National ...
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  14 December 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - The missing are "legally declared dead": the Bishop say the authorities want to close the investigation Tamaulipas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Ciudad Victoria, in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, His Exc. Mgr. Antonio González Sánchez, denounced that it is clear to everyone that the judicial authorities intend to clo ...
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  11 December 2015
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Mgr. Gonzalez Nieves to the United Nations: "I come for my people who are suffering" San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - San Juan's Archbishop, His Exc. Mgr. Roberto González Nieves, O.F.M. called on Puerto Rico's government and debt holders to negotiate a comprehensive solution to the island's debt crisis in a ...
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  11 December 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The Year of Mercy opens in prison num. 39 Moron (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Year of Mercy also opened in prison num. 39 in the city of Ituzaingó, that belongs to the great Buenos Aires. His Exc. Mgr. Luis Guillermo Eichhorn of the Diocese of Moron, on Wednesday, ...
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  11 December 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - The Children's Village Singers involved in the fight against child labor Quito (Agenzia Fides) - 'Por tí vamos a vencer' is the title of the musical play just presented by the Economic and Social Inclusion Ministry (MIES) and interpreted by the 'Niños Cantores del Pueblo' choir. The more th ...
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  10 December 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Peru and Ecuador agree to regularize the situation of illegal immigrants Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The ambassador of Ecuador in Lima, Jorge Sandoval, informed that Peru and Ecuador are completing the negotiation of a new statute to regularize the situation of immigrants in both countries, within ...
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  10 December 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Cardinal Terrazas has died, promoter of solidarity and peaceful coexistence in difficult times Santa Cruz (Agenzia Fides) - Bolivian Cardinal Julio Terrazas died yesterday, December 9, at 7.15 pm. This was communicated by the Archbishop of Santa Cruz, His Exc. Mgr. Sergio Gualberti, in a note sent to Fides: "Just ...
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  10 December 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - A nutrition program to help Ashaninka children who suffer from malnutrition Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The raids and assaults carried out between 1980 and 2000, due to the work of wood traders, miners and members of the Shining Path, not only reduced the lands of the Ashaninka ethnic group that live ...
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  9 December 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Two million faithful on the occasion of the feast of the patroness saint of Paraguay Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - Nearly two million faithful, according to police estimates, gathered between Monday 7 and Tuesday, 8 December, around the Basilica of Our Lady of Miracles in Caacupé, Patroness of Paraguay, ab ...