Brazil : A Youth congress on evangelisation in the Amazon region
February 25, 2026
The diocese of Juína lies in the heart of the Amazon region and covers a vast territory of nearly 48,000 square miles (122,000 km²). Yet it has just 14 parishes,...
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Guatemala : A vehicle for pastoral work in the apostolic vicariate of El Petén
February 20, 2026
With an area of over 14,000 square miles (36,000 km²) the apostolic vicariate of El Petén covers more than a third of the total territory of Guatemala. But it is...
Peru
July 29, 2022
Peru is the third largest country in South America in terms of surface area. Its geographical diversity ranges from the Amazon rainforest to the highlands of the Andes. The majority...
Brazil
July 29, 2022
Of Brazil’s approximately 213 million inhabitants, 64% are Catholic. At the same time, the number of believers continues to decline. Twenty years ago, Catholics still made up 75% of the...
Venezuela
July 28, 2022
Once rich Venezuela has been experiencing an unprecendented crisis since 2013, which has now led to famine. Almost 80% of about 33 million Venezuelans suffer from extreme poverty. Added to...
Nicaragua
July 28, 2022
The people in the “land of a thousand volcanoes” have always lived with the risk that the earth could open up or erupt at any moment. This also applies in...
Haiti
July 28, 2022
Located in the Caribbean, south-east of Cuba, the island nation of Haiti is considered the poorest country in the western hemisphere. Natural disasters, such as Hurricane Matthew in 2016 and...
Cuba
July 21, 2022
Foreign tourists consider Cuba - the island stated in the Caribbean - a holiday paradise. But the economy in the country, which has been ruled by socialists for decades, has...
Argentina
June 14, 2021
With an area of approximately 2.8 million square kilometres, Argentina is the eighth largest country in the world. Almost 70% of the 44 million inhabitants are Catholics. Pope Francis’ homeland...