The victims gave their testimony to another official after the original Vatican envoy had emergency surgery.
Latin America
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
A crisis of legitimacy continues in Honduras
Father Moreno described the Hernández government as an authoritarian regime tilting toward a dictatorship. “It is a government that represents a threat to freedom of expression. It is a threat to defenders of human rights, and it is a government that threatens the fundamental rights of Honduran citizens.”
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Updated Story: Two Mexican priests killed in ambush
The priests were traveling with four other passengers, all of whom were injured.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Cowboy, Engineer, Saint: On the Trail of St. José Brochero
Brochero set out to be a pastor, and in the process became the public servant par excellence.
Posted inFaith, News
Catholic groups help Colombia rebuild following peace agreement
After 52 years of armed conflict in Colombia, government and rebel leaders reached a peace accord in late 2016. Now, the country is rebuilding.
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Pope Francis received sex abuse victim’s letter, contradicting denial
The fact that Francis received the eight-page letter challenges his insistence that he has “zero tolerance” for sex abuse and cover-ups.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Warnings—but little evidence—of Russian meddling in Mexican elections
Opponents say that leftist firebrand Andrés Manuel López Obrador is Putin’s favored candidate; he is brushing off the accusations of Russian interference in Mexico.
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‘Devils in a cassock’: Venezuela’s Maduro attacks church leaders
During his comments to the pro-government National Constituent Assembly Jan. 15, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro also ordered the attorney general to investigate the bishops for hate crimes.
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Most Mexican churches damaged in September quakes were historic
1,603 of the damaged churches were catalogued as historic buildings.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis sends special prosecutor to Chile to investigate charges against Bishop Barros
Until now Pope Francis has stood firmly by Bishop Barros.