ROME (ITALY)
Crux
Oct. 15, 2019
By Inés San Martín
A shirtless protest in front of one of the world’s largest cathedrals. A discredited papal representative heading to Portugal from Chile acknowledges failures in responding to allegations of clerical sexual abuse. And as murder rates continue to rise, a Mexican cardinal says that killing cannot be the solution to conflict.
Here’s a roundup of news coming from the Catholic Church in Latin America.
In Argentina, activists again call for burning down churches
A rally happening during Argentina’s annual “National Encounter of Women” on Sunