Category: Americas
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Venezuelan dictator decrees Oct. 1 to be start of Christmas season: Church responds
By Andrés Henríquez Caracas, Venezuela, Sep 5, 2024 / 07:00 am “This year, in homage and gratitude to you, I am going to decree that the Christmas season [begins] on Oct. 1,” declared Nicolás Maduro, leader of the ruling socialist regime in Venezuela, Sept. 2 on national television. “For everyone, Christmas has arrived with peace,…
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Dictatorship in Nicaragua arrests two more priests and two laywomen
By Walter Sánchez Silva ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 12, 2024 / 17:32 pm Following last week’s exile of seven priests to Rome, the Nicaraguan dictatorship has arrested two more priests and two laywomen in Estelí and Matagalpa, both dioceses officially led by Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who has been living in exile in Rome since January.…
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Venezuela election crisis prompts outcry by Church leaders, governments around the world
By Gigi Duncan Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Aug 2, 2024 / 18:31 pm The Venezuelan government is facing increasing pressure to conduct a transparent recount of its July 28 presidential election. According to the government-controlled National Electoral Council, President Nicolás Maduro secured another six-year term with 51% of the vote against opponent Edmundo González’s 44%. However,…
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Catholic charities unite to meet prisoner hospice needs
By Anna Farrow Toronto, Canada, Aug 1, 2024 / 17:16 pm In response to the concerns for the rising numbers of incarcerated Canadians asking to end their lives by medical assistance in dying (MAID), Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Toronto has brought together two organizations that serve the marginalized of society in a unique…