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29 February 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Bishops concerned for the political crisis: “a serious threat to the foundations of democracy and the institutional life of the country.”
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - “The recent acts of extreme violence, that have already claimed human lives in Epizana, as well as the fighting that has broken out in certain areas, in protest of Parliament, are clear signs o ...
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29 February 2008
AMERICA/PARAGUAY - Bishops make a call in facing the health emergency due to epidemics of dengue and yellow fever
Asuncion (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of Paraguay have made a call in regards to facing the health emergency that the country is now living through, due to epidemics of dengue and yellow fever. In March of last year, th ...
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29 February 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Emergency plan from Caritas Ecuador to provide urgent care to 5,000 families. Danger of gastrointestinal and endemic diseases
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - Caritas Ecuador currently continues distributing humanitarian aid to the flood victims in the provinces of Los Rios and Manabi where, in collaboration with the Bishops’ Conference of Ecuador, th ...
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28 February 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Archdiocese of Mexico: Sunday, March 2 is Family Day, in preparation for the World Family Encounter
Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) - This coming Sunday, March 2, there will be a Family Day organized, in the Archdiocese of Mexico, by the Archdiocese’s Committee for Family Pastoral Ministry, in cooperation with the John P ...
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28 February 2008
AMERICA/VENEZUELA - Archbishop of Caracas laments attack on the Archbishop’s Residence: “What is needed is a large dose of calm and serenity.”
Caracas (Agenzia Fides) - In the early morning hours of February 27, a group of students and revolutionaries laid siege to the Archbishop’s Palace in Caracas, evacuating the personnel at work inside. Their goal was to ...
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27 February 2008
AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Caritas of Bolivia implements a two-phase emergency aid plan for flood victims
La Paz (Agenzia Fides) - The emergency situation continues in various parts of Bolivia, due to the severe flooding that has afflicted the country in recent weeks. Caritas of Bolivia is currently carrying out an emergency ...
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27 February 2008
AMERICA/PERU - Bishops of the Peruvian rainforest are worried about the marginalizing and poverty of the indigenous people
Lima (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops of the Ecclesial Jurisdictions of the Peruvian rainforest (San Ramón, Pucallpa, Puerto Maldonado, San José del Amazonas y Jaén) have issued a statement at the close of their Encount ...
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26 February 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Bishops’ Conference examines the situation and takes action in helping flood victims
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - “All of us Ecuadorians realize the support of the Catholic Church, not only in the national level, but on a universal level, just as His Holiness Benedict XVI has shown, with his appeal for inte ...
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26 February 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - The Bishops ask the new National Assembly of the Popular Power to safeguard the common good of the country and the peace
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - In their Ordinary Assembly, “at the close of which we received Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone SDB, Secretary of State of His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI, sent to our country by the Holy Father to pre ...
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26 February 2008
AMERICA/COLOMBIA - Second Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities to reflect on the Continental Mission, in the spirit of Aparecida
Bogota (Agenzia Fides) - On February 28 - March 2, in Bogota (Colombia), the Second Congress of Ecclesial Movements and New Communities will be held. The event will be organized by the Department of Ecclesial Communion a ...
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25 February 2008
AMERICA/ECUADOR - Half the country under a declared state of emergency due to extreme floods. Holy Father makes appeal to “fraternal solidarity”
Quito (Agenzia Fides) - The situation in Ecuador is worsening every day, due to the extreme flooding that the country has been experiencing in the past few days. The population is witnessing record precipitation levels, ...
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25 February 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - John Paul II monument inaugurated in the same place where he celebrated his first mass in the country 10 years ago with the missionary sending of a group of children of Missionary Childhood
Santa Clara (Agenzia Fides) - “Santa Clara, the city that on January 22, 1998, witnessed the celebration of John Paul II’s first Mass in Cuba, dedicated to the family, where the Messenger of Truth and Hope invited th ...
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22 February 2008
AMERICA/CUBA - Rebuilding churches, opening missionary and community centers, increase in vocations, progress of Caritas work: some of the fruits following John Paul II’s visit
Havana (Agenzia Fides) - Cardinal Jaime Ortega, Archbishop of Havana (Cuba), stated in an interview with the magazine “Encuentro Digital,” that John Paul II’s visit to Cuba became “a fresh starting point on the p ...
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22 February 2008
AMERICA/REPUBLICA DOMINICANA - Bishops call for a political commitment in conformation with unchanging ethical and moral principals, always with the common good in mind and averting the danger of corruption
Santo Domingo (Agenzia Fides) - As they have often done in the past, the Episcopal Conference of the Dominican Republic has published a Message for all their faithful, in commemoration of the National Independence Day, o ...
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21 February 2008
AMERICA/MEXICO - Seventh International Congress for “Life and Family,” for promoting the culture of life
Mexicali (Agenzia Fides) - With the goal of promoting the culture of life, the 7th International Congress will be held in Mexicali, Baja California, on February 23-24. Some of the themes for discussion are: abortion, the ...
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