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Category: Cardinal Pedro Barreto

Latin American prelates call for hope during political uncertainties

It is politically convoluted times for most of Latin America, the Holy Week messages from several bishops centered on social cohesion, criticism of the government, and a call for citizens to think not only of themselves but of the good of their country.

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Peru’s rising star tapped to lead Pan-Amazon ecclesial network

Earlier this week it was announced that Cardinal Pedro Barreto, who was among the chief architects of last year’s Synod of Bishops on the Amazon, would be taking charge of the Catholic Church’s leading entity dedicated to protecting the Pan-Amazonian region.

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‘We will live and die with you,’ cardinal tells virtual Amazon assembly

Church leaders sent a strong message of support to an unprecedented virtual assembly of more than 3,000 indigenous leaders, small farmers, environmental campaigners and women from the nine countries of the Amazon region seriously affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Spanish cardinals offer their red hats to women, calling the zucchetto an ‘illusion’

ROSARIO, Argentina – Three Spanish-born cardinals on Wednesday offered up their “red hats and cardinal rings” to any woman who wants to be a member of the Catholic Church’s most exclusive club. Yet, there’s a catch: they argue that there’s a need to rediscover the priesthood as Jesus perceived it,

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