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Amazon synod: ‘Indigenous peoples have had God with them for a long time’
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"We are going to have to ask for many prayers so that we can have the gift of discernment. We have considered the reality of ...
Mass Stipends for 20 Franciscan Priests in Paraguay
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Paraguay faces many major challenges. Poverty remains a serious problem, and many people, above all in the rural regions, can see little future for themselves ...
Mass Stipends for 19 Brazilian Priests
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The Catholic Shalom Community was founded in 1982 in Brazil. Its members include young people, families, married couples and priests, who live in so-called “life ...
A Host-Baking Machine for Carmelite Sisters in Peru
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The Convent of the Discalced Carmelites in Abancay, in southern central Peru, was initially established in 1964 with seven religious from Cusco. Today, the community ...
Help for a Popular Mission in Southern Cuba
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For some 18 years, now a team of lay missionaries have been traveling, Sunday after Sunday, into the remote villages of Guamà II, a suburb ...
A Catholic Calendar for the Faithful in Cuba
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Each year, thanks to the help of ACN, the Cuban bishops’ conference is able to publish a Catholic liturgical and catechetical calendar for the faithful, ...
An Automobile to Help Capuchin Fathers in Brazil
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The three Franciscan Capuchin Fathers in the Parish of Saint Francis of Assisi in Humaità are delighted with their new vehicle and profoundly grateful to ...
Ongoing Training of Catechists in a Vast Parish in Peru
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The Apostolic Vicariate of Iquitos lies deep in the jungle of the Peruvian Amazon region. Even getting to the capital involves having to travel by ...
In Venezuela, with medicines lacking or too costly, a doctor laments: ‘We are simply watching people die’
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In her moving account, the doctor describes how, after cleaning up the wound, she went looking for the little girl’s father to explain to him ...
Church questions Cuba’s new constitution
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The inclusion of the statement that “the Cuban state is a secular state” (Article 15) suggests an acknowledgment of the “right of the individual to ...