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Peru. The Asheninka Cultural Identity and Spirituality.

The Asheninka live in the departments of Pasco and Ucayali,…

01 May 2023, Culture May 2023

Latin America. Lithium Is a Key Resource for the Future.

Lithium is an increasingly important resource for clean energy systems…

01 Apr 2023, News April 2023

Peru. The Asheninka Calendar.

Although the Asheninka, an indigenous ethnic group, who live in…

01 Apr 2023, Culture April 2023

The extermination of the Mayan communities.

The political instability that affected the country following the 1954…

01 Apr 2023, Dossier April 2023

Guatemala. A Wounded Country.

A past full of violence and abuse. Drug trafficking, corruption,…

01 Apr 2023, Dossier April 2023

Migrants.

Among the many problems afflicting Guatemala, there is certainly also…

01 Apr 2023, Dossier April 2023

Economic and Social Crisis.

Today, Guatemala continues to deal with a highly precarious social…

01 Apr 2023, Dossier April 2023

Bolivia. Anata. The Aymara Carnival.

The Anata festival -  Anata in Aymara means game -…

01 Feb 2023, Culture February 2023

Guatemala. A Failed State.

Drug trafficking, corruption, the danger of fraud in the next…

01 Feb 2023, Churches February 2023

Mexico. A Sound that Calls for a Missionary Commitment.

The Comboni magazine ‘Esquila Misional’ celebrates 70 years of life.…

01 Feb 2023, Churches February 2023

Ch'alla. Rite of Thanksgiving to Mother Earth.

It is a rite of gratitude of the native Andean…

01 Feb 2023, Culture February 2023

Latin America. Liturgical Art at the Service of the Poor.

A Spanish Claretian, for 35 years a missionary in Latin…

01 Feb 2023, Churches February 2023

Cuba. The Old Saint Lazarus. The Devotion of a People.

Every year thousands of people go to pay homage to…

01 Dec 2022, Churches December 2022

Mexico. Between Art and Popular Religiosity.

Mexican folk art is present in all aspects of community…

01 Dec 2022, Culture December 2022

Bolivia. The Amerindian Dance that Welcomes The Child Jesus.

In Bolivia, it is the Chuntunqui musical rhythm that leads…

01 Dec 2022, Churches December 2022

Towards the 2023 Synod. The Church Walking Towards the Peripheries.

“It is not enough to say that the Church is…

01 Dec 2022, Churches December 2022

Peru. The Asheninka Minga.

The Asheninka, are an indigenous ethnic group that lives in…

01 Oct 2022, Culture October 2022

Mexico. Missionary Dimension, Taking Off Your Sandals.

 The diocese of Ciudad Guzmán in the Mexican state of…

01 Oct 2022, Churches October 2022

Peru. The Ayahuasca Ritual: the Gateway to the World of…

The ancestral Andean Amazonian wisdom is transmitted through songs, mythological…

01 Sep 2022, Culture September 2022

Brazil.The Struggle of the Piquià Community Against the Mining Giants.

Carajàs is considered the largest open cast iron mine in…

01 Sep 2022, Churches September 2022

Towards the 2023 Synod. The Spirit Shows the Paths to…

From the diocese of Pando in the Bolivian Amazon region,…

01 Sep 2022, Churches September 2022

Frontier’s Story. In the Shade of the Mango Trees.

For thirty years, Yeyo wandered from plantation to plantation in…

01 Sep 2022, News September 2022

Persecuted Church. "Someday, God will dry our tears".

Death, kidnapping, extortion, and intimidation have become a daily reality…

01 Sep 2022, Churches September 2022

Ecuador. The Galapagos Islands. A Maritime Sanctuary.

Designing the 'Common House'. Overall pastoral care. The Synod: 'Live…

01 Sep 2022, Churches September 2022

New political openings.

Suriname is a unitary Republic with executive power vested in…

01 Aug 2022, Dossier August 2022

Suriname. A Multi-coloured Country.

