The past 20 years have been anything but easy for the Venezuelan people. Having not one, but two canonizations, for our first saints during the Jubilee Year of Hope is not something we take lightly.
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Caribbean bishops raise concern over Trump’s military buildup in the region
“The presence of warships and the disruption of marine livelihoods within our Caribbean waters represent real and immediate threats to regional stability and to the welfare of our nations,” the region’s bishops said.
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Can canonizations in Rome help free political prisoners in Venezuela?
Will the upcoming canonizations of José Gregorio Hernández Cisneros and Mother María Carmen Rendiles Martínez, the first saints born in Venezuela, encourage a renewed effort toward the common good in the South American nation?
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Pope Leo’s birthday celebrated in Peru with cakes and prayer
Even though the cakes celebrating Pope Leo XIV’s birthday in his old Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, appeared a little misshapen—with one of the cakes featured a vertical pope appearing roly poly rather than svelte like Pope Leo—but it didn’t matter — the celebration was splendid.
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Catholic leaders in Honduras press for peace ahead of November’s presidential vote
Hondurans believe the upcoming election offers an opportunity to restore public confidence in democracy and dodge the return of authoritarianism.
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Jesuit human rights center warn of growing state surveillance in Mexico
Fears of state espionage are surfacing again for Centro Prodh and other human rights groups in Mexico after legislators overhauled a suite of laws in security, military, telecommunications and intelligence matters.
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Who is Pope Leo? | 5 surprising things I learned while reporting on Robert Prevost
Although I had set out to answer the question, “Who is Pope Leo XIV?” the question I had succeeded in answering was “Who is Robert Prevost?”
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Who is Pope Leo? | The Peru Years: A dictator, terrorists and a missionary priest
Father Robert Prevost’s early years in Peru shaped his ministry and vision for the church—but few know the brutal reality he encountered there in the 1980s and 1990s.
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A small town in Honduras stands up to a mining ‘giant’—with Catholic support
“We are alive only through the grace of God. At one point, I got messages saying someone had offered 1 million lempiras [$38,000] to have me killed.”
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Bishops condemn El Salvador’s ‘international prison’ where Trump is sending migrants
”Do not collaborate in the fight against migrants by the great colonizing countries.”