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Help the Only Seminary in Uruguay
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In Uruguay, the Catholic Church holds a far less influential position in society than in most other countries of Latin America. Only some 30% of ...
Venezuela: Despite difficulties, the Church is alive and joyful
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"A public health or education worker, for instance, makes around $6 or $12 per month, but the average cost of living for a family of ...
An adventure of faith in the Amazon
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“Accidents are part of life. Once we saw what seemed to be a tree that had been swept into the river by a storm. When ...
Haiti: kidnapping of priest is ‘outrageous’
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Faced with this “painful and outrageous” event, the provincial of the Clerics of Saint Viator uses terms such as “violence” and “anarchy” to describe the ...
Support a Youth and Vocations Apostolate Program in Bolivia
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Life is hard in the Apostolic Prelature of Corocoro, located high up in the Andes of Bolivia. People live in widely scattered, often small settlements. ...
Chile sees another arson attack on a church
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The attackers left pamphlets and a banner claiming the attack and warning about future violent actions. “Every bullet you fire will be returned. Temucuicui ...
Nicaragua’s ‘Way of the Cross’
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"Demonstrations of popular piety such as the Way of Cross or processions have been forbidden and can no longer go from parishes out into the ...
A bishop in Nicaragua is sentenced to 26 years behind bars
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According to information from local news sources, the government has now taken to arresting and reprimanding priests who mention bishop Rolando Álvarez in their sermons, ...
Cuba: Papal envoy highlights Church’s work with the sick, elderly and poor
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Precisely because he was a first-hand witness to that trip, Pope Francis asked that he represent him at the commemoration, which gathered faithful from all ...
Cuba celebrates anniversary of John Paul II’s visit amid social and economic crisis
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“The witness of a man tested by pain and illness” marked a ‘before’ and an ‘after’ for Cuban Catholics.