It is the smallest country in South America with a…

01 Aug 2022, Dossier August 2022

Reflection. Daily Marys.

In the Central Latin-American tradition, devotion is strong to Our…

01 Aug 2022, Churches August 2022

Ethnic Variety.

The period of Dutch colonization made the country one of…

01 Aug 2022, Dossier August 2022

Immense Natural Resources.

Suriname is a country rich in natural resources in terms…

01 Aug 2022, Dossier August 2022

Latin America. ‘The Good Living Mystique’, in Daily Life.

The ‘Good Living’ is an integral way of perceiving and…

01 Jul 2022, Churches July 2022

Peru. Birth among the Asheninka. An Offer to the Big…

The Asheninka live in the central forest of the Ucayali…

01 Jul 2022, Culture July 2022

Guatemala. Tana’s Sandals.

She never once bought an ice cream. She never had…

01 Jul 2022, News July 2022

Mexico. The people of the sacred rains.

The people of the rain, Ñuu Savi, in the Nahuati…

01 Jul 2022, Culture July 2022

Peru. Marriage. An Agreement Between Two Families.

Marriage is related to the continuation of the family and…

01 Jun 2022, Culture June 2022

Bolivia. The 'Andean romeria'. A Festive Path among Songs and…

The pilgrimages of the various Andean communities are a combination…

01 Jun 2022, Churches June 2022

Peru. The Asheninka. Mijado, the Time for Sharing.

By the word mijado this indigenous people, living in the…

01 May 2022, Culture May 2022

Mexico. Saint Joseph ‘the Worker’.

‘Labour Day’, is celebrated on the first of May along…

01 May 2022, Churches May 2022

Bolivia. Socavon, Life is a Joyful Dance.

The pilgrimage to the shrine of the Virgin of Socavon,…

01 May 2022, Culture May 2022

Colombia. Afro Centre. A Place of Sharing.

In Tumaco, Colombia, a decade ago, the Afro Youth Centre…

01 Apr 2022, Churches April 2022

Mexico. Towards a New Phase of Militarization.

Three years after the establishment of the Guardia Nacional, created…

01 Apr 2022, News April 2022

Mexico. The Monarch Butterfly.

When we talk about the monarch butterfly, we touch on…

01 Apr 2022, Culture April 2022

Peru. The Maloca, a Large Communal House.

Maloca means communal house, it represents the unity of the…

01 Mar 2022, Culture March 2022

Guatemala. Devotion to Saint Simón.

He never existed, yet his faithful are many. Saint Simón…

01 Mar 2022, Culture March 2022

Latin America 2022. The Coming Back of the Left.

After the victory of the left in Honduras and Chile,…

01 Feb 2022, News February 2022

Brazil. The Tree of the Land of the Free People.

To be a people and to make theology with the…

01 Jan 2022, Churches January 2022

Bolivia. Chakana, the Andean cosmic bridge.

Andean Chakana is the symbol of the principle of relations…

01 Jan 2022, Culture January 2022

Andean Spirituality. The Song of the Rivers.

Water is sacred in Andean culture. It is both life…

01 Jan 2022, Churches January 2022

Bolivia. Under the spell of the rich mountain.

They toil in dark and poorly secured tunnels - always…

01 Dec 2021, Churches December 2021

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Advocacy

Samela Sateré Mawé. “Nothing for us without us”.

She is a leading voice among Brazil’s Indigenous youth. Her message is simple: Indigenous people must be involved in decision-making processes relating to the measures…

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Baobab

Unbreakable jars.

Once upon a time, there was a potter, honest and diligent, who made jars of excellent quality and many sizes. He was also a very religious…

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Youth & Mission

World Youth Day. “There's a Rush in the Air!”

The official anthem of World Youth Day is entitled “There's a Rush in the Air!”. We talk about it with Father João Paulo Vaz, author of the…

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