Santos celebrates Pope’s ‘encouraging’ visit to Colombia
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos celebrated the announcement of plans for Pope Francis to travel to Colombia, as the Catholic Church leader urged Colombia to “not lose energy or hope”…
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos celebrated the announcement of plans for Pope Francis to travel to Colombia, as the Catholic Church leader urged Colombia to “not lose energy or hope”…
The United Nations (UN) released a scathing report Wednesday condemning what it painted as the Vatican’s deliberate efforts to protect perpetrators in the face of widespread child abuse and using…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Colombian Archbishop Ruben Salazar revealed Thursday that he had met in Rome with members of the Vatican to discuss a strategy for peace in the conflict-torn Andean nation. “If it…