Rosa Chavez has a reputation as a man of the people, warm and quick to smile.
Latin America
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Malnutrition in Venezuela is now a crisis
With soaring food prices and a free-falling economy, child malnutrition in Venezuela has crossed the threshold of a humanitarian crisis.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis wants synod dedicated to people in Amazon, archbishop says
Pope Francis is considering dedicating a meeting of the Synod of Bishops to the concerns of the indigenous people of the Amazon region.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Is statehood a way out of Puerto Rico’s fiscal crisis?
“Puerto Rico’s problem is that it’s an island of U.S. citizens who don’t have citizens’ rights—to vote in U.S. elections or have voting representatives in Congress.”
Posted inFaith, News
Website details the life of Father Stanley Rother, who will soon be beatified
The Archdiocese of Oklahoma City has opened a website detailing the life, as well as steps toward sainthood, of Father Stanley Rother.
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Latin American bishops condemn violence in Venezuela
Weeks of large-scale street demonstrations have led to violent clashes with police, leaving nearly 40 people dead and drawing international condemnation.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Catholic Sen. Bob Casey tried unsuccessfully to stop the deportation of a mother and son.
A woman and her 5-year-old son were deported to Honduras, where, the mother says, they are the target of gangs.
Posted inArts & Culture, Ideas
Junot Díaz talks Dominican identity, immigration and the (complicated) American Dream
The American dream is at the center of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Díaz.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis calls for end of violence in Venezuela after deadly protests
The country has descended into chaos after years of food shortages and economic turmoil under embattled President Nicolas Maduro’s government
Posted inEspañol, La Palabra
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