Bishop ‘cleanses’ Colombian city
BOGOTA, Colombia -- The bishop of a Colombian city suffering from a deadly spike in drug violence boarded a fire truck to spray the town’s main street with holy water and help to “cleanse it” of evil.
Colombian church leaders call for reconciliation, truth following protests
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Bishops in Colombia prayed for the victims of police violence and urged protesters not to take justice into their own hands, following a chaotic week in which 13 people were killed during protests over law enforcement in the South American country.
Bishops, religious in Colombia listen to Amazonians before syond
BOGOTA, Colombia -- Bishops, nuns, priests and residents of the Amazon basin met in Colombia's capital city in mid-August to prepare for a special Synod of Bishops for the Amazon this fall at the Vatican.
Protests intensify along Venezuelan borders
What Indigenous People of the Amazon want the Church to know
Colombian cardinal encourages humanitarian aid for Venezuelans
Churches at Colombian border work to help Venezuelan refugees
New Basilian superior general faces tough challenges
As lofty and august as the title superior general may sound, Basilian Fr. Kevin Storey has no illusions about his next four years leading 154 men who teach and preach in Basilian parishes, universities and high schools from Colombia to Canada.
‘Triple crisis’ afflicting Venezuelan refugees
While the biggest refugee crisis in the Western Hemisphere languishes in media obscurity, one Catholic agency is working with the most vulnerable Venezuelan refugees flooding the back country of Colombia’s borderlands.
Priest who served Venezuelan immigrants murdered in Colombia
'Amoris Laetitia' is built on traditional Thomist morality, Pope says
VATICAN CITY - Seeing, understanding and engaging with people's real lives does not "bastardize" theology, rather it is what is needed to guide people toward God, Pope Francis told Jesuits in Colombia.