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3 weeks ago |
angelusnews.com | David Agren writes |David Agren |Cindy Wooden
Thousands of Catholics packed the plaza outside the Cathedral of Santa Maria de Chiclayo in this northern Peruvian city to celebrate a Mass of thanksgiving for a native son: Pope Leo XIV. The new pope, who as Bishop Robert Francis Prevost served as bishop in Chiclayo from 2015 to 2023, was fondly remembered by attendees for prioritizing the poor, bringing the church closer to the people and embracing his adopted country.
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1 month ago |
angelusnews.com | David Agren writes |David Agren |Maria Wiering
Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires made history with his election on March 13, 2013, becoming the first Argentine and first Latin American to become pope.
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1 month ago |
angelusnews.com | David Agren writes |David Agren |Judith Sudilovsky |Carol Glatz
Police and paramilitaries maintained a heavy presence outside the Nicaraguan Managua cathedral on Palm Sunday, ensuring celebrations occurred entirely on church property -- and sending a not-so-subtle message of intimidation. Inside the cathedral, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes of Managua ignored the harassment. He focused his homily on forgiveness instead.
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2 months ago |
angelusnews.com | David Agren writes |David Agren |Maria Wiering |Stefano Rebeggiani
Mexican parishioners placed eight candles on church altars in memory of the eight young people shot dead in an attack outside a parish church. Catholic leaders called for action on insecurity and urged reflection on how violence is scandalously claiming the lives of many young people. Masses were celebrated around the country March 23 as Catholics prayed for the victims of the attack, which claimed eight lives and left five injured, in the city of Salamanca in western Guanajuato state March 16.
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2 months ago |
angelusnews.com | David Agren writes |David Agren |Ann Rodgers |Cindy Wooden
Mexico's Catholic leaders prayed for the country's missing and urged the population of the country and their political leaders to listen to victims of violence amid outrage over the discovery of mass graves and ovens for cremating bodies on a drug cartel compound. Families of the missing held a procession March 16 in the town of Teuchitlán, 40 miles west of Guadalajara -- site of the compound -- and later attended a Mass celebrated for the missing.
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