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Support Six Religious Sisters in Poor Parishes in Bolivia
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They travel to places where a priest can rarely visit. In the poorest, remotest and most inaccessible regions, the Missionary Sisters of Jesus Word and …
‘Barring a miracle, we’re going to have to abandon Cuba’
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“Barring a miracle, we are going to have to abandon Cuba. It would be a great tragedy, because I believe that our charism of redemption, and our presence here, are vital to the people of the area.”
Success Story: Rosary Booklets for Children in Uruguay
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In Uruguay, the Catholic Church has a much more limited influence on society than in other countries of Latin America. The second smallest country in …
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.”
Help Support Religious Sisters in Bolivia
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Bolivia’s Diocese of Oruro lies high in the Andes, at an altitude of close to 13,000 feet above sea level. It covers nearly 21,000 square …
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,”
Fund the Training of Catechists in Peru’s Andes Mountains
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The prelature of Chuquibambilla lies high in the Andes, in one of the poorest regions of Peru. Fourteen priests currently work here under difficult conditions, …
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.”
A Car for Pastoral Work in Guatemala
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The Diocese of Quiché in northwest Guatemala is still scarred by a civil war that raged through the country in the 1980s and 1990s. There …
