EU-CELAC SUMMIT IN BRUSSELS —
Europe and Latin America: Mgr Crociata (COMECE), “Summit is an opportunity to foster peace and a culture of encounter”
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT —
First Gran Chaco and Acuífero Guaraní Ecclesial Network Assembly, the third Amazonian ‘daughter’ of Laudato Si’
di Bruno Desidera (*)The Pan-Amazonian Ecclesial Network ( REPAM) was the first-born (whose fruits were made manifest in the subsequent Synod and its…
ECCLESIAL ASSEMBLY —
The young, female and synodal face of the Church of Latin America and the Caribbean
di Bruno Desidera (*)Upon the conclusion of the Ecclesial Assembly on Sunday, November 28, after a week-long session attended by a thousand delegates,…
CELAM —
From the vision of Aparecida to the 2021 Ecclesial Assembly. Msgr. Cabrejos: “An inverted pyramid, which begins and ends with the people of God”
di Bruno Desidera*“It will be the Assembly of the ‘inverted pyramid’, it all starts and ends with the people of God.” Msgr.…
ECCLESIAL NETWORKS OF LATIN AMERICA —
Cop26: An appeal from Ceama and Repam to the world leaders, “Amazonia threatened, you have the opportunity to avoid an impending catastrophe”
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS —
Latin America. La Bella (historian): “The Church is struggling to be a reference point amidst the present crisis”
di Bruno Desidera*The popular uprisings of autumn 2019 – replicated in various countries when the lockdown was lifted – were followed by…
HEALTH EMERGENCY —
COVID-19 in Latin America. Few vaccines, few people immunised, while deaths soar as variant infections increase
di Bruno Desidera*A third dose is on the agenda. But many have not yet received their first shot, even though they are…
CORONAVIRUS —
CELAM study on Covid-19 and social concerns. Salvia (sociologist): ‘The pandemic had a devastating impact on Latin American societies’
di Bruno Desidera (*)“The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic, social, political and environmental impacts are exacerbated by structural problems in Latin America and…
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN —
Hundreds of priests, bishops, priests and nuns killed by Covid-19. Msgr. Lozano (CELAM): “Many were infected in low-income neighbourhoods and in hospitals. They brought consolation to the poor”
di Bruno Desidera (*)How many priests have died in Latin America and the Caribbean? Several hundred for sure, and most certainly close to…
HOLY WEEK —
Latin America: initiatives in memory of COVID-19 victims and to celebrate Easter in the family
di Bruno Desidera (*)Another Easter Mass without the presence of the faithful, or with limited participation, in many parts of Latin America. But…
CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 —
Charity and hope of religious orders and congregations amidst the “perfect storm” in Latin America
di Bruno Desidera (*)Social tensions, erupted towards the end of 2019 in many countries and quelled by Covid-19, have resumed stronger than before,…
