CELAM study on Covid-19 and social concerns. Salvia (sociologist): ‘The pandemic had a devastating impact on Latin American societies’

“The COVID-19 pandemic and its economic, social, political and environmental impacts are exacerbated by structural problems in Latin America and…

Hundreds of priests, bishops, priests and nuns killed by Covid-19. Msgr. Lozano (CELAM): “Many were infected in low-income neighbourhoods and in hospitals. They brought consolation to the poor”

How many priests have died in Latin America and the Caribbean? Several hundred for sure, and most certainly close to…

Latin America: initiatives in memory of COVID-19 victims and to celebrate Easter in the family

Another Easter Mass without the presence of the faithful, or with limited participation, in many parts of Latin America. But…

Charity and hope of religious orders and  congregations amidst the “perfect storm” in Latin America

Social tensions, erupted towards the end of 2019 in many countries and quelled by Covid-19, have resumed stronger than before,…

Latin America at the centre of the coronavirus pandemic. Msgr. Cabrejos (CELAM): “Public health at inhuman levels”

“I glimpsed a beautiful path ahead, the Church will not be the same as before. We are surely experiencing a…

Covid-19 Emergency Manifesto in Latin America. Guzmán Carriquiry: “A remarkable event of great significance, scope, hope”

Following the Pope’s letter to popular movements worldwide, written on the occasion of Easter, some 170 Catholic political leaders from…

Easter in Latin-America’s shrines: without the people but filled with faith and hope 

In this unprecedented Holy Week characterized by the presence of Covid-19 worldwide, along with tight restrictions imposed also on celebrations,…

Coronavirus: “other” consequences of the pandemics. 43 adoptive families blocked abroad

Many adoptive families are stranded abroad as a result of the spread of Covid-19 and the resulting restrictive measures. Sometimes…

Covid-19 threatens South America. Castro Méndez (infectivologist): “Nightmare scenario in Venezuela”

The epidemics that has brought China, Italy and several other countries to their knees is slowly spreading to Latin America,…

Protests in Latin America: Carriquiry (former PCLA Secretary-Vice President) to SIR, “subversion of social order. Crisis of neoliberalism and the left

Protests in Latin America: Carriquiry (former PCLA Secretary-Vice President) to SIR, “we are witnessing the explosion of a pressure cooker of poverty and inequality”