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- Nov 23, 2020
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Bishops in Amazon urge Peru to guard indigenous needs during pandemic
- Apr 24, 2020
As the COVID-19 pandemic increasingly exposes fault lines between the rich and poor, the eight bishops of Peru’s Amazonian region have urged the government to pay particular attention to the needs of indigenous people.
Catholic leaders urge governments to protect indigenous during pandemic
- Apr 1, 2020
As the coronavirus spreads through South America, Catholic Church leaders are calling urgently for governments to protect indigenous people.
Spanish Jesuit, linguist once expelled by dictator, dies in Paraguay
- Dec 12, 2019
A Spanish-born Jesuit who dedicated his life to the study of Paraguay’s Guarani people died one day shy of his 87th birthday.
Old religious tensions resurge in Bolivia after ouster of longtime indigenous leader
- Nov 19, 2019
Invoking the Christian God as the source of political power, while commonplace in many countries, is a radical departure in Bolivia after Evo Morales’s 14-year tenure.
Proposed Amazonian rite centered on Christ, indigenous professor says
- Oct 24, 2019
Addressing concerns about a proposed Amazonian rite in the Catholic Church, an indigenous participant at the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon called on Catholics to soften their hearts and understand the needs of Catholics in the region.
‘Loving neighbor as yourself implies caring for earth,’ theologian says
- Oct 22, 2019
The Synod of Bishops for the Amazon is calling Catholics to an ecological conversion in their personal lives and in the church throughout the world, a theologian participating in the synod said.
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