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27 July 2011
AMERICA/ECUADOR - New homes have been given to families of 300 street children
Guayaquil (Fides Service) - Guayaquil is one of the most important cities in Ecuador, developed mainly on the right bank of the Guayas River, its population reaches 3 million and half. The Nigeria area, which is located ...
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26 July 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO-Seven million young people who do not study and do not work, are easy prey for criminal organizations
(Mexico City Fides)- Seven million young people do not study and are unable to find a job, and risk being sucked into the criminal organizations that perfection their networks to recruit more and more young people who li ...
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26 July 2011
AMERICA/GUATEMALA - Resignation of the Apostolic Vicar of Izabal and appointment of the Apostolic Administrator
Vatican City (Agenzia Fides) - The Holy Father Benedict XVI on July 26, 2011 accepted the resignation of the pastoral care of the Apostolic Vicariate of Izabal (Guatemala), by His Exc. Mgr. Gabriel Peñate Rodríguez B ...
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26 July 2011
AMERICA/CHILE - The Church proposes dialogue on an issue which is still open: Public education
Santiago (Fides) – The Archbishop of Santiago de Chile, Archbishop Ricardo Ezzati, has stressed his appeal to put a stop to violence and seek solutions through dialogue, after talking for about an hour and a half with ...
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25 July 2011
AMERICA/BOLIVIA-Those who govern should ask for the wisdom to distinguish between good and evil: this is Cardinal Terrazas Sandoval's appeal
Santa Cruz (Fides Service)- Cardinal Julio Terrazas Sandoval has urged government authorities to set aside punishment and to ask God for wisdom to distinguish between good and evil. The Archbishop of Santa Cruz de la ...
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25 July 2011
AMERICA/PERU- A new canteen for malnourished children in the suburbs of the capital has been inaugurated
Lima (Agenzia Fides)- As part of the celebrations for the 21 years of their arrival in Peru, the nuns of the “Little Daughters of St. Francis of Assisi” have opened a new canteen for malnourished children in the area ...
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23 July 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO- Assaults and threats against defenders of immigrants in the country are increasing
Mexico City (Fides Service) - According to the report of the Commission of the pastoral care of human mobility of the Mexican Episcopal Conference (MEC), in recent years aggressions, threats and harassment against defend ...
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22 July 2011
AMERICA/DOMINICAN REPUBLIC-In two months 21 health centers have closed down because of poor hygiene
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - The precarious sanitary conditions of Centre Médico Honduras in Santo Domingo, have led the Ministry of Local Public Health to close down the facility. The state of abandonment of areas s ...
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22 July 2011
AMERICA/CHILE-"Witnesses of Christ, all witnesses and every day": the commitment of the PMS for the missionary formation
Santiago (Fides Service) - The commitment of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) of Chile for animation and missionary formation of the animators and all the baptized continues. On 15 and 16 July a basic Course of f ...
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21 July 2011
AMERICA/COLOMBIA-Peace can be reached through dialogue, not only with weapons
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - The President of the Colombian Episcopal Conference (CEC), His Exc. Mgr. Ruben Salazar Gomez, Archbishop of Bogota, recently launched a new appeal for peace in the Latin American country through ...
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21 July 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO-Meeting of the Jesuit coordinators of Communication in Latin America and the Caribbean
Guadalajara (Fides Service) - From 1 to 6 August the V Meeting of the Provincial Coordinators for Communication in Latin America and the Caribbean will be held in Guadalajara, Mexico. Five main goals: 1. To analyze the i ...
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20 July 2011
AMERICA/PERU -Fighting Poverty: extraordinary Regional Conference of Caritas
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - From July 17 to 22 representatives of 22 Caritas of Latin America and the Caribbean have gathered in the Peruvian capital to try to define a work plan for the region which has as a goal the fight a ...
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20 July 2011
AMERICA/MEXICO-A double march along the path of migrants to sensitize the civil community
Veracruz (Fides Service) - A march that traces the journey made by migrants in southern Mexico to reach the United States: this is what is being organized to sensitize the authorities and citizens during the visit to Mex ...
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19 July 2011
AMERICA/PERU '-The Carmelites of Mary Immaculate: from India to the deserts of northern Peru
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The community of La Union, in Lower Piura (outskirts of the capital city Piura, 20 km from the city center), warmly welcomed Father Tomy Mathew Moozhayil, C.M.I and Father Joseph Anthony Palackal, ...
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19 July 2011
AMERICA/BRAZIL- Mass media instrument of evangelization and promotion of the Kingdom
Rio de Janeiro (Fides Service) - "The Continental Mission in a perspective of communication" was the theme of the conference given by His Exc. Mgr. Guillermo Ortiz Mondragón, Bishop of the Diocese of Cuautitlán in Mexi ...
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