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Mass Stipends for Priests in Colombia
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Ever since the mid-1960s, there has been violent conflict in Colombia. During this time, around 6 million people were uprooted from their homes, and around 200,000 were killed. A further 60,000 people ...
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. ...
Support for Contemplative Religious in Colombia
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The order of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary was founded in Spain in the 15th century. Today, its work is focused mainly in ...
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 ...
Three Motorized Rickshaws for Pastoral Work in Colombia
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The Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú lies in the Amazon region of eastern Colombia, in an area covering over 21,000 square miles (54,000 km²). Roughly a ...
Support the Life and Ministry of Sisters in Colombia
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The sisters of Saint Vincent have been working in southwest Colombia since 1997. Their mission in this mountain region covers eight indigenous reserves and 36 ...
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, ...
Help for the Training of Seminarians in Colombia
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This year, the seminary of the Priestly Fraternity of the Servants of the Holy Spirit celebrated its 40th anniversary. Those four decades have seen 66 ...