As Pope Francis prepared to journey to the Philippines Jan 15-19 the third most populous Catholic country in the world after Brazil and Mexico I interviewed a well-known Filipino peace advocate Ed Garcia about the significance of the papal visit and the situation in the country today at both
Days before Christmas in the southeastern Mexican state of Guerrero Father Lopez Gorostieta was kidnapped from a local seminary He was found on Christmas Day having been strangled to death No party has claimed responsiblity nor is there any obvious reason for the deed But a month earlier Ugand