Following an investigation into an influential Peru-based Catholic movement that has expanded across Latin America and the United States, Pope Francis has expelled ten members from its ranks for physical and spiritual abuse. The group, Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, which operates in seven Latin American countries and has communities in the archdioceses of Denver and Philadelphia, Read more
Posts Tagged ‘Catholic Church in Peru’
Pope backs Peruvian villagers against church land grab
Thursday, April 18th, 2024
Pope Francis has voiced his support for a group of Peruvian villagers. The villagers claim they are facing attempts to seize their land by companies associated with a prominent South American church organisation. The villagers, part of the San Juan Bautista de Catacaos farmers community in northern Peru, allege they have been targeted through legal Read more
Indigenous-rite ceremonies could enhance liturgy
Thursday, October 17th, 2019
One proposal at the Pan-Amazon Synod is for indigenous- or Amazonian-rite ceremonies to be used to enhance and enrich the liturgy. Cultural signs and gestures could be incorporated into the liturgy without changing what is essential for Catholics, bishops say. Bishop Rafael Escudero Lopez-Brea of Peru, says this suggestion isn’t about Catholics asking for a Read more