In Honduras, persistent drought can devastate crops and unexpected rains can flood fields and produce landslides.
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Podcast: Why Nicaragua suspended ties with the Vatican
President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua suspended diplomatic ties with the Vatican in what appears to be retaliation for Pope Francis’ likening his regime to “a communist dictatorship in 1917, or a Hitlerian one in 1935.”
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Pope Francis tells bishops of Latin America, where new sex abuse protections aren’t in place, to make it a priority
Pope Francis told the Latin American church leaders, “Anyone who lessens the impact of this history or minimizes the current danger dishonors those who have suffered so much and deceives those they claim to serve.”
Posted inLast Take, Politics & Society
Bishop Seitz on Biden’s new asylum policy: Death cannot be the cost of our immigration laws
President Biden’s immigration policy and asylum rules are morally deficient, as vulnerable migrants are dying on their way to the United States from their home countries.
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Nicaragua proposes cutting Vatican ties after Pope Francis compared Ortega regime to Hitler
Nicaragua’s government has proposed suspending relations with the Vatican days after Pope Francis reportedly compared President Daniel Ortega’s administration to a communist or Nazi dictatorship amid a crackdown on the Catholic Church.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis denounces imprisonment of Nicaragua’s Bishop Rolando Álvarez
Pope Francis today publicly denounced the sentencing of Nicaragua’s Bishop Rolando Álvarez to 26 years and four months in prison.
Posted inPolitics & Society
Nicaragua deports 222 political prisoners to U.S., including 4 priests
Nicaragua has released more than 200 political prisoners, including Catholic priests, students, and opponents of the regime, who were taken from detention in deplorable conditions and sent to the United States.
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Four Catholic priests sentenced to 10 years in prison in Nicaragua
Six churchmen and a diocesan communicator were sentenced to 10 years in prison on conspiracy charges as Nicaragua’s increasingly tyrannical regime continues its persecution of the Catholic Church.
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Where in the world is Catholic Mass attendance highest?
The nation with the highest Catholic Mass attendance could be Nigeria, as 94 percent of self-identified Nigerian Catholics said they attended daily or weekly Mass, in a new study.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Peru’s Catholic Church will ‘suffer with everyone’ as protests persist
While the violence makes headlines. peaceful protests that have drawn thousands of campesinos from around Peru’s Altiplano have received no attention.