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Francis said such cowardice is “a grave sin”.

Each statue is progressively degraded and broken, and less recognizable as a man. On the top step, there simply stands a pair of damaged feet: humanism has triumphed; humanity has been destroyed.

Pope Francis decried what he called a genocide against Christians in the Middle East while speaking in Bolivia on Thursday. But he said Francis’ apology was particularly poignant given the setting.

Their shared views on the need for wealthy countries to drastically change course to address climate change bump up against Morales’ anti-clerical initiatives that have roiled relations with the local church. But he has alienated lowlands natives by promoting a highway...

Espinal, a follower of the left-wing liberation theology, was kidnapped and tortured by Bolivia’s right-wing regime before his body was dumped on a highway in La Paz.