Eduardo Lima

5 days ago | cruxnow.com | Eduardo Lima |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Archbishop Jorge Cavazos Arizpe of San Luis Potosi, a city with more than 800,000 residents in Mexico, asked the local state governor to cancel a concert of rockstar Marilyn Manson scheduled to happen on Aug. 10, claiming that it can “take to situations of evil.”Cavazos told journalists on Jun. 15 during a press conference that he had sent a letter to Governor Ricardo Gallardo Cardona asking him to cancel the presentation.

5 days ago | cruxnow.com | Eduardo Lima |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – A tragic accident occurred in Praia Grande, Santa Catarina state, on Jun. 21, when a hot air balloon caught fire and fell, killing 8 among the 21 passengers, shocked a number of communities in Brazil. The accident happened around 9:30 AM local time, when a blowtorch caused flames in the basket, which the pilot was unable to put out. As the fire spread, the balloon went down and the pilot told the passengers to jump from it, which most people managed to do.

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Charles Collins |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Eduardo Lima

President Donald Trump’s policies on immigration “is not policy, it is punishment,” according to Los Angeles Archbishop José Gómez. Last week, Trump ordered the deployment of thousands of National Guard troops and 700 Marines to Los Angeles following sometimes violent protests stemming from his increased efforts to deport unregistered immigrants from the city. The president’s move has been opposed by both Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles and California Governor Gavin Newsom.

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Charles Collins |John Allen Jr |Elise Ann Allen |Eduardo Lima

In his Wednesday Audience, Pope Leo XIV urged people not to lose hope, even if they “feel ‘stuck’ and locked in a dead end.”“Sometimes it seems to us that it is useless to continue to hope; We become resigned and no longer want to fight,” he said. Speaking in St. Peter’s Square on June 18, the pope was reflecting on the story of the paralytic man meeting Jesus Christ found in the Gospel of John. “Jesus goes to Jerusalem for a feast of the Jews.

1 week ago | cruxnow.com | Eduardo Lima |John Allen Jr |Charles Collins |Elise Ann Allen

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – As Bolivians prepare to elect their new president on Aug. 17, social divides grow more and more profound in the South American nation which since the beginning of June has been facing a political crisis, described by the Catholic bishops as a “spiral of violence.”Demonstrators blockaded roads in the central province of Chapare, a region politically dominated by former President Evo Morales, and then spread their protest across other Andean areas.