Bolivia
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Eucharist is a call to mission, to feeding the poor, pope says
By CINDY WOODEN, Catholic News Service
Published August 6, 2015SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (CNS)—The Eucharist is a missionary sacrament; it calls people to give all they are and have to God, seek his blessing and then take his love to the world, Pope Francis said at the opening Mass for Bolivia’s national Eucharistic congress. Obeying Jesus’ command to “do this in memory of me,” he […] Full Story
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At Bolivian prison, pope calls himself man ‘saved from his many sins’
By DAVID AGREN, Catholic News Service
Published July 23, 2015SANTA CRUZ, Bolivia (CNS)—Pope Francis visited one of Latin America’s most notorious prisons, calling himself “a man who was and is saved from his many sins.” “I couldn’t leave Bolivia without seeing you, without sharing the hope and faith given in the cross,” he told people at Palmasola prison in Santa Cruz. Speaking on the […] Full Story
