Political tact doesn’t stop Pope from (indirectly) tweaking Trump
- Oct 27, 2020
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In Lat Am, ferment over sex abuse, abortion and coronavirus
- Sep 28, 2020
It’s been an eventful time in Pope Francis’s native Latin America, with a new bishop apologizing for clerical sexual abuse in Chile, the bishops of Nicaragua announcing the return of public Masses after the coronavirus and the Church in Ecuador praising the country’s president for vetoing a bill that would have partially legalized abortion.
Ecuador’s bishops speak out against attempt to liberalize abortion laws
- Sep 2, 2020
After the National assembly in Ecuador approved a new “Organic Health Code,” the local bishops conference questioned its contents on abortion, the use of contraceptives by young girls, conscientious objection and the right to a sexual identity.
Ecuador couple certified as oldest married pair, nearly 215
- Aug 29, 2020
Julio Mora slipped away from his parents to secretly marry Waldramina Quinteros one February day. Both families disapproved.
Church in Uruguay wants Marian image on public walkway as churches reopen across Latin America
- Aug 19, 2020
After months of praying for an end to the COVID-19 pandemic from home after a forced shut down of Catholic churches to prevent the spread of the virus, several countries in Latin America are slowly resuming public services.
‘We will live and die with you,’ cardinal tells virtual Amazon assembly
- Jul 26, 2020
Church leaders sent a strong message of support to an unprecedented virtual assembly of more than 3,000 indigenous leaders, small farmers, environmental campaigners and women from the nine countries of the Amazon region seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ecuadoran bishops call for use of bleaching agent to treat COVID-19
- Jul 10, 2020
In a letter signed by a third of the Catholic bishops in Ecuador, the prelates ask President Lenin Moreno to authorize the use of a bleaching agent as an “alternative medicine” to treat COVID-19.
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