Articles on this issue "Latin America"
In a note reflecting Francis' sense of humor as well as his missionary zeal, the Pope offered guidelines to the bishops of Argentina, gathered in their plenary assembly till Saturday. Francis …
read moreUruguay's Senate on Tuesday voted to legalize homosexual "marriage" by approving a law to govern matrimony for heterosexuals and homosexuals. Senators voted 23-8 in favor of the bill. A …
read moreThe leaders of theLatin American bishops' council (CELAM)sent a letter to His Holiness Francis, congratulating him on his election as Bishop of Rome and Successor of Peter. Here is a …
read moreMarie-Pauline Meyer interviewed Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Honduras for the weekly program “Where God Weeps,” in cooperation with Aid to the Church …
read moreBenedict XVI is acknowledging the importance of popular expressions of piety, but is encouraging the close unity of these with the Church's liturgy. The Pope stated this today in an address to …
read morePopular piety or folk religion -- if purified from its deviations from the faith -- can be an important tool for evangelization in Latin America, according to a pontifical commission that is …
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read moreHere is a translation of the message that Benedict XVI sent ahead of the 2nd Latin American Continental Congress on Vocations, promoted by the Department for Vocations and Ministries of the …
read moreHere is a translation of the message that Archbishop Claudio Maria Celli, president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, sent to communicators of Latin America on the occasion …
read moreIn his 40 years of work among the poor in the Andes Mountains, Salesian Father Hugo de Censi saw the need for the support of a movement of lay people. Thus he started the Operazione Mato …
read moreThere are a multitude of roots that give rise to the ugly reality of corruption, but the current spread of the phenomenon is perhaps unparalleled in history, participants in an international …
read moreThe effort by bishops in Latin America to reinvigorate parish life is off to a good start, according to organizers of a continental meeting on the topic. Lima was the host diocese last week …
read moreEfforts to substitute and alter fundamental values such as respect for life from conception until natural death are intensifying in Latin America, laments a pro-life expert. Argentine Father …
read moreThe U.S. bishops' conference approved an additional set of grants for the Church in Latin America, bringing the total for the first half of 2008 to $4 million. The Church in the States …
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