In the spotlight: Feast of the Immaculate Conception, Ukraine, Peace Light
Photos of the Week: Dec. 12, 2022
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In focus: Respect for Marriage Act heads to president, protected status extended for Haitian immigrants, Peru bishops speak out against attempted coup
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In the spotlight: Pope Francis addresses euthanasia, funeral for minor league pitcher, Peruvian mummies
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In the spotlight: papal meeting with artists, Ukraine shelling, Brazil mudslide
Photos of the Week: Dec. 13, 2021
In the spotlight: Bishop Andrew Cozzens’ installation, Kentucky tornado damage, Dorothy Day sainthood cause
Vatican Christmas to feature Indigenous Peruvian crèche
The Nativity scene in St. Peter’s Square this year will have a distinctly Indigenous, Andean look with the centerpiece being a “Hilipuska” baby Jesus, that is, one wrapped in a blanket bound with a long cord known as a “chumpi.”
Barbara J. Fraser: With borders closed because of pandemic, ‘an infinite abyss’ opened
Closing the borders in Peru to erect a barricade against the coronavirus opened a gulf between myself and my father, 3,500 miles away in a senior residence in Baltimore.
Latin American bishops call for ‘ecological conversion’
Less than two months after Pope Francis spoke out about environmental destruction in the Amazon basin during a visit to Peru, bishops from Latin America and the Caribbean have issued a pastoral letter calling the region’s Catholics to an “integral ecological conversion.”