America

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  7 November 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Pontifical Mission Societies in Bolivia towards the American Missionary Congress Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - Sister Cilenia Rojas, National Coordinator of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Bolivia praised the interest and encouragement expressed by the Bolivian Bishops before the news that Bolivia ...
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  6 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Mgr. Arizmendi inaugurates a house of the migrant in Tuxtla Gutierrez Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - On November 3, the Bishop of the diocese of San Cristobal de las Casas, His Exc. Mgr. Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel, inaugurated a house to welcome migrants. The house will be a reference point for ...
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  6 November 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - 100th Assembly of the Episcopal Conference: V American Missionary Congress (CAM 5) is among the topics to be discussed Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The 100th Assembly of the Episcopal Conference of Bolivia (CEB) takes place these days, from November 5 to 10, in Cochabamba. In this second meeting of 2015, the Bolivian Bishops must elect t ...
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  5 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Bishops' appeal for peace: "Dialogue with everyone, even with organized crime" Guerrero (Agenzia Fides) - The four Bishops of the dioceses of Guerrero State have asked the government to "talk" with organized crime in order to reverse the serious situation of insecurity and violence that exists in t ...
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  5 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Mining company withdraws from La Rioja: statement of the Bishop and the Deputy Governor La Rioja (Agenzia Fides) - The mining company MIDAIS withdraws from Angulos, Department in Famatina in La Rioja (Argentina). This was officially announced by the Bishop of the Diocese of La Rioja, His Exc. Mgr. Marcelo D ...
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  4 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - The request of the diocese to the State: "Do not suspend the subsidies to schools" Neuquén (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishop of Neuquén, His Exc. Mgr. Virginio Bressanelli SCJ, has asked the provincial government not to suspend subsidies to Catholic schools and announced the presentation of a bill for a f ...
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  4 November 2015
  AMERICA/PARAGUAY - "Drug trafficking affects justice in the country", says the President of the Episcopal Conference Caacupé (Agenzia Fides) - Drug trafficking is one of the evils that affect justice in Paraguay. This is what was stated by His Exc. Mgr. Catalino Claudio Giménez Medina, Bishop of Caacupé (Paraguay) and President of t ...
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  3 November 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - For the first time in Mexican history a Pope's encyclical will be presented in the Senate Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - Tomorrow, November 4, the Special Committee on Climate Change, the Mexican Institute of Christian social doctrine and the Konrad Adenauer Foundation will present the forum entitled "Poverty ...
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  3 November 2015
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - National Day of the Sick, an opportunity aimed to arouse greater sensitivity Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) - The Episcopal Commission for the Pastoral Care of Health of Argentina has already disseminated the material prepared to celebrate the National Day of the Sick to be held on November 8, the ...
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  30 October 2015
  AMERICA/PERU - Annual report on Indigenous women and girls: victims of violence, atrocities and humiliations Lima (Agenzia Fides) - Women and indigenous girls not only suffer human rights violations that often occur against the indigenous population in general, but they are also victims of other atrocities and humiliations. Thi ...
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  30 October 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - Bishops' message: Crisis in the country worsens, dialogue and democracy are needed Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "The Brazilian socio-political reality: challenges and opportunities", is the title of the statement of the National Conference of Brazilian Bishops (CNBB), published on October 27 with the app ...
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  29 October 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC - Archbishop Bretón Martínez contrary to the wall to prevent the entry of Haitians Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The Archbishop of the diocese of Santiago de los Caballeros, His Exc. Mgr. Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez, is contrary to the construction of a wall at the border to prevent the ill ...
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  29 October 2015
  AMERICA/CANADA - The Cross of Evangelization opens the path to CAM 2018 Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - The Cross of Evangelization, the symbol of the next American Missionary Congress of 2018, was officially welcomed in Canada by the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS), after arriving in the coun ...
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  28 October 2015
  AMERICA/COSTA RICA - Violence against children in the age group between 1 and 3 San José (Agenzia Fides) - In Costa Rica there is a real and serious outbreak of cases of violence against children aged between 1 and 3. According to data from the National Pediatric Hospital (HNN), a total of 2,200 co ...
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  28 October 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The anti-interoceanic canal march suspended, but the population still opposes Managua (Agenzia Fides) - Opponents of the Interoceanic Canal project of Nicaragua, to connect the Atlantic and Pacific ocean (see Fides 15/06/2015) suspended the planned march yesterday, 27 October, which was to end in ...