The Voice of the suffering in Latin America
Here you’ll find the latest updates on the struggles and resilience of persecuted communities around the world. These stories highlight both the challenges they endure and the faith that sustains them. Stay connected to learn how hope continues to shine through suffering.
In Nicaragua, arson targets a cathedral
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"These attacks against the faith of the Catholic people need to be carefully analyzed, in order to expose the ideological and physical perpetrators of this macabre and sacrilegious act."
Bishop: ‘the plagues of Egypt are nothing compared to what Venezuela is going through’
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"I met a seminarian who was crying. His parents had been laid off. They have nothing to live on and they can't send their son anything. We are living on God’s providence.”
In hard-hit Brazil, help for priests aiding the most vulnerable caught up in the coronavirus pandemic
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“Recently we have made great efforts to raise funds, but it is now getting very difficult, since the people themselves have next to nothing,”
The first church built on state-owned land in Havana—and dedicated to St. John Paul II—is almost a reality
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"The work has been delayed by various cyclones and a hurricane, to say nothing of the tremendous difficulty in trying to get hold of the building materials. But now we can see our dream already almost fulfilled."
The coronavirus in Venezuela—‘a difficult moment and a trial’
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Bishop Mario Moronta called on the authorities to “guarantee its citizens safe access to food, medicines, and medical care and to ensure that there are no power cuts or shortages of water and other essential services."
In Cuba, ’communist ideology has fundamentally changed society’
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"Besides the economic issues, I believe that Cuba’s primary problem is the collapse of the family. The father figure has ceased to exist."
