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- Sep 18, 2020
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Venezuelan bishops: Jail fire that killed 68 could have been prevented
- Apr 2, 2018
A jail riot and fire that killed 68 people in Venezuela’s deadliest tragedy in decades could have been prevented, according to the Venezuelan bishops’ conference.
Signs suggest a turning point on the role of women in the Church
- Mar 8, 2018
Inside and around the Vatican, Catholic women point to a ‘cultural revolution’ calling for more female inclusion.
Pope wants church to be voice of poor in Amazon, bishop says
- Dec 13, 2017
Pope Francis’s decision to convene a Synod of Bishops dedicated to the Amazon is a sign of his desire for the choice to be a voice for the voiceless living in the region, a Brazilian archbishop said.
Peru venerates Lord of Miracles in big procession
- Nov 2, 2017
The Lord of Miracles – a Peruvian image of a darker-skinned Jesus – is believed to have been painted by an Angolan-born slave. After a devastating earthquake in 1655, the wall with the mural was one of the few parts of the church still intact. Deeming this a miracle, people gave the image an additional name — “The Christ of Earthquakes” — and almost ever since have paid homage to it in citywide processions.
Meeting with pope was a ‘sharing among shepherds,’ Cuban bishop says
- May 6, 2017
After an informal meeting with Pope Francis for the “ad limina” visits to the Vatican, a Cuban archbishop said that the audience “was a sharing among shepherds; a meeting of bishops.” He also described the different approaches in Cuba by the three latest pontiffs pointing to the pope’s popularity in the country.
Does the ‘Populist Pope’ have a beef with populism?
- Mar 31, 2017
Pope Francis has not held back his criticism of populism in the past describing it as “evil” and a form of “egotism,” yet the media hails him as the ‘populist pope.’ But the unique approach to the masses adopted by this pontificate cannot be understood without the three P’s: populism, proximity, and the peripheries.
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