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In Lat Am, New Year opens with hopes for peace but realities of extortion

Inés San Martín|Jan 2, 2022|7 Min Read

A priest distributes Communion during the opening Mass of the Sixth Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City Nov. 21, 2021. (Emilio Espejel/CNS)

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Unique LatAm summit identifies abuse victims as pastoral priority

Inés San Martín|Nov 29, 2021|9 Min Read

Peruvian Archbishop Hector Miguel Cabrejos Vidarte, president of the Latin American bishops' council, or CELAM, holding crosier, poses alongside prelates during the opening of the Sixth Ecclesial Assembly of Latin America and the Caribbean at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City Nov. 21, 2021. (CNS photo/Emilio Espejel)

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Pope Francis calls for ‘prayer and dialogue’ as Latin American Ecclesial Assembly opens

Inés San Martín|Nov 22, 2021|5 Min Read

Nicaraguans exiled in Costa Rica march in San Jose, Costa Rica, Nov. 7, 2021, to protest the presidential election in Nicaragua. Seven presidential candidates were disqualified and opposition figures were arrested before President Daniel Ortega won elections. (CNS photo/Mayela Lopez, Reuters)

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Most Church leaders boycott ‘fake’ election in Nicaragua

Inés San Martín|Nov 8, 2021|4 Min Read

Venezuelan Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino, 79 (left), and Cardinal José Freire Falcão, 95 (right), died of complications from COVID-19 a few days apart from each other in late September. (Catholic News Service/Wikimedia)

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COVID-19 claims the lives of two South American church titans

Inés San Martín|Oct 5, 2021|4 Min Read

The facade of the Cathedral of Buenos Aires was vandalized on Aug. 27, with grafittis reading things such as "fire to the churches." (Twitter @PrisillaJacome via Crux)

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LatAm: Pope’s church vandalized, prelates face Covid and showdown in Venezuela

Inés San Martín|Aug 31, 2021|5 Min Read

In an Aug. 13, 2021, video message to a virtual conference of religious men and women from Latin America and the Caribbean, Pope Francis urged them to offer a joyful witness to the people they serve. (CNS screenshot/Vatican Media)

Pope: Latin American religious men, women called to give 'joyful witness'

Junno Arocho Esteves|Aug 16, 2021|2 Min Read

A worker walks past a truck carrying a poster of San Cayetano. People observing the feast day of the patron saint of labor marched to Plaza de Mayo to demand work and better wages, Buenos Aires, Saturday, May 7, 2021. (Gustavo Garello/AP via Crux)

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Latin American bishops call on government leaders to put people first

Inés San Martín|Aug 9, 2021|5 Min Read

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Latin American faithful prepares for November meeting to revitalize Church

Inés San Martín|Aug 4, 2021|4 Min Read

A homeless man eats a free breakfast in Bogota, Colombia, July 20, 2020. A Catholic group leg by a Franciscan priest is helping the homeless during the pandemic. (Manuel Rueda/CNS via Crux)

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Latam bishops face unrest and division in Cuba, Colombia and Nicaragua

Inés San Martín|Jul 20, 2021|6 Min Read

Volunteers from a Catholic charity prepare meals at the Divine Providence food pantry in Cucuta, Colombia, Jan. 31, 2020. The food pantry serves up to 6,000 people per day, mostly Venezuelan migrants. (Manuel Rueda/CNS)

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End of lockdown could unlock pent-up frustrations in Latin America

Inés San Martín|May 11, 2021|4 Min Read

Guzman Carriquiry, the new Uruguayan ambassador to the Holy See, presented his letters of credential to Pope Francis Jan. 9, 2021, during a meeting in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Papal trip to Argentina, Uruguay still on the table, pope tells ambassador

Junno Arocho Esteves|Jan 14, 2021|3 Min Read

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