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Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro Urrego addresses the the Summit of the Future, in the United Nations General Assembly, Monday, Sept. 23, 2024. (Credit: Richard Drew/AP.)

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Colombian Church insists on resumption of talks with government and guerrillas

by Eduardo Campos Lima September 27, 2024

Boats sit docked around the exposed banks of the El Penol-Guatape hydroelectric dam, due to low water levels, in Guatape, Colombia, April 3, 2024. (Credit: Fredy Amariles/AP.)

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Colombian Church debates Catholic contribution to UN biodiversity conference

by Eduardo Campos Lima September 26, 2024September 26, 2024

Colombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos, front left, and the top commander of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, Rodrigo Londono, known by the alias Timochenko, shake hands after signing the peace agreement between the government and the FARC to end over 50 years of conflict, in Cartagena, Colombia, Sept. 26, 2016. (Credit: Fernando Vergara/AP.)

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After 8-day blockade in Colombia, Church officials ask rebels to leave people out of their conflicts

by Eduardo Campos Lima August 21, 2024

Father Oscar de la Vega at Saint John Paul II Church, located in the southern part of Cali, Colombia. (Credit: St. John Paul II Church.)

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Man shot dead before Mass inside of church in Colombia

by Eduardo Campos Lima July 18, 2024

Bishop Noel Londoño Buitrago of Jericó celebrates Mass at the parish of the Immaculate Conception in Caramanta on June 15, 2024. (Credit: Diocese of Jericó.)

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Colombian bishop resigns early amid coverup allegations

by Elise Ann Allen July 16, 2024July 16, 2024

Colombia’s Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez, center, stands with the relatives of 19 young people who were falsely presented as guerrillas killed in combat by the Colombian army during the country’s internal conflict, during an act of recognition and public apology by the state for their extrajudicial execution, in Bogota, Colombia, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. (Fernando Vergara/AP.)

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New leaders of Colombian Church arrive amid polarization and violence

by Eduardo Campos Lima July 5, 2024

Apostolic Nunciature in Bogotá, Colombia. (Credit: Wikipedia.)

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Protestors occupy Vatican embassy in Colombia

by Eduardo Campos Lima June 8, 2024June 8, 2024

A man talks on his cellphone in front of a Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, propaganda billboards of Andrey Avendano and other members of the Central General Staff of the FARC, before peace talks with the government of Colombia in Tibu, Colombia, Oct. 8, 2023. (Credit: Fernando Vergara/AP.)

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Amid growing violence in southwestern Colombia, Church calls for dialogue and peace

by Eduardo Campos Lima May 29, 2024

Colombian President Gustavo Petro attends a swearing-in ceremony for the newly appointed attorney general at the Presidential Palace in Bogota, Colombia, Friday, March 22, 2024. (Credit: Fernando Vergara/AP.)

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Despite major blow to peace talks with guerrillas, Colombia Church still confident

by Eduardo Campos Lima May 14, 2024

A meeting of the Indigenous Pastoral Ministry of the Archdiocese of Popayán. (Credit: Luis Ariel Fiscué.)

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Church worried about growing violence in south Colombia

by Eduardo Campos Lima March 19, 2024

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