Faith

Bishop ‘cleanses’ Colombian city

Thu, 18 Feb 2021 12:00:00 -0500

BOGOTA, Colombia -- The bishop of a Colombian city suffering from a deadly spike in drug violence boarded a fire truck to spray the town��Ƶapp main street with holy water and help to “cleanse it” of evil.

Colombian church leaders call for reconciliation, truth following protests

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 13:03:12 -0400

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Bishops in Colombia prayed for the victims of police violence and urged protesters not to take justice into their own hands, following a chaotic week in which 13 people were killed during protests over law enforcement in the South American country.

Bishops, religious in Colombia listen to Amazonians before syond

Thu, 15 Aug 2019 14:27:25 -0400

BOGOTA, Colombia -- Bishops, nuns, priests and residents of the Amazon basin met in Colombia's capital city in mid-August to prepare for a special Synod of Bishops for the Amazon this fall at the Vatican.

Colombian churches help Venezuelan soldiers who have walked away

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 04 Mar 2019 12:27:14 -0500

CUCUTA, Colombia – Pvt. Andry Rosales hugged a Colombian soldier and broke into tears as he surrendered himself to this country's military.

Protests intensify along Venezuelan borders

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Mon, 25 Feb 2019 12:14:59 -0500

SAO PAULO – Tensions were high along Venezuela's borders after clashes protesting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's decision not to allow humanitarian aid into the country for millions of vulnerable citizens.

What Indigenous People of the Amazon want the Church to know

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:01:54 -0500

LETICIA, Colombia – Rafael Noteno Capinoa, a Kichwa Indian, worries about what could happen to the forest around his village on Peru's Napo River if an oil company begins drilling in the area.

Colombian cardinal encourages humanitarian aid for Venezuelans

Wed, 13 Feb 2019 11:50:27 -0500

CUCUTA, Colombia – The bishop of a Colombian diocese bordering Venezuela has said that “we can't be still” in face of the Venezuelan people's suffering, and noted that the Church has responded to the humanitarian crisis from its beginning.

Churches at Colombian border work to help Venezuelan refugees

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 12 Feb 2019 12:39:19 -0500

CUCUTA, Colombia – Lunch started early at the Divine Providence House, a church-run soup kitchen located just a few hundred feet away from the Venezuelan border.

Pope Francis says he's pained by deaths in Colombia, the Mediterranean

cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 07:42:00 -0500

VATICAN – When Pope Francis led the recitation of the Angelus prayer Jan. 20, he told the crowd in St. Peter's Square that he had "two pains in my heart: Colombia and the Mediterranean."

New Basilian superior general faces tough challenges

mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:37:26 -0400

As lofty and august as the title superior general may sound, Basilian Fr. Kevin Storey has no illusions about his next four years leading 154 men who teach and preach in Basilian parishes, universities and high schools from Colombia to Canada.