Dominican Republic

Dominican Republic priest held in death of former altar boy
- Associated Press, Global Church
- August 9, 2017
Authorities in the Dominican Republic have detained a Catholic priest as a suspect in the killing of a 16-year-old who previously served as an altar boy in his church. The diocese has suspended the priest as a precaution.
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Poverty, inequality in Latin America at unthinkable levels, pope says
- Catholic News Service, Vatican
- June 30, 2017
Founded in 1966, the Italian-Latin American International Organization seeks to increase “economic, social, scientific, technological and cultural cooperation” between Latin American countries and Italy. Commemorating the organization’s 50th anniversary, Pope Francis said that to achieve the goal of promoting development and cooperation, the organization must first identify the potential of Latin American countries, who are “rich in history, culture, natural resources” and “good and caring” people.
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Venezuelan opposition eases temperature at Vatican request
- Associated Press, Vatican
- November 1, 2016
Venezuela’s opposition warily welcomed on Tuesday the government’s release of four jailed activists, a response to the Vatican’s efforts to avert bloodshed and dampen acrimony in the oil-rich South American country.
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Priest in Haiti with passion for mission tells God to ‘hurry up’
- Catholic News Service
- October 1, 2016
A new documentary of a remarkable Haitian priest, Father Joseph Philippe, says that over a long career of mission, he spends part of almost every day arguing with God. “I want him to hurry up!” Philippe said. Otherwise, he added, “he gets an ‘I,’ for incomplete.”
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Pope Francis presses shake-up of world’s bishops with DR pick
- Analysis, Global Church
- July 4, 2016
With the oldest cathedral in the Americas and a long history as the base for evangelization of the continent, Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean, is known as the “Primate of the Americas.” Pope Francis has again caused surprise by appointing a little-known bishop as its new head.
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Bishop accuses OAS of pro-abortion, pro-gay ‘ideological colonization’
- Global Church, Interviews
- June 11, 2016
As the Organization of American States opens its annual assembly in the Dominican Republic on Monday, Bishop Víctor Masalles, auxiliary bishop of Santo Domingo, is accusing it of “ideological colonization” in pushing an agenda in favor of abortion, gay marriage and “gender theory.”
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