Catholic Online: The cause of these killings is chilling. Soldiers were offered incentives for killing rebel insurgents. Those incentives included weekend passes, cash, promotions in rank, and even overseas vacations. Rather than risk their lives fighting insurgents, members of the … Continue reading
Catholic Culture: Father Oviedo Arrieta, a 34-year-old priest of the Diocese of Apartadó in northwestern Colombia, was brutally murdered on September 12. More on this here with link to Agenzia Fides article.
It was an answer to the prayers of many, including Pope Benedict and Ingrid Betancourt, who was rescued after seven years in captivity with the same revolutionaries. Betancourt said that this rescue owed its success to the Sacred Heart of … Continue reading
American Catholic website has the latest in this tense situation: Tensions are mounting in Central America as Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez masses troops on the border with Columbia (sic) and tells his military to “prepare for war”. The Venezuelan ambassador to … Continue reading
Catholic Culture reports: Claiming that mothers “enjoy a right to decide, free from any pressure, coercion, urging, manipulation and, in general, any sort of inadmissible intervention, to terminate a pregnancy” when abortion is permitted by law, the Colombian Constitutional Court … Continue reading
They were running a school for the indigenous poor near the border with Venezuela. No motive has yet been ascertained, but the suspicion is that it may have been the drug lords sending a warning to the Church to stay … Continue reading
If you look at his face, these features are those of a man who means business. As bishop in Medellin, Colombia, he was known to walk the streets giving whatever charity he could to his impoverished flock.
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