Catholic aid groups are among those preparing for migrants fleeing violence in Central America—and who may face a U.S. border slammed shut to asylum seekers.
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Venezuelans flee crisis at home but face rising tensions in Brazil
About 5,000 people leave Venezuela every day. According to the U.N. Refugee Agency, at least 1.9 million Venezuelan citizens have left the country since 2015, fleeing from the economic and political crisis that the country is experiencing under President Nicolás Maduro.
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Review: A church of stories, a story of church
Natalia Imperatori-Lee draws upon a variety of sources to develop an ecclesiology that is shaped by narratives as much as dogmatic theology.
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Graveyard Mass honors Mexican women who pursued truth about drug war victims
The women seeking justice for vanished loved ones in Veracruz, Mexico, won the Notre Dame award for human rights. University President John I. Jenkins co-celebrated a Mass near the unmarked graves of drug war victims.
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Young Salvadorans embrace St. Romero
Salvadorans widely celebrated St. Romero as the Central American country’s first saint. St. Romero was assassinated while celebrating Mass in March 1980 and remains a reviled figure for some on the political right.
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Brazil’s Catholic voters have two options: ‘bad and worse’
Brazil is preparing for presidential elections on Oct. 7. Catholics are divided and often use religious arguments to justify their choices.
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An oral history of the ‘Romero’ movie
On the eve of Romero’s canonization, the film’s actors and writers look back at the seminal biopic
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Pope Francis defrocks Chilean priest at center of sexual abuse scandal
Pope Francis has defrocked the Chilean priest at the center of the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his “supreme” authority to stiffen a sentence originally handed down by a Vatican court in 2011.
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Brazil’s Catholics to Pope Francis: We’ve got your back
Several bishops in the biggest country in Latin America have stepped forward in recent weeks to demonstrate their full support of the pontiff.
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Pope Francis tells V Encuentro: “Tear down walls and build bridges”
The U.S. bishops initiated the Encuentro, which means “Encounter,” to better serve the growing Latin American community.