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Lima: Police were called in to rescue two Christians after they were swept away during a river baptism in Peru. Rosa Jiménez Bartolo was being baptized by her brother, a pastor, in the Rímac river when the accident occurred. Video of the incident showed Bartolo lowering herself into the fast-flowingContinue Reading

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Pope Francis began his last day in Peru accompanied by 500 Peruvian nuns from various contemplative life monasteries. He prayed the Liturgy of the Hours with them in the Shrine of the Lord of Miracles, the patron saint of Peru. After a greeting by Mother Soledad, Superior of the CarmeliteContinue Reading

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Peru: The Vatican has taken over a Peru-based Catholic movement whose founder was accused of sexual and psychological abuse, just days before Pope Francis starts a trip to Chile and Peru where the sexual abuse scandal is expected to play out on the sidelines. A Vatican statement said the congregation forContinue Reading

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Lima : For three months, prisoners of twelve Peruvian prisons made about 300 thousand rosaries. This initiative of the National Penitentiary Institute, in coordination with the Archdiocese of Lima, will help to cover the organizational expenses that the Church of Lima will have to support for Pope Francis’ visit, asContinue Reading

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A fire has ruined the famous church of San Sebastian in the Peruvian colonial city of Cuzco. Residents watched in despair as the blaze burned the gilded altar and valuable paintings inside the 16th-century church. Authorities don’t know what sparked Friday’s fire in the 17th-century church. Video footage from TVContinue Reading