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?
Latin America
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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.”
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Cardinal Rossi: Pope Leo’s greatest challenge will be world peace
Pope Leo XIV “is the man the church and the world need right now” and his greatest challenge, “the one he’ll carry most in his heart, is peace in the world.”
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Interview: the Jesuit building Brazil’s premier Laudato Si’ university
“We were once leaders in petroleum and gas research; now we’re becoming leaders in green hydrogen and carbon capture. This isn’t just a technological shift; it’s a spiritual one.”