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Venezuelan Church condemns regime’s political repression, human rights violations
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The statement denounces “the growing, politically motivated repression, the violation of human rights and the selective and arbitrary detentions” of individuals; the statement calls for ...
For World Youth Day, Panama Church wants to reveal country’s true face
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"It will be necessary to maintain the dynamism of World Youth Day, to continue the work, because there is a tendency in Panama to rely ...
In Cuba, a family finds new life, fulfilment in the Church
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“At that time, all I had was my family, my farm and my hogs, and I was fine with that. But deep inside, there was ...
In Venezuela, the march toward a totalitarian state continues
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"These measures are aimed at realizing the socialist project and imposing the communist model, cost what it may, even in terms of the suffering of ...
From Colombia, a story of forgiveness without limits
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“On May 19, 2005, attending to my son's vault in a mausoleum I felt a need to look up, and I saw a sculpture depicting ...
Venezuelan Church rejects elections, warns of ‘catastrophe’
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"These elections will not resolve the problem of the social crisis, and for that reason they are without legitimacy. These elections should be postponed, because ...
In a Rio favela, a 12-year-old girl has bullet-proof faith
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LAÍS MARIA PEREIRA da Silva, 12, was born and raised in a part of Rio de Janeiro called Complexo da Maré , which comprises one ...
‘Nobody comes away unmoved from the Night of Witnesses’
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“We wish to honor the ‘martyrs’ of our times and we feel that remembering them once a year is the very minimum we can do ...
Mexico is one of the most dangerous countries for priests
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"This is why we are directing an urgent appeal to the federal government of Mexico, to the authorities of the various states, and to the ...
Pope Francis goes to Chile as a messenger of peace for society as a whole
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“For a country that has been painfully hit by the legalization of abortion, the papal visit brings renewed hope to the lives of Christians."