How Hunger Fuels Crime and Violence in Venezuela
Source: Time By Ciara Nugent | Photographs by Ignacio Marin October 23, 2018 Desperate people in Venezuela don’t rob stores or banks. There would be no point; cash machines have been mostly […]
Source: Time By Ciara Nugent | Photographs by Ignacio Marin October 23, 2018 Desperate people in Venezuela don’t rob stores or banks. There would be no point; cash machines have been mostly […]
Source: Associated Press SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s presidential candidates wooed church leaders Wednesday ahead of a runoff in this deeply religious country with sizable Catholic and evangelical populations. Leading […]
Source: Associated Press By NICOLE WINFIELD and COLLEEN BARRY VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Saturday defrocked two more Chilean bishops accused of sexually abusing minors, and to show […]
Source: Bloomberg BY R.T. Watson, David Biller, and Samy Adghirni Imprisoned for credit-card fraud in 2010, Joao Luiz Francisco da Silva faced a choice between the filthy, treacherous cells ruled by drug […]
Source: Reuters By Aislinn Laing, Natalia A. Ramos Miranda (Reuters) – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera will meet Pope Francis in Rome later this month during a tour of Europe, as the […]
Source: DW Brazil once had the reputation of being the most Catholic country in the world. With the exception of General Ernesto Geisel, an evangelical Christian who ruled the country […]
Source: The New York Times By Pascale Bonnefoy SANTIAGO, Chile — Pope Francis has defrocked a once-prominent priest whose case has been at the center of public outrage about clerical […]
Source: The Guardian Pope Francis has defrocked the Chilean priest at the center of the global sex abuse scandal rocking his papacy, invoking his “supreme” authority to stiffen a sentence originally […]
Source: Reuters By Anthony Boadle BRASILIA (Reuters) – On a visit to Israel two years ago, far-right Brazilian lawmaker Jair Bolsonaro leaned back into the River Jordan in a white […]
Source: Associated Press By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and NICOLE WINFIELD BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Pope Francis’ role in Argentina’s most famous case of priestly sex abuse is coming under […]
Source: Associated Press By EVA VERGARA SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean authorities raided four dioceses on Thursday as part of an investigation into clerical sex abuse of minors and alleged […]
Source: Associated Press By MARCELO SILVA DE SOUSA RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — In a Brazilian presidential election marked by uncertainties, there is little doubt about one thing: Evangelical voters […]
Source: National Geographic BY YE CHARLOTTE MING PHOTOGRAPHS BY GUI CHRIST An hour outside Brazil’s futuristic capital, Brasilia, lies one of the country’s spiritual capitals: Vale do Amanhecer, which translates to Sunrise Valley or […]
Source: Associated Press By LUIS ANDRES HENAO BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine authorities raided a Catholic-run school for youths with hearing disabilities Thursday as part of an investigation into […]
Source: Associated Press SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Prosecutors questioned Roman Catholic bishop emeritus Juan Barros as part of an investigation into sex abuse allegations against a former Chilean military chaplain. […]
Movement encourages Argentines to quit Catholic church Source: Associated Press By PAUL BYRNE and LEO LA VALLE BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered in Buenos Aires on […]
Chile authorities raid Episcopal Conference in abuse probe Source: Associated Press By EVA VERGARA SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean authorities raided the headquarters of the Catholic Church’s Episcopal Conference on […]
Abortion activists vow to press fight despite Argentina loss Source: Associated Press By LUIS ANDRES HENAO and ALMUDENA CALATRAVA BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Women’s groups across Latin America vowed […]
Brazil’s Supreme Court Considers Decriminalizing Abortion Source: The New York Times By Manuela Andreoni and Ernesto Londoño PETRÓPOLIS, Brazil — For three days after she had an illegal abortion, Ingriane Barbosa Carvalho hemorrhaged […]
Argentine abortion bill loses momentum after senator pulls support Source: Reuters BY Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Prospects faded over the weekend for a bill that would legalize abortion […]