Pope calls for peace In Colombia
Pope Benedict XVI has sent Christmas prayers to the Colombian people, calling for roads to peace to be opened. Colombian bishop Juan Vicente Cordoba said he had received a telegram…
Pope Benedict XVI has sent Christmas prayers to the Colombian people, calling for roads to peace to be opened. Colombian bishop Juan Vicente Cordoba said he had received a telegram…
The Catholic Church begged the armed group responsible for the kidnapping of a northeastern Colombia mayor’s 10-year-old daughter to release her, and offers to help with the process, W Radio…
A Colombian bishop renowned for his attempts to negotiate with drug traffickers and armed groups has left the department of Cordoba and assumed his new role as head of the…
A Colombian court orders the Catholic Church to pay $238,000 as compensation to the families of two victims of a pedophile priest, newspaper El Tiempo reported Tuesday. The amount is…
The Catholic Church has been court-ordered to pay the family whose children were sexually abused by a priest more than $165,000 in compensation, Caracol Radio reported Tuesday. The Criminal Division…
Representatives from five of Colombia’s religious denominations, including the Catholic Church, urged lawmakers to amend the Constitution to institute a complete ban on abortions Thursday. The Catholic, Anglican, Methodist, Evangelical,…
Colombia’s Conservative Party has proposed a constitutional amendment that would ban abortion without exception, Caracol Radio reported Wednesday. The amendment would alter Colombia’s 1991 constitution which currently only permits abortions…
Colombia’s Supreme Court called on legislators Tuesday to pass gay marriage legislation within two years. The court ruled that homosexual partners currently lack certain rights afforded to heterosexual partners and…
A Colombian bishop who had served as an intermediary between drug trafficking organizations and the government was transferred by the Vatican to a different seat Sunday, El Meridiano reported.…