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October 19, 2018

Church must help non-Catholics become true disciples, Venezuelan observer says

Bishops and observers attend a session of the Synod of Bishops on young people, the faith and vocational discernment at the Vatican Oct. 18.
VATICAN 鈥� The Catholic Church must help not only its own young people but also non-Catholics to become active members in society and true disciples in a chaotic world, a Venezuelan observer told the Synod of Bishops.
Published in International
October 15, 2018

Salvadoran archbishop asks Pope to make Romero first Latin American 'doctor of the church'

A man holding a portrait of St. Oscar Romero prays during an Oct. 13 Mass at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua.
VATICAN 鈥� Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador asked Pope Francis to proclaim St. Oscar Romero the church's first Latin American "doctor of the church."
Published in Faith
October 9, 2018

Canada鱿鱼视频app Salvadoran community unites to celebrate Romero

Then-Archbishop Oscar Romero is pictured greeting worshippers in San Salvador, El Salvador.

It鱿鱼视频app a nine-hour flight from Toronto to Vatican City. It鱿鱼视频app seven hours by jet to El Salvador. But Msgr. Oscar Romero鱿鱼视频app canonization on Oct. 14 will not be a distant event for many Catholics. 

Published in Faith
September 5, 2018

Suspect linked to murder of Jesuit priest in Peru arrested

Jesuit Father Carlos Riudavets Montes, who was found murdered in the boarding school where he lived, was buried Aug. 12 in Chiriaco, in the Apostolic Vicariate of Jaen in Peru's northern Amazon region. He is pictured in an undated photo.
LIMA, Peru 鈥� The Peruvian National Police arrested a suspect in connection with the death of Jesuit Father Carlos Riudavets.
Published in International
August 29, 2018

Latin America's bishops pledge loyalty, denounce 'shameful' attacks on Pope

Pope Francis walks with his crosier next to Colombian Cardinal Ruben Salazar Gomez of Bogota as he arrives to celebrate Mass at Simon Bolivar Park in 2017.
WASHINGTON 鈥� The Catholic bishops of Latin America pledged their loyalty to Pope Francis and spoke against the "shameful" way he has been attacked, said the president of the Latin American bishops' council during an Aug. 26 Mass in Medellin, Colombia.
Published in International
August 9, 2018

Argentina Senate votes down abortion decriminalization bill

Pro-life advocates celebrate in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Aug. 9 after lawmakers voted against a bill that would have legalized abortion. The Senate voted against the bill, dashing the hopes of supporters of legal abortion in the predominantly Catholic country, homeland of Pope Francis.
MEXICO CITY 鈥� The Argentine Senate voted against a bill that would have decriminalized abortion during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
Published in International
August 7, 2018

Brazil church leaders speak against decriminalization of abortion

Young people keep vigil in front of Brazil's Supreme Court in an attempt to influence ministers to vote against the legalization of abortion in 2012 in Brasilia. Brazil's high court was considering decriminalizing abortion after hearings Aug. 3 and Aug 6.
SAO PAULO, Brazil 鈥� Representatives of the Brazilian bishops' conference argued in front of the country's Supreme Court against the decriminalization of abortion.
Published in International
August 6, 2018

A month after government's 'clean-up,' a Nicaraguan community mourns three dead

A man rides his bicycle behind a barricade erected in front of St. Peter Church June 15 in Sutiaba, Nicaragua. On July 5, the Nicaraguan police, with masked and armed paramilitary support, attacked Sutiaba, killing three people.
SUTIABA, Nicaragua 鈥� Father Victor Morales was awakened at 5 a.m. by the young men on the barricade outside his church. "They're coming, father. They're here," they told him.
Published in International
July 30, 2018

Dozens of Argentinians protest in favour of abortion rights

A woman in Buenos Aires, Argentina, reacts June 14 after hearing that the nation's lower house approved a bill to legalize abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina 鈥� Dozens of women clad in outfits reminiscent of 鈥淭he Handmaid鱿鱼视频app Tale鈥� took to the streets of Buenos Aires Wednesday to protest for legalized abortion, the AP reported.
Published in International
July 26, 2018

Sister battles consequences of Canadian mining in Latin America

Martha Ines Romero of Pax Christi, left, and Sr. Maudilia Lopez Cardona have been helping Indigenous communities in Latin America deal with the effects of mining operations.

Talking about theology and mining in the same breath is not uncommon in Latin America.

Published in Canada
July 26, 2018

Amid rising tension between Church and government, two churches desecrated in Nicaragua

A demonstrator holds a crucifix during a protest against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government in Managua, Nicaragua, May 15.
JINOTEGA, Nicaragua 鈥� Two churches in the Diocese of Jinotega in northern Nicaragua have been desecrated in the past week, amid rising tensions between the Church and the government of president Daniel Ortega.
Published in International
July 23, 2018

Pope accepts resignation of Honduran bishop after investigation on "irregularities"

Auxiliary Bishop Juan Jose Pineda Fasquelle of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, listens to the readings while celebrating Mass in early February at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City. After an investigation into alleged irregularities in the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Pineda.
VATICAN 鈥� After an investigation into alleged irregularities in the Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of 57-year-old Auxiliary Bishop Juan Jose Pineda Fasquelle.
Published in International
July 18, 2018

Territorial borders pose challenge for Catholic Church in Amazon basin

Bolivia's Aymara people attend the inauguration ceremony of Binational Border Service Center in late April in Desaguadero, Peru.
PUERTO MALDONADO, Peru 鈥� On a Sunday night in early July, four men 鈥� two of them indigenous 鈥� were brutally murdered in Assis, a tiny Brazilian town on the border with Peru.
Published in International
July 16, 2018

Nicaraguan bishops to pray for exorcism as violence continues

Young people mourn over the casket of Gerald Jose Vasquez, a student at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, during his July 15 wake in Managua. Vasquez was one of two students shot and killed by paramilitary forces when they were seeking refuge in Divine Mercy Catholic Church after being forced from the university they had occupied in protest for more than two months.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua 鈥� As attacks on Catholic clergy continue and anti-government protesters are besieged by Nicaraguan police and paramilitaries, the bishops said they would pray an exorcism prayer.
Published in International
July 13, 2018

Peru's bishops express support to overhaul judicial system

Peruvian President Martin Vizcarra is seen July 11 in the Tupac Amaru hall of the Government Palace in Lima. Vizcarra announced the creation of a commission to propose a reform of the judicial system and said he will present the proposal to Congress during his state of the nation message July 28, Peru's independence day.
LIMA, Peru 鈥� Peru's bishops expressed support for an overhaul of the country's judicial system after phone-tap recordings revealing influence peddling and corruption became public.
Published in International
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