Articles on this issue "Pontifical Commission for Latin America"

A University Leader's View of the Ecclesia in America

Thomas Aquinas President Shares Insights From Rome Conference

Los Angeles, (Zenit.org) Kathleen Naab | 1368 hits

Issues facing the various countries of the Americas are as diverse as the terrains of the continent, but Christians from north to south are taking up the same challenge: to respond to the …

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Uruguayan Takes Highest Curia Post Ever Given Layman

Steubenville Prelate Moved to Joliet

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A Uruguayan professor, husband and father of four has been given the highest Curial post to be held by a layman in modern history. Benedict XVI named Guzmán Carriquiry as secretary of the …

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Benedict XVI's Address to Latin America Commission

"Faith Must Be the Main Source of Popular Piety"

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Here is a translation of the address Benedict XVI gave today upon receiving in audience a group of participants from the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Commission for Latin America. * * * …

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Folk Religion Seen as Tool for New Evangelization

Commission Calls for Promoting, Purifying It

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Popular 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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