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After failed coup, Peru's bishops urge citizens to stand up for democracy

Barbara J. Fraser|Dec 8, 2022|3 Min Read

Peruvian Foreign Minister César Landa Arroyo, center, and Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, president of the Pontifical Commission for Vatican City State, look at the mummies that will be returned to Peru. The two signed a formal agreement for the mummies' repatriation Oct. 17, 2022, in the Vatican Museums. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Vatican Museums repatriates mummies to Peru

Cindy Wooden|Oct 18, 2022|2 Min Read

Demonstrators take part in a protest against Peruvian President Pedro Castillo's government, demanding his resignation, in Lima, Peru, in this April 9, 2022, file photo. Amid a political crisis in which the president, his wife and members of her family are accused of corruption and taking bribes, Peru's bishops have called for dialogue and a commitment to uphold democratic institutions. (CNS photo/Angela Ponce, Reuters)

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Peru's bishops call for 'urgent and creative solution' to nation's crisis

Barbara J. Fraser|Aug 19, 2022|3 Min Read

Figures are pictured in the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Square during a preview for journalists at the Vatican Dec. 9, 2021. The Nativity is from Peru's Huancavelica region and will be unveiled to the public Dec. 10 during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony. (CNS photo/Junno Arocho Esteves)

Vatican Nativity crèche inspired by Peru's Andean region

Junno Arocho Esteves|Dec 9, 2021|3 Min Read

Pedro Castillo. (ANDINA/ Braian Reyna via Wikimedia Commons)

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As Peru’s new leader stokes old grievances, don’t expect bishops to stay quiet

Inés San Martín|Aug 12, 2021|5 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|6 Min Read

Graciela Torres works with her children as they study in Moquegua, Peru, in this May 2021 photo. The children participate in the Caritas-Moquegua Education and Social Inclusion Program. (CNS photo/courtesy Caritas-Moquegua)

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Church program keeps Peruvian students learning during pandemic

Lucien Chauvin|May 26, 2021|3 Min Read

A health care worker administers a dose of the Sinovac's CoronaVac COVID-19 vaccine to a person at a vaccination center in Santiago, Chile, Feb. 3, 2021. (Ivan Alvarado/Reuters via CNS)

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Latin America prepares for Holy Week as COVID cases rise

Inés San Martín|Mar 30, 2021|4 Min Read

A woman carrying a baby walks on the hills of Villa Maria del Triunfo, on the outskirts of Lima, Peru, in this May 9, 2017, file photo. Cardinal Pedro Barreto of Huancayo, Peru, expressed his hope a new pastoral program of the bishops' conference will not only help Peruvians face the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic but also help them confront the pandemics of corruption, indifference and exclusion plaguing the country. (CNS photo/Guadalupe Pardo, Reuters)

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Cardinal hopes pastoral initiative inspires much needed unity in Peru

Junno Arocho Esteves|Nov 17, 2020|4 Min Read

A nurse adjusts an oxygen tank next to a tent for COVID-19 patients in the parking lot of a hospital in Lima, Peru, April 16, 2020. As coronavirus cases surge in Peru's two largest Amazonian cities, Iquitos and Pucallpa, Catholic leaders are struggling to find ways to provide the sick with the most basic health need, life-sustaining oxygen. (CNS photo/Sebastian Castaneda, Reuters)

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In Amazon cities, Peru church leaders struggle to provide oxygen for sick

Barbara J. Fraser|May 5, 2020|3 Min Read

Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo said he believes Sodalitium Christianae Vitae and any other religious movement mired in sexual abuse should be dissolved. Cardinal Barreto is pictured in a March 20, 2019, photo. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

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Peruvian cardinal says Sodalitium should be 'dissolved'

Junno Arocho Esteves|Mar 10, 2020|4 Min Read

Archbishop Carlos Castillo. (Image via CNA)

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Lima archbishop offers 'clarification' on controversial Eucharist remarks

Catholic News Agency|Jan 13, 2020|5 Min Read

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