Santos celebrates Pope’s ‘encouraging’ visit to Colombia
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos celebrated the announcement of plans for Pope Francis to...
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UN report uses Colombia Cardenal as example of Church’s ‘code of silence’ toward sexual abuse
The United Nations (UN) released a scathing report Wednesday condemning what it painted as the...
Colombia’s foreign minister invites Pope to Colombia
Colombia’s Foreign Minister, Maria Angela Holguin, on Tuesday invited Pope Francis to visit Colombia this year. Holguin represented Colombia at the Pope’s inaugural mass at the Vatican. After the mass, she spoke with...
Laura de Jesus Montoya becomes Colombia’s first saint
The Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI approved the canonization of Laura de Jesus Montoya, making her Colombia’s first native-born saint, reported local media. Pope Benedict XVI on Thursday approved the canonization...
Pope speaks to Colombian church officials
Pope Benedict XVI urged Colombia’s Catholic Church to help the country’s criminals, its poor, displaced and kidnapped. He also called for special help to assist victims of the Andean nation’s recent natural...
Colombian former hostages visit Pope
Eight Colombian police and military members who were kidnapped by the FARC attended Pope Benedict XVI’s general audience Wednesday at the Vatican in Rome. “It will be poignant for the soldiers and family members...
Kidnap victim to travel to Vatican, meet Pope
A Colombian girl that was kidnapped for 19 days in September will travel to the Vatican in Italy to meet the Pope Benedict on December 12, according to the Catholic News Agency. The kidnapped girl, Nhora Valentina Muñoz, and her...
Colombian ambassador to Vatican opposes gay adoption
The Colombian ambassador to the Vatican voiced his opposition to same-sex adoption in Colombia Thursday reported El Espectador. “The criteria of a family is man, woman and child,” declared Ambassador Cesar Mauricio...
