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- Jan 22, 2021
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Mexican cardinal-designate credited for building up indigenous church
- Nov 23, 2020
Several months after Pope Francis was elected in 2013, Bishop Felipe Arizmendi Esquivel of San Cristóbal de Las Casas sent a letter asking the new pope to revisit the topic of ordaining indigenous deacons.
Indigenous group refuses to leave Church-owned property in Argentina
- Oct 29, 2020
A group of indigenous peoples in southern Argentina has illegally occupied land belonging to the Diocese of San Isidro.
Mexican president asks Pope Francis for conquest apology
- Oct 11, 2020
Mexico’s president published an open letter to Pope Francis Saturday calling on the Catholic Church to apologize for abuses of Indigenous peoples during the conquest of Mexico in the 1500s.
Violence against indigenous peoples growing in Brazil, says Church agency
- Oct 3, 2020
A report on the violence against indigenous peoples in Brazil in 2019, published by the Bishops’ Conference’ Indigenous Missionary Council (CIMI), showed that the number of intrusions of indigenous reservations more than doubled last year.
Brazilian Church says ‘Amazonize yourself’ as region faces COVID-19, deforestation
- Jul 29, 2020
As deforestation increases in the Amazon and the COVID-19 coronavirus spreads throughout the region, the Brazilian Church has decided to create a campaign to raise awareness on the need to stop the destruction of the rainforest and its peoples.
Brazil’s traditional fishing communities under attack during COVID-19 pandemic
- Jul 25, 2020
In the past few months, there has been an escalation in the number of incursions of territories traditionally occupied by artisanal fishing communities in Brazil, according to the Bishops’ Conference’s Fishermen Pastoral Council (CPP).
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