This year’s rainy season has taken upwards of 200 lives and left 1.6 million people homeless in Colombia. Local businesses, foreign governments and international aid organizations have given financial support for…
Guerrilla groups are the main threat to religious freedom in Colombia, according to a report from the U.S. State Department released Wednesday. The International Religious Freedom Report 2010 reports on the…
Colombia’s Conservative Party announced Wednesday that it will pursue a constitutional reform, endorsed by the Catholic Church, to make abortion illegal in all cases, reports El Espectador. The party’s new president announced…
A Colombian priest is among the clergies who escaped U.S. justice despite child abuse allegations, a 10,000-page document, declassified by the church on Monday, showed. One of the names in…
Colombian Vice President Angelino Garzon on Monday challenged the FARC to show signs of wanting peace and engaging in dialogue with the government. “The ball is in the guerrilla’s court,”…
Prominent figures around the world made public statements following the announcement Thursday that FARC leader “Mono Jojoy” was killed in a bombing raid by the Colombian armed forces. A representative…
Colombia’s Catholic church says there are more than 3.8 million displaced people in the country. The church praised the government’s initiatives to compensate displaced people and restore them to their…
A 73-year-old Cali priest was forced to resign after one of his two girlfriends exposed their sexual relationship. High church officials told Spanish press agency Efe on Thursday that priest…
The Catholic Church asked Colombia’s Constitutional Court to dismiss a petition that seeks to legalize gay marriage, arguing that same-sex unions are detrimental to the nation’s social order. In an…