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Brazilians march in support of religious freedom
Practitioners of different religious traditions marched down Rio de Janeiro’s iconic Copacabana Beach on Sunday to support religious freedom in Brazil, where cases of intolerance have doubled over the past six years. Source: NCR Online.
Bolivia’s bishops call for urgent action on ‘ecological disaster’
Bolivia’s bishops have urged the country’s authorities to act quickly in staving off irreparable harm to people and the environment as raging wildfires continue to devastate millions of acres. Source: OSV News.
Missing boy spurs Church groups to fight trafficking in Argentina
More than two months after a five-year-old boy went missing in a northeastern Argentina, the Church continues to promote marches to demand his captors release him. Source: OSV News.
Venezuelan bishops voice concerns over election results
The Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference announced it was “uniting its voice” to demands from “inside and outside Venezuela” for the results of Sunday’s general election to be verified. Source: The Tablet.
Man shot dead by woman in church in Colombia
A woman shot a man dead in a church in Colombia on Monday, as attendees prepared to pray the Rosary before Mass. Source: Crux.
Amazon church tells Pope of concern over murder of eco-activists
Peruvian Cardinal Pedro Barreto SJ says the leading concerns for the Amazon region include not only issues like deforestation and illegal mining, but also the harassment and murder of environmental activists. Source: Crux.
Priests protest Argentina government’s funding cuts for city slums
Dozens of priests in Argentina have written a letter to protest President Javier Milei’s administration’s decision to cut funds for public works in the country’s poor neighbourhoods and slums. Source: Crux.
Bishops link devastating Bolivian wildfires to deforestation
A Latin American bishops conference commission has warned that a record number of wildfires in the Amazonian region of Bolivia are related to legal changes in recent years that have promoted deforestation. Source: Crux.
Candidate who called Pope ‘filthy leftist’ wins Argentina’s presidential election
Javier Milei, who attacked Pope Francis as a “filthy leftist”, has overwhelmingly won Argentina’s presidential election on a radical libertarian platform of dollarising the economy and shrinking the state in a country beset by recurring economic crises and triple-digit inflation. Source: OSV News.