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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 ...
Rebuilding a Parish House in Venezuela
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Venezuela is regularly affected by tropical storms and other natural disasters, and the country was particularly hard hit by the passage of Hurricane Julia in ...
Support for the Prison Apostolate in Ecuador
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Violence is on the rise in Latin America. In Ecuador, the number of killings increased by more than 80 percent between 2021 and 2022. ...
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 ...
Haiti: Six kidnapped sisters released
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“With the community of the Sisters of Saint Anne and the Haitian Conference of Religious, the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince gives thanks to the Lord for ...
Sowing the seeds of the Gospel in the Amazon
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“I have never left this place. I know nothing of the world, but I believe in God. He gives me eternal life. I called the ...
Nicaragua releases and expels 19 clerics
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The 19 clerics were imprisoned in Nicaragua for speaking out against injustices and human rights violations, or merely for trying to operate freely. Bur concern ...
Mass Stipends for Priests in Peru
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The apostolic vicariate of Yurimaguas in Peru is largely covered by the rainforest and is home to a number of indigenous tribal groups. The people ...
Latin America: Catholics get involved politically
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“The idea that politics corrupts has led to a situation where even countries with a great number of Catholics are bereft of politicians who can ...
Support for Missionary Sisters in Cuba
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The Missionaries of Jesus, Word and Victim are religious sisters whose special vocation is to work in poor, remote, and difficult regions with few or ...