Vista de lejos del escenario que se está armando en la explanada del Instituto Jorge Basadre. Foto: CAAAP Llueve en Puerto Maldonado, capital de la región amazónica de Madre de Dios. A muy poco de la visita del Papa Francisco, los espacios que acogerán a más gente, el Coliseo Madre de Dios y la...
Cover of Book “Karuara, the people of the river” By Manolo Berjón and Miguel Ángel Cadenas* We were coming to the end of a spiritual retreat with all the priests in the Vicariate of Iquitos. The group also included deacons who would soon be ordained to the priesthood. Before supper on the last day, while chatting in...
Explanada del Instituto Jorge Basadre; al fondo el Coliseo Madre de Dios. Foto: CAAAP El Coliseo Cerrado Madre de Dios, la explanada del Instituto Superior Tecnológico Jorge Basadre y la casa hogar para niños, niñas y adolescentes “El Principito” son los tres escenarios donde el Papa Francisco se encontrará con la población de Puerto...
Photo by agencia Andina By Manolo Berjón and Miguel Ángel Cadenas* Markets need infrastructure in order to develop. In 2000, at a summit of South American heads of state in Brasília, the decision was made to pursue the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA, for its Spanish initials). The goal was to...
A CESE, a Comissão Pastoral da Terra e Fórum Ecumênico Brasil convidam você a participar ativamente da Campanha #DespejosDeNatal. A Campanha #DespejosDeNatal tem como objetivo mobilizar a sociedade civil brasileira e a comunidade internacional a sensibilizar e pressionar as autoridades públicas do estado do Pará, Norte do país, a suspender o despejo de cerca...
SOME CHALLENGES FOR THE CHURCH FROM INDIGENOUS PEOPLES When we first arrived in the Marañón River Valley, more than two decades ago, the first thing we experienced was miscommunication: we didn’t understand the way people talked. It first struck us in the city of Iquitos, although the blow there was relatively soft. When we...
The Kukama have been evangelized since the time of the Jesuit reductions in Maynas in the 17th and 18th centuries. Since then, the presence of the church has been intermittent. Between 1768, when the Jesuits left, until the Augustinians arrived in 1901, there was a period during which rural priests of the doctrinas provided...
Coliseo Madre de Dios, en la ciudad de Puerto Maldonado. Encuentro con pueblos indígenas será transmitido en directo, por pantallas gigantes, a la explanada del Instituto Superior Tecnológico Jorge Basadre, que se ubica al costado. Foto: CAAAP Con motivo de la visita del Papa Francisco a Puerto Maldonado, el próximo 19 de enero, la...
Pope Francis’ call for a “pan-Amazonian synod” fills us with joy. The word “synod” comes from a root meaning “journeying together.” And although we need the help of experts to guide us, it is important for all of us Christians to contribute what we can: our searching, our efforts, our errors and our successes...
Río Madre de Dios, en Puerto Maldonado. Foto: CAAAP Por: José María Rojo* Ya casi están encendidos los motores del avión que traerá al papa Francisco al Perú. El pesimista dirá: “tan pocos días para un país tan grande…Solo tres ciudades”. ¿Por qué no decir “qué suerte, qué privilegio que nos visita el papa Francisco,...
