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 Pope Francis greets the crowd before celebrating Mass at Enrique Olaya Herrera Airport in Medellin, Colombia, Sept. 9. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
“The church in Colombia is called to commit itself, with greater boldness, to forming missionary disciples.”
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’ConnellAssociated PressCatholic News Service
The pope's third day in Colombia included a Mass for 600,000 and a prayer service with victims from both sides of the half-century armed conflict,.
People outside the cathedral in Bogota chant "No more war" on Sept. 26, 2016, after the Colombian government and Marxist rebels signed an agreement to end their conflict. (CNS photo/Felipe Caicedo, Reuters)
FaithShort Take
Esteban Morales Herrera and Philip Harrison
Colombia has lived for more than 50 years with an absurd war, but there is a way forward out of the darkness,
A man in Nagua, Dominican Republic, takes a photo of the Caribbean Sea on Sept. 7 as Hurricane Irma moves toward Florida. (CNS photo/Ricardo Rojas, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Hurricane Irma leaves a trail of devastation as Church leaders respond to the crisis.
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’ConnellCindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
“Jesus scatters and destroys all this darkness with the command he gives to Peter” to “put out into the deep sea.”
A man waves a Colombian flag in Bogota, Colombia, in this 2015 file photo (CNS photo/John Vizcaino, Reuters).
Politics & SocietyVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
‘I hope that we overcome the fratricidal conflict that has marked the history of our country for two centuries.’