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Peruvian bishops call on faithful to defend the unborn

Mar 6, 2005

The Committee on the Family of the Bishops Conference of Peru has published a message commemorating the Day of the... Read more

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Ecuadorian bishop warns power grab could lead to dictatorship

Mar 3, 2005

Bishop Julio Teran Dutari of Ibarra, Ecuador, expressed his support this week for the recent declaration of the Bishops Conference... Read more

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Brazilian mayor accused of involvement in murder of US missionary

Mar 3, 2005

The mayor of Anapu, Brazil, Luiz Reis do Carvalho, denied having any role in a supposed plan to protect the... Read more

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Duhalde favorite among pro-abortion presidential candidates in Argentina

Mar 3, 2005

Ex-President of Argentina Eduardo Duhalde has become the favored candidate of pro-abortion groups in the upcoming national elections after joining... Read more

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Mexican bishops demand changes in campaign promoting homosexuality

Mar 3, 2005

During a press conference the Bishops Conference of Mexico issued a request that the Secretariat of Health modify a campaign... Read more

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Mexican bishops encourage “active and responsible” participation in coming elections

Mar 1, 2005

In a message entitled, “Voting, a Democratic Responsibility,” the bishops of Mexico are encouraging Catholics to actively participate in political... Read more

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Tijuana bishop denounces “educational” songs that exalt drug traffickers

Mar 1, 2005

Bishop Rafael Romo Muñoz of Tijuana, Mexico, is denouncing the inclusion of songs that exalt drug trafficking in textbooks promoted... Read more

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Homosexuals have no place in seminaries, says cardinal

Feb 28, 2005

The Archbishop of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Cardinal Nicolas de Jesus Lopez Rodriguez, reaffirmed this week that the Church does... Read more

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Mexican archbishop denounces abuse of women as attack on God’s plan

Feb 28, 2005

Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, Archbishop of Mexico City, said this week discrimination and abuse against women are actions contrary to... Read more

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Christian Life Movement founder calls Pope ‘an example of constancy and fortitude’

Feb 24, 2005

Luis Fernando, founder of the Christian Life Movement, a worldwide religious community based in Peru called on Catholics today to... Read more

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Cuban opposition celebrates Mass for missing dissidents

Feb 22, 2005

Members of the opposition to the Castro regime celebrated Mass in Havana this week in memory of all the victims... Read more

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Cardinal Sandoval calls for respect for homosexuals without harming the family

Feb 22, 2005

The Archbishop of Guadalajara, Mexico, Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiquez, is calling for respect for homosexual persons because of their dignity... Read more

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Argentinean archbishop calls Lenten fast antidote to consumerism

Feb 21, 2005

Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata, Argentina, said this week the Lenten fast understood in its spiritual sense is an... Read more

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Suspect in nun’s murder surrendered to police

Feb 20, 2005

A suspect in the murder of a U.S. nun in rural Brazil last week surrendered to police Feb.19.  Read more

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Investigation into assassination Guatemalan bishop reopened

Feb 20, 2005

After more than two years since a conviction in the case was handed down, the highest court in Guatemala, the... Read more

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Argentinean bishop slams heath minister’s “defense of homicide”

Feb 20, 2005

Bishop Antonio Baseotto of the Argentinean Military Diocese has sent an energetic letter to the country’s Health Minister, Gines Gonzalez... Read more

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Bishop denounces pro-gay unions campaign in Mexico

Feb 20, 2005

The President of Committee on Family Ministry of the Bishops Conference of Mexico, Bishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martinez, is questioning ads... Read more

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Bishops of America call on media to support “humanization” of society

Feb 17, 2005

During their meeting in the Colombian capital to prepare for the 50th anniversary of the Latin American Bishops Conference (CELAM),... Read more

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UN office in Paraguay says legalized abortion in Paraguay only a “suggestion” and “recommendation”

Feb 16, 2005

Responding to a report by the news agency Noticias Globales on the pressure from a United Nations affiliated feminist organization... Read more

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US nun gunned down in Amazon, buried yesterday

Feb 16, 2005

Thousands of people turned up for the funeral yesterday of an American religious sister who was shot to death in... Read more