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Wildfires point to urgency of upcoming Amazon synod, Bolivian bishop says
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Aug 26, 2019
Wildfires raging in Bolivia and Brazil underscore the urgency of the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon that Pope Francis has called for October, said Bishop Eugenio Coter of the apostolic vicariate of Pando in northern Bolivia.
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Catholic Church in Mexico praises Trump deal; Bolivian archbishop decries corruption
- Church in the Americas
- Jun 11, 2019
Ines San Martin discusses news around Latin America.
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Bolivian cardinal causes controversy after supporting Morales re-election bid
- Church in the Americas
- May 1, 2019
A Bolivian cardinal has drawn criticism for his open support for President Evo Morales at a political rally for the long-serving socialist leader.
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Neglect, rain threatening ‘Sistine Chapel of the Andes’
- Associated Press, Church in the Americas
- Feb 14, 2019
A buttress supporting an adobe wall has collapsed and grass overgrows the patio of the four-century-old church whose dazzling murals depicting biblical scenes and remote location high atop a Bolivian plateau have earned it the nickname the “Sistine Chapel of the Andes.”
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Borders pose challenge for Catholic Church in Amazon basin
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- Jul 18, 2018
Borders pose a challenge for the Catholic Church in the Amazon basin, a region Pope Francis highlighted during his trip to Peru and the subject of a synod to be held in the Vatican in October 2019.
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Bolivian cardinal-designate says report on secret family slanderous
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- May 30, 2018
Bolivian Cardinal-designate Toribio Ticona Porco denied rumors of having a wife and children in secret and threatened legal action if the reports continued.
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