In the 10-page text, Francis presented a searing diagnosis of what had transformed this once prophetic and esteemed church in Latin America to one of the least respected.
Latin America
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Pope Francis concludes three-day summit with Chilean bishops
“History is being made. We are at a particular moment for the universal church, not only for Chile,” one monsignor said.
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Mexican bishops chart a new pastoral approach
A crackdown on drug cartels, started 11 years ago, has claimed more than 200,000 lives and left more than 30,000 people missing.
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Chilean bishops: We have come to Rome in ‘pain and shame’
In their first meeting, Pope Francis provided the bishops with texts to pray and meditate on.
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Chileans denounce suffering sex abuse by Marists, priests
Pope Francis and the Chilean church are under mounting pressure to address another, even bigger sex scandal.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
Trump’s border wall ignores the realities of migration
President Trump’s determination to build a wall does not consider the complex realities that force people to migrate north to the United States.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
The church in Nicaragua could bridge the divide between protesters and the government
The dialogue, for many students, is a way to hold the government accountable for the downward spiral of violence, which they blame on Mr. Ortega and his wife and Nicaragua’s vice-president, Rosario Murillo.
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Catholics decry end to Temporary Protected Status for Hondurans
“We are sending innocent people back to one of the most chaotic and dangerous places in the world.”
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Latin American bishops unite to help Venezuelan refugees
The bishops’ conferences of Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay and Peru forged a coordinated action plan to offer needed services to Venezuelans.
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Bishop Gerardi was killed 20 years ago in Guatemala. The search for justice continues today.
Trials for genocide and human rights violations are proceeding in Guatemala, even after the death of the former dictator Efraín Ríos Montt.