Friday, March 29, 2024

Churches & Religion

Paraguay: a bitter mother’s day for a 10-year-old who is pregnant

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Herself weighing only 34 kilos, she is pregnant after being raped by her stepfather. The church, law and the government say she cannot have an abortion. Paraguay is divided.

Alves’ disciples: evangelical women run for office

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Minister Damares Alves has become an icon in the conservative political camp, the political 'godmother' for women candidates who defend the protection of children and the anti-abortion crusade.

Ernesto Cardenal: everyone is a poet

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Nick Caistor writes: The Nicaraguan poet and Catholic priest Father Ernesto Cardenal died at the age of 95 in Managua on Sunday 1 March,...

Voices in New York – LAB Newsletter April 2019

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26 April 2019 Dear LAB Supporter and Friend, The shocking suicide of former President Alan García, as police arrived to arrest, may have been planned in...

Brazil: when the dream becomes a nightmare

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It was ranked alongside Russia, India and China as an emerging global economic powerhouse but now the pillaging of Brazil’s natural resources, corruption at its highest levels and a crippling drought is threatening that status.

Catholic Church: Moving mountains

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Pope Francis faces a challenge to the Church's commitment to the rural poor and the environment, especially in Argentina. Will it challenge the power of the big mining corporations?

Ex-minister Montano sentenced for UCA murders

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The verdict of the Spanish case in the trial of the former Salvadorean minister and army colonel, Inocente Orlando Montano.

Sr Pamela: lifelong campaigner for justice and peace

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Sr Pamela Hussey, for more than 40 years a campaigner for Peace and Justice, especially in El Salvador, has died at the age of 99. Many LAB supporters remember her with affection and respect.

Water for Life

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On 22 March, World Water Day, CONIC, Christian Aid and CREAS launched an online training course for faith communities in Brazil: 'Water for Life....

Nicaragua: Ortega wants a submissive church

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The persecution of the Church in Nicaragua intensified in the small hours of Friday 19 August when police broke into the residence of Mgr Rolando Álvarez, Bishop of Matagalpa in northern Nicaragua, and took him away with the other clergy and laity who had been blockaded with him for two weeks.

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