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Help for the Training of Seminarians in Brazil
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The Diocese of Rio Branco lies in western Brazil. Large sections of this area of over 40,000 square miles are covered in rainforest. A remote ...
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. ...
“I was sick and alone, but the sisters took me in”: A priest’s testimony of how religious in Venezuela cared for him until the end
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Spanish priest Father Alfonso Delgado, who arrived in Venezuela in the 1970s with a group of fellow missionaries, gradually found himself alone as the years ...
Haiti’s Way of the Cross continues: Two religious sisters murdered
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Aid to the Church in Need (ACN) deeply mourns the tragic loss of two religious sisters from the Congregation of the Little Sisters of Saint ...
Support for Religious Sisters in the Dominican Republic
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Most people tend to think of the Dominican Republic as a holiday paradise, with idyllic sandy beaches. Many are astonished to discover that there is, ...
A New Chapel in Rural Bolivia
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The Parish of Saint Francis Xavier is situated in a rural region of the Diocese of San Ignacio de Velasco in the tropical eastern part ...
Latin America and Caribbean Meeting for Synodal Cooperation 2025: The Church as an agent of transformation
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The international headquarters of Aid to the Church in Need (ACN International), in Königstein, Germany, hosted the Latin America and Caribbean Meeting for Synodal Cooperation ...
Missionaries in Cuba: “In our workshops, women discover many gifts they did not even know they had”
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On International Women’s Day, we highlight the work of a group of religious sisters from the Company of Mary in Cuba, who have managed to ...
Help for the Training of Seminarians in Mexico
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There are over 120 “Redemptoris Mater” priestly seminaries around the world. They were established by Pope Saint John Paul II to promote the new evangelization. ...
Christ of the Sabana: A symbol of unity in the heart of the Venezuelan plains
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The wide plains of Upper Apure in southwest Venezuela are a meeting point for Andean heritage and the identity of the plain dwellers, with a ...