Priest, a seminary rector, slain in El Salvador
- Aug 9, 2020
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Vatican calls for arson investigation at Nicaragua cathedral
- Aug 3, 2020
An arson attack on Managua’s cathedral has drawn the attention of Pope Francis and the Vatican after Nicaragua’s vice president initially dismissed it as an accidental fire.
Venezuelan does funerals alone in Peru cemetery amid virus
- Aug 3, 2020
Wearing a white robe and shoes worn down by dust, Venezuelan Brother Ronald Marín is the only one who administers funerals in a cemetery far from the Peruvian capital’s center.
Latin Americans press fight against clerical sexual abuse
- Aug 3, 2020
Some 2,000 people joined a video conference on preventing sexual abuse in the Church in Latin America organized by the Center for Child Protection of Mexico’s Catholic University (CEPROME) and the Vatican Safeguarding Taskforce.
Bishops see pro-Ortega ‘terrorism’ behind church attacks in Nicaragua
- Aug 1, 2020
Against the backdrop of deep tensions between Nicaragua’s bishops and the socialist government of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, three Catholic churches in the country have been attacked in the last three weeks, building upon a long-standing pattern of churches being targets.
Survivors’ group in Chile condemns abuse ‘secretism’ of Catholic Church
- Jul 31, 2020
A little over two years after Pope Francis accepted the resignation of a controversial Chilean bishop accused of covering up sexual abuse by his mentor, a local network of clerical abuse survivors are alleging that neither civil nor Church authorities are making allegations public.
Church in Argentina is making a ‘change in mentality’ on clerical sexual abuse
- Jul 30, 2020
Argentina’s bishops conference organized a zoom conference on how the Catholic Church is tackling clerical sexual abuse in the country.
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