America

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  16 October 2015
  AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC -"Learn to live with mutual respect": tension between Haiti and Dominican Republic decreases Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The meeting on Tuesday, October 14 between Dominican President Danilo Medina and the Haitian President Michel Martelly took place at the right time and helped "prevent further hatred betwe ...
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  16 October 2015
  EUROPE/PORTUGAL - 115 institutions ready to accept refugees Lisbon (Agenzia Fides) - There are 115 institutions that are willing to accept refugees, according to information revealed by the first General Assembly of the support platform for Refugees (PAR). The High Commissioner f ...
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  15 October 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Maryknoll Mission Center has been offering missionaries a valuable service for half a century Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) - The Maryknoll Mission Center is 50 years old. Best known as the CMM, the center was created thanks to the missionary work of the Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers, who in 1965 founded the Padres ...
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  15 October 2015
  AMERICA/ECUADOR - Spanish missionary in Ecuador turns 100 on World Mission Day Los Rios (Agenzia Fides) - His Exc. Mgr. Bittor Garaygordobil, Bishop Emeritus of Los Ríos (Ecuador), one of the first eight missionary priests of the Basque dioceses of Spain, on October 17 turns 100 on the eve of Worl ...
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  14 October 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Poverty and discrimination for Mexican minors Guadalajara (Agenzia Fides) - Poverty and inequality in the countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OCSE) primarily affects child population, since one out of seven children live in extrem ...
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  14 October 2015
  AMERICA/MEXICO - First Mass in Nahuatl: "The Nahuatl peoples are hope" Puebla (Agenzia Fides) - For the first time a solemn Mass was celebrated in Nahuatl (the native language) in the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City which was presided by the Archbishop of Puebla, His Exc. Mgr. Victor S ...
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  14 October 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - "The wealth of Brazil should be better distributed" asks Mgr. Nicioli Aparecida (Agenzia Fides) – On October 12 during the celebration in honor of Our Lady of Aparecida, the Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of Aparecida, His Exc. Mgr. Darci José Nicioli C.SS.R., asked for political affai ...
• 14 October 2015
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Puerto Ayacucho, appointment of successor Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - On 14 October 2015 the Holy Father accepted the resignation from the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Puerto Ayacucho (Venezuela), presented by His Exc. Mgr. José Ángel Divass� ...
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  13 October 2015
  AMERICA/PUERTO RICO - Ecumenical and interreligious coalition disputes the government's fiscal Plan San Juan (Agenzia Fides) - The ecumenical and interreligious Coalition of Puerto Rico has stated that workers and the most vulnerable sectors cannot bear the weight of the enormous burden linked to the solution of the fi ...
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  13 October 2015
  AMERICA/PANAMA - 200 children working in the fields have been redeemed Llano Tugrì (Agenzia Fides) - At least 200 boys, girls and adolescents in Ngäbe Bugle, an indigenous area in Panama, have been saved from the work in the fields by the Ministry of Development and Labour (Mitradel). The ...
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  12 October 2015
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - The Pope's message at the forum on climate: "Follow a fair and integral ecology" Tiquipaya (Agenzia Fides) - On Saturday, October 10 Pope Francis asked the Second World Conference on Climate Change taking place these days in Bolivia, to be guided by the "principles of a fair and integral ecology" tha ...
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  12 October 2015
  AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Children give a smile to other children: relief to the flood victims continues Guatemala City (Agenzia Fides) - The heavy catastrophe that hit the village of Santa Catarina Pinula continues to mobilize many joint initiatives and aid for the population where there are many victims, especially childr ...
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  12 October 2015
  AMERICA/NICARAGUA - The Church ready to mediate in the mine issue, "no one has to die for this" Managua (Agenzia Fides) - The Catholic Church is ready to mediate: said His Exc. Mgr. Silvio José Báez Ortega, O.C.D., Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, referring to the clashes between workers of the Canadian mine B2Gold a ...
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  10 October 2015
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - The Church: it is urgent to save abandoned children and adolescents who have disappeared Brasilia (Agenzia Fides) - "Save the abandoned children and look into the disturbing phenomenon of missing teenagers" is the appeal launched by the Conference of Bishops of Brazil who officially opened the campaign "Let' ...
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  9 October 2015
  AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Cardinal Pimiento: "Vote-buying is a crime" Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jose de Jesus Pimiento invoked consistency in discussions for a peace agreement between the government and FARC, warning about the lack of justice, truth and irreparable errors. The note ...