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Church in Bogotá and Bergamo join together to help drug addicts recover

May 18, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Staff at a new facility in the Archdiocese of Bogotá, Colombia, that helps people recover from drug addiction. / Credit: Courtesy photo

ACI Prensa Staff, May 18, 2023 / 12:45 pm (CNA).
The Church in Bergamo, Italy, and Bogotá, Colombia, have re… […]

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Four Latin American countries among the top 50 most dangerous in the world for Christians

January 19, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Newsroom, Jan 19, 2023 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
The Open Doors organization has published an updated ranking of the top 50 countries in the world where Christians are most persecuted, and four Latin American nations hav… […]

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BREAKING: Supreme Court failed to find source of leaked opinion overturning Roe v. Wade

January 19, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

The scene outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., after the court released its decision in the Dobbs abortion case on June 24, 2022. Pro-abortion demonstrators gradually made up a decided majority of the crowd as the day wore on. / K… […]

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Church in Colombia says government announcement of supposed cease-fire was a ‘great defeat’

January 17, 2023 Catholic News Agency 1

Gustavo Petro, president of Colombia. / Credit: Shutterstock

CNA Newsroom, Jan 17, 2023 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The Archdiocese of Bogotá has published an editorial criticizing the president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, for announcing a supposed cease… […]

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Vandal destroys statue of the Virgin Mary in Colombia

January 5, 2023 Catholic News Agency 0

Image of the Virgin Mary destroyed in Sopó (Colombia) / Credit: Courtesy photo

ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 5, 2023 / 16:00 pm (CNA).
Early Wednesday morning, a man destroyed a statue of the Virgin Mary that stood in a small brick grotto at the entran… […]

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Bishop calls on armed bands to observe a cease-fire for a peaceful Christmas in Colombia

December 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

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CNA Newsroom, Dec 20, 2022 / 16:45 pm (CNA).
The bishop of Istmina-Tadó, Colombia, Mario Álvarez Gómez, called on the various armed groups in his country to observe a “unilateral cease-fire” to “celebrate Christmas in pe… […]

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Former Colombian guerrilla fighter sentenced in murder of Catholic archbishop

December 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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CNA Newsroom, Dec 2, 2022 / 08:00 am (CNA).
The Criminal Chamber of the Colombian Supreme Court of Justice sentenced “in absentia” former FARC leader Luciano Marín Arango, alias Iván Márquez, to 25 years … […]

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Pro-life Colombian lawmakers oppose euthanasia for children

November 30, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

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CNA Newsroom, Nov 30, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
The Pro-Life Caucus of Colombia’s Congress expressed its opposition to a bill that would extend euthanasia to children 6 and older, calling it “a new attack agai… […]

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Worldwide women’s rosary announced for Dec. 8: ‘We’re daughters of the Most Holy Virgin’

November 8, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

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Denver Newsroom, Nov 8, 2022 / 16:02 pm (CNA).
An initiative to hold a public women’s rosary that originated in Colombia has taken off worldwide with interested women connecting through Instagram.With … […]

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Colombia celebrates beatification of María Berenice Duque, foundress of three congregations

October 31, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

María Berenice Duque Hencker / Credit: Archdiocese of Medellín

Denver Newsroom, Oct 31, 2022 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
Mother María Berenice Duque Hencker, a Colombian nun who founded religious congregations, including the Congregation of the Sisters o… […]

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