Jesuit Padre Melo is one of the most vocal protestors against today’s inauguration of Honduran President Hernandez, and he’s received death threats for his work.
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Police violence and intimidation stifle Hernández protests in northern Honduras
Many who may have been considering demonstrating against the Hernández government have been sufficiently intimidated into inaction this week.
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Honduran religious leaders, amid fear of violent suppression, protest upcoming inauguration
Outrage is overflowing onto the streets in many Honduran communities.
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Hondurans fear more conflict and bloodshed as contested inauguration approaches
“You will see many protests during his mandate…because Honduras hasn’t fixed its age-old problems of inequality, exclusion, poor educational and health system, corruption and impunity.”
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Pope Francis asks forgiveness from sexual abuse victims but reaffirms support for Bishop Barros
“I ask forgiveness,” the pope said on his flight from Lima to Rome. “It’s a hurt [caused] without wishing it.”
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At Mass for 1.3 million, Pope Francis says Jesus “continues to walk on our streets”
Jesus “is here in Lima, or wherever you are living, in the routine of your daily life and work.”
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In Lima, Pope Francis calls for a united, missionary and prophetic church
People and cheered Pope Francis everywhere he went on this last day of his visit.
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At a beach Mass for 200,000 Peruvians, Pope Francis brings hope to storm-hit Trujillo
“Just as the apostles faced the storm on the sea, you had to face the brunt of ‘El Niño costero.’”
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In Peru, Pope Francis deplores degradation of the environment and the toxic effects of corruption
“The degradation of the environment…cannot be separated from the moral degradation of our communities.”
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In Peru, Pope Francis says the church stands with the peoples of the Amazon and the earth
Francis is the first pope to come to the Amazon region, and he insisted that his first event and major speech of his visit to Peru should be to this place.