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by bcadmin | Sep 22, 2022 | Archbishop Roberto González Nieves, Caribbean, Catholic News Service, Church in the US, Diocese of San Jose, Dominican Republic, Hurricane, Natural disasters, News, Puerto Rico | 0 |
Puerto Rico’s archbishop said he has not been in contact with all his priests since Hurricane Fiona knocked out power to the island, and he expressed concern for the hurricane’s impact on the southern and western parts of the island.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 21, 2022 | Archbishop Freddy Antonio de Jesús Bretón Martínez, Bermuda, Bishop Rubén Antonio González Medina, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, Featured, From the Pope, Hurricane Fiona, News, Puerto Rico, Turks and Caicos | 0 |
As Hurricane Fiona swept across the Caribbean, leaving behind numerous victims and material destruction, Pope Francis called for greater solidarity in assisting all those affected.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 21, 2022 | Caribbean, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Hurricane, Natural disasters, News, Pope Francis, Puerto Rico | 0 |
As Hurricane Fiona swept across the Caribbean, leaving behind numerous victims and material destruction, Pope Francis called for greater solidarity in assisting all those affected.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 17, 2022 | Caribbean, Catholic News Service, Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, Latin America, News, Pope Francis, Roman Curia, Vatican | 0 |
Pope Francis ordered changes to the structure of a foundation established by St. John Paul II 30 years ago.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 27, 2021 | Biden Administration, Caribbean, Church in the US, COVID-19, developing world, G20, Inequality, Jubilee USA Network, Latin America, lead, News | 0 |
Just in time for the convening of world leaders at the G20 Summit in Rome, two advocacy organizations have launched a database that illuminates existing vulnerabilities and growing challenges developing nations face due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 23, 2021 | Caribbean, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Natural disasters, News, Pope Francis, Vatican, volcano | 0 |
As La Soufrière volcano on the Caribbean island of St. Vincent continued erupting, belching out gas and thick ash, which forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, Pope Francis offered his prayers.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 13, 2021 | Caribbean, Caritas, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Natural disasters, News, volcano | 0 |
Despite COVID-19 restrictions and various challenges posed by continuous volcanic eruptions and ashfall on St. Vincent and the Grenadines and neighboring islands, dioceses in the West Indies have rallied to the aid of those affected by La Soufrière volcano.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 22, 2020 | Black Catholics, Black Lives Matter, Caribbean, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, colonialism, News, Racism | 0 |
Black lives matter in the Caribbean but “blackness” takes on a different hue in the region.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 28, 2020 | Black Catholics, Caribbean, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, News, Racism, Trinidad and Tobago | 0 |
On Feb. 26, 1970, 200 angry youths stormed the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Port of Spain and criticized the church on its failure to challenge race and class imbalances in Trinidad and Tobago. Fifty years later, the Catholic Church and the National Joint Action Committee came together in that same cathedral for a joint observance of the 50th anniversary of Trinidad and Tobago’s Black Power Revolution.
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