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Priest threatened with death in Mexico: “I feel like a war chaplain”
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Mexico is considered the most dangerous country for priests in Latin America. Over the past 18 years, 40 priests have been killed, including two Jesuits ...
Colombia: Walking to heaven together
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Mitú is a tough place, unknown to even most Colombians. It is covered in dense forests and plagued with diseases, snakes, and other poisonous animals, ...
Peru: Love for Our Lady in the Altiplano
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Then, Genaro explained to Father David that he had heard a Protestant pastor on the radio promising that anyone who came to his church would ...
A New Chapel for a Village in Peru
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The Parish of the Sacred Heart in Peru includes 34 rural communities, scattered along the banks of the Rio Mayo. The village of Los Angeles ...
Brazil: Urbanization poses pastoral challenges
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.“Church organizations and the authorities must find ways to provide families with access to basic services in their homelands. Often it is situations like these ...
Seminary looted as security worsens in Haiti
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“For over six hours, the bandits continued to plunder, burn, and steal. Finally, the religious and the staff members managed to escape. Some of them ...
Archbishop in Haiti: “Our people want to live”
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"I am now starting my sixth year as the archbishop of Port-au-Prince, and it is really very difficult. Until now, I have not been able ...
Bishops of Haiti plead for an end to violence
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In their message, the bishops encourage all national agencies and players to find a solution to the current crisis and to restore peace and security ...
Patagonia, Argentina is mission country
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Perhaps the greatest challenge is the distance between communities. The new diocese covers about 40,000 square miles, an area larger than Austria or Portugal. The ...
Venezuela celebrates first Lourdes pilgrimage in the Americas
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Tony has been going on this pilgrimage since he was three months old. “There are pictures of me being carried along,” he says, his voice ...









