Category: Paraguay

Former Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo hospitalized after stroke

by bcadmin | Aug 12, 2022 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, News, Paraguay | 0 |

Fernando Lugo, a former bishop who served as the nation’s president 2008-2012, was in an induced coma after suffering a stroke Aug. 10 while working in Congress.

Church leaders in Paraguay highlight new law’s negative effect on indigenous peoples

by bcadmin | Jan 19, 2022 | Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, Indigenous peoples, lead, News, Paraguay | 0 |

Church activists are warning that land disputes involving large land owners and indigenous peoples have become more and more common in Paraguay.

Jesuit who stood up to Paraguayan dictator dies

by bcadmin | Jan 5, 2022 | Catholic missionaries, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, News, Obituary, Paraguay | 0 |

After a life in Paraguay working in the poorest neighborhoods and training several generations of young leaders, Jesuit Father Francisco de Paula Oliva died Jan. 3 in Asunción. He was 93.

Paraguay bishops push for indigenous land rights

by bcadmin | Dec 1, 2021 | Catholic bishops, Church in the Americas, lead, News, Paraguay, South America | 0 |

In an open letter addressed to civil authorities, the bishops’ conference of Paraguay to respects the rights of the indigenous peoples, to carry out an agrarian reform and promote the common good, as the country struggles to overcome the pandemic.

Church seeks new ways to combat violence on Brazil-Paraguay border

by bcadmin | Nov 8, 2021 | Addiction, Brazil, Catholic Church, Church in the Americas, Drug trafficking, Drug violence, Gang violence, lead, News, Paraguay | 0 |

A surge in violence – much of it related to drug trafficking – is hitting the border between Brazil and Paraguay.

After deadly riots, Ecuador’s bishops call for ‘evaluation’ of prison system

by bcadmin | Feb 27, 2021 | Church in the Americas, Ecuador, lead, News, Paraguay, Prison | 0 |

With at least 79 inmates killed in riots in three prisons in Ecuador on Feb. 23, the Catholic bishops are calling for a “humanization” of detention centers.

Paraguay’s Congress responds to legalization of abortion in Argentina with a minute of silence

by bcadmin | Dec 31, 2020 | Abortion, Argentina, Free Access, News, Paraguay | 0 |

In a statement and a video released by the Paraguayan Congress’ press office, the representatives observed the minute of silence upon the request of congressman Raúl Latorre.

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In Paraguay, church fights ‘hunger we have never experienced before’

by bcadmin | Oct 14, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, News, Paraguay | 0 |

Father Eckar Rolón does not expect his workload to evaporate Oct. 15 when his small landlocked country, Paraguay, reopens its borders with neighboring Argentina and Brazil after seven months.

Pope Francis draws attention to conflagrations across the globe

by bcadmin | Oct 13, 2020 | Argentina, California, lead, News, Paraguay, Pope Francis, United States, Vatican, wildfires | 0 |

SANTA FE, Argentina – Known for his advocacy on the care of the planet, Pope Francis on Sunday was at it again, expressing his closeness to those in the United States and South America who’re suffering from the devastation of natural and man-caused fires. His words echo pleas made by

Churches in Latin America start planning for ‘new normal’ after lockdown

by bcadmin | May 23, 2020 | Argentina, Brazil, Catholic, Chile, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Ecuador, Latin America, lead, Mass, News, Paraguay, Uruguay | 0 |

Public liturgies were suspended throughout most of Latin America in March to try to prevent the spread of COVID-19 coronavirus, and ever since there have been campaigns to “bring back the Mass,” and discussions between bishops conferences and governments to see if churches – and other houses of prayer – can be opened.

Bishops of Latin America deal with coronavirus lockdowns

by bcadmin | Apr 28, 2020 | Argentina, Brazil, Church in the Americas, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Jair Bolsonaro, Latin America, lead, Mass, News, Paraguay, Pope Francis | 0 |

After a video of the faithful asking the bishops to “give us back the Mass” after public liturgical celebrations were suspended to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, several Argentine prelates answered with one saying that they found the campaign to be “noise.”