CELAM

CELAM presidents voice support for pope, pledge to fight regional crisis
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- May 21, 2019
Presidents of the 22 Latin American and Caribbean bishops’ conferences have expressed their support for Pope Francis and their commitment to address the region’s challenges through pastoral work.
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Peruvian archbishop elected new president of CELAM
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- May 16, 2019
Archbishop Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, president of the Peruvian bishops’ conference, was elected to head the Latin American bishops’ council, or CELAM, during a May 15 meeting of bishops from 22 Latin American and Caribbean bishops’ conferences.
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If bishops’ summit was ‘rigged’ on synodality, one question: So what?
- Analysis, Synod of Bishops on Youth
- Oct 28, 2018
The God’s honest truth is that of the 28 Synods of Bishops held since Pope Paul VI launched the institution in 1965, every one probably has been “rigged” to some extent.
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Latin Americans: Capture spirit of ’68 Medellin meeting, focus on youth
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Aug 28, 2018
The Catholic Church in Latin America must return to the principles of a 1968 conference that shifted the Church’s emphasis toward the poor majority, said participants in a four-day meeting in Medellin, Colombia.
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Latin American Church leaders mark 50 years of ‘option for the poor’
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Aug 23, 2018
Latin American Church leaders will meet in Medellin Aug. 23-26 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a landmark regional bishops’ meeting that took place in the same city in 1968.
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Latin American Church leaders mark 50 years of ‘option for the poor’
- Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
- Aug 17, 2018
Latin American Church leaders will meet in Medellin Aug. 23-26 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of a landmark regional bishops’ meeting that took place in the same city in 1968.
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