An 11-year-old Paraguayan girl who had been denied an abortion gave birth on Thursday, the culmination of a case that put a spotlight on child rape in the poor South American nation and drew criticism from human rights groups. The girl gave birth to a baby girl via cesarean at a...
Twenty-five delegates of the Federation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador, or CONAIE, attended an invitation-only gathering Tuesday evening that included business leaders, and cultural and sports figures.
“It’s wonderful that the pope really knows us”, said Raquel Amarilla, 39, who cried throughout the Mass and was accompanied by her 13-year-old daughter.
In this Wednesday, July 8, 2015 photo, Bolivian President Evo Morales presents Pope Francis with a crucifix carved into a wooden hammer and sickle, in La Paz, Bolivia. He also made numerous historical pronouncements and railed against ideologies.
Later Saturday, the pope spoke to grass-roots organizations, continuing his message of inclusiveness and heeding the call of the poor. Cazal is legally married to an Argentine, Sergio Lopez, though their union isn’t recognized in Paraguay. He told the British newspaper the...
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.
Since his election in 2013, the first pope from Latin America has often spoken out in defense of the poor and against unbridled capitalism but the speech in this Bolivian city was the most comprehensive to date on the issues he has championed.
The pope has said he wanted the encyclical to influence a United Nations climate change summit in Paris in December and has now effectively taken his campaign to convince governments on the road. Correa’s policies on drilling for oil and mining Amazon forests have incensed...
Pope Francis went on to celebrates a Mass for families in Guayaquil Samanes Park. Those services are not a type of alms, but rather a genuine “social debt” with respect to the institution of the family, which contributes so greatly to the common good.
Ex- Manchester United player Diego Forlan has insisted that the Red Devils should not sell Angel Di Maria this summer and should instead persist with him.