Church in the Americas

On outskirts of Buenos Aires, parishes mobilize for COVID-19
- Apr 5, 2020
The soup kitchen at Father Nicolas Angelotti’s parish in the rough outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was feeding 1,500 residents daily in recent months, with demand driven by a weak economy and unemployment. But the demand more than doubled to 4,000 people per day after a coronavirus quarantine was imposed March 20

By David Agren
Brazil’s Church leaders warn about threat to prisoners posed by COVID-19
- Apr 4, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic surges across Brazil, the Bishops’ Conference’s Prison Pastoral Commission is urging the country’s authorities to take critical measures to avoid a massive contamination in the already chaotic Brazilian prison system, including the release of detainees.

By Eduardo Campos Lima
A ‘Solidarity Menu’ for poor Colombians, migrant Venezuelans
- Apr 3, 2020
One Colombia restaurant owner’s “Solidarity Menu” project works with a delivery start up, Rappi. People can order and pay for food online that his employees prepare for delivery to families in poor neighborhoods.

By Luis Andres Henao

Nicaragua says Ortega stronger than COVID-19; other Latin American countries prepare for pandemic
- Apr 3, 2020
There have been varying responses to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic in Latin America.

By Inés San Martín
CELAM calls for act of consecration to Our Lady of Guadalupe on Easter
- Apr 2, 2020
The Latin American bishops’ council announced plans to perform an act of consecration of Latin America and the Caribbean to Our Lady of Guadalupe on Easter, “asking her for health and an end to the pandemic.”

By David Agren
Mexican bishops: Avoid layoffs, ‘We’re all in the same boat’
- Apr 1, 2020
The Mexican bishops’ conference has urged employers to avoid laying off workers as the coronavirus crisis escalates in a country with an already stagnating economy and a weak social safety net.

By David Agren