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May 13, 2017

Latin American bishops appeal for aid for food-short Venezuela

The Latin American bishops' council, known by its Spanish acronym CELAM, condemns the ongoing violence in Venezuela and calls for the Church to find a way to provide the country aid amid food shortages that have left thousands hungry.

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Bishops from across Latin America condemned the ongoing violence in Venezuela and called for the church to find ways to provide charity to the South American country amid food shortages that have left thousands hungry.

Published in International
March 11, 2016

Sainthood cause of Argentine cardinal moves forward

A man holds an Argentine flag at the Vatican in this July 13, 2014, file photo. The sainthood cause of Argentine Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio, who organized the first World Youth Days as president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, has been forwarded to the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY - The sainthood cause of Argentine Cardinal Eduardo Francisco Pironio, who organized the first World Youth Days as president of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, has been forwarded to the Vatican.

Published in Vatican
December 10, 2014

Latin American Church leaders call for Church with 'Amazonian face'

Augustinian Father Miguel Angel Cadenas baptizes a young man June 12, in a village along the Urituyacu River in Peru. Latin American church leaders apologized for historical complicity with colonial atrocities in the Amazon and called for a church with a n "Amazonian face" in a pastoral letter issued as negotiators from around the world met for a climate summit here.

Latin American Church leaders apologized for historical complicity with colonial atrocities in the Amazon and called for a Church with an "Amazonian face" in a pastoral letter issued as negotiators from around the world met for a climate summit here.

Published in International