Peruvian bishops’ new programme to improve Covid-19 response

Peru’s Catholic bishops have stepped up their response to the Covid-19 emergency, announcing a new pastoral programme and moving ahead with projects to improve the country’s health response. The bishops recently presented an open letter to the country that coincided with the rollout of the sweeping pastoral programme, Arise Peru Now, designed to co-ordinate actions... Read More

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July 24, 2020

‘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. “The Church is the ally of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon, and we will live... Read More

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May 6, 2020

In Amazon cities, Peru Church leaders struggle to provide oxygen for sick

As coronavirus cases surge in Peru’s two largest Amazonian cities, Catholic leaders are struggling to find ways to provide the sick with the most basic health need – life-sustaining oxygen. In Iquitos and Pucallpa, which were already battling a dengue fever outbreak when the pandemic struck, hospitals are filled with Covid-19 patients, while others with... Read More

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April 27, 2020

Bishops in Amazon urge Peru to guard indigenous needs during pandemic

As the Covid-19 pandemic increasingly exposes fault lines between the rich and poor, the eight bishops of Peru’s Amazonian region have urged the government to pay particular attention to the needs of indigenous people. ‘Social inequalities leave the weakest unprotected, making them more vulnerable to Covid-19,’ the bishops wrote in a statement. ‘These deficiencies are... Read More

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April 1, 2020

Catholic leaders urge governments to protect indigenous during pandemic

As the coronavirus spreads through South America, Catholic Church leaders are calling urgently for governments to protect indigenous people. Many indigenous people, especially in the Amazon basin, live in remote areas far from medical facilities or in precarious housing on the edges of urban areas, often without water and sewer service. “We are in a... Read More

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September 10, 2019

Pope Francis appoints three cardinals to lead Amazon synod

Pope Francis has appointed three delegate presidents for the Synod of Bishops for the Amazon. The pope named the following Cardinals as delegate presidents for the assembly, which will take place between October 6-27: Cardinals Baltazar Porras Cardozo, 74, of Merida, Venezuela; Pedro Barreto Jimeno, 75, of Huancayo, Peru; and Joao Braz de Aviz, 72,... Read More

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April 10, 2019

Archbishop wins defamation suit after being called ‘Peruvian Juan Barros’

A Peruvian archbishop won a defamation suit against a local journalist in a long-running case involving alleged cover-up in an abuse scandal. A court in Piura, on the northern coast, ruled this week in favour of Archbishop Jose Eguren Anselmi of Piura in the suit against journalist Pedro Salinas. Salinas was given a one-year suspended... Read More

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March 5, 2019

Flame 2019: Interactive photo exhibition connects Catholic youth with climate leaders around the globe

Young people attending Flame 2019 at the SSE Arena, Wembley, had the experience of seeing CAFOD projects in Peru coming to life through the charity’s new and interactive augmented reality exhibition. The exhibition was launched at Flame 2019 in sessions run by teams of CAFOD’s young leaders around England and Wales. Attendees saw the experiences... Read More

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November 27, 2018

Peru’s bishops call for ‘honest and independent judicial system’

Peru’s bishops have called for guarantees of “constitutional rule of law and an honourable, honest and independent judicial system” as the country faces a widening corruption scandal. “It is impossible to continue to tolerate living with corruption,” the bishops wrote in a statement issued last Thursday. They decried “deep-rooted corruption” and the “unacceptable primacy of... Read More

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August 31, 2018

Bishops from Argentina join Spain and Peru in voicing support for pope

Bishops from three countries issued letters supporting Pope Francis in late August following fallout from allegations made by a former apostolic nuncio to the US, claiming that the pope and others knew about abuse allegations involving Archbishop Theodore E. McCarrick. In an introduction to the letter posted on 30th August on the Argentine bishops’ news... Read More

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Pope Francis appoints three cardinals to lead Amazon synod

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