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Colombia: “Jesus himself has gone out into the streets to meet the people”
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One month after the earthquake that struck Colombia on August 10, its material and emotional consequences are still deeply felt. Amid the destruction, priests, religious ...
Church in Colombia aids victims of devastating earthquake while assessing damages
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A 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck large parts of western and central Colombia on Monday, August 10. The epicenter was recorded in the municipality of San José ...
Earthquake in Colombia: Church assessing needs for emergency aid
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A devastating 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck much of western and central Colombia on Monday. While authorities assess the scale of the emergency, the Catholic Church ...
Two Outboard Motors for a Pastoral Riverboat in Colombia
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The apostolic vicariate of Guapi lies in southwestern Colombia, on the Pacific coast. The population here is mainly a mixture of Afro-Colombians and indigenous people. ...
A priest’s fight against violence in Colombia: “Our neighborhood has two or three murders every week”
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Father Gersaín Paz, the parish priest of one of Colombia’s most dangerous neighborhoods, tells Aid to the Church in Need how faith and music have ...
Colombia: Bombing destroys bishops’ residence and offices
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Early on November 2nd, an explosion aimed at the police station in Guapi, southwest Colombia, killed three people and destroyed a large part of the ...
Colombia: A donor deep in the jungle
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Martín Alberto Peña, 47, was born in Mitú and is ACN’s only donor in the entire region. He told the foundation that he is sustained ...
Colombia: Walking to heaven together
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Mitú is a tough place, unknown to even most Colombians. It is covered in dense forests and plagued with diseases, snakes, and other poisonous animals, ...
Colombia: Being the compassionate face of God
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"Whenever I see a hungry child I remember, there is Christ. It is my duty, as a Christian, to make sure the cihld is fed. ...
‘Be quiet so that God may defend you’—kidnapped sister is free at last
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As regards the suffering, she often remembered the teachings of her order’s foundress, the Blessed Caridad Brader, “Be quiet so that God may defend you,” ...