The attack on a pacifist community during prayer and the sheer cruelty — with the assailants chasing victims through a cloud forest for hours and not even sparing four pregnant women — highlighted the struggles of Indigenous communities in Chiapas.
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Hong Kong cardinal: Keep opinions on political issues out of sermons
In a sermon, Hong Kong’s cardinal warns against the clergy getting entangled in the political arena.
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Chadwick Boseman: Man of faith in real life, ‘Black Panther’ on screen
Chadwick Boseman, who was most known for playing the superhero in the title role of “Black Panther,” was a person of faith from childhood who shared biblical wisdom along the path of his career.
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Church reform meets resistance in some circles, Georgetown forum told
At a Georgetown forum on church reform, panelists discuss the resistance among some in the Catholic Church to Pope Francis’ proposals.
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‘Traumatic way to say goodbye’: roadside funerals in Colombia
In Columbia, as elsewhere, how to conduct funerals for loved ones have been changed as a result of the pandemic.
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Louisiana priests provide hurricane relief to parishes in need
Priests in Louisiana are discovering that by helping those affected by Hurricane Laura, they are finding renewed purpose in their vocations.
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Belarus archbishop refused reentry, warns nation faces civil war
“Returning to Minsk, I was not allowed in at the Kuznica-Bialystok border crossing,” Archbishop Tadeusz Kondrusiewicz of Minsk-Mohilev told the Catholic Information Agency, KAI, in neighboring Poland Aug. 31.
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What happens when a pandemic grounds a globe-trotting pope?
During the virus crisis, Francis has become a 21st century “prisoner of the Vatican,” as one of his predecessors was once known, robbed of the crowds, foreign travel and visits to the peripheries that so defined and popularized his papacy.
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The arrest of a Mexican cartel leader reveals a complicated relationship with the Catholic Church
No sooner had federal forces arrested José Antonio Yépez Ortiz — a crime boss known as “El Marro” — than stories surfaced of his supposed generosity with the Catholic Church and devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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How are politicians campaigning during a pandemic?
Traditional ways of campaigning are upended in a pandemic, so candidates have to find other ways to reach out to prospective voters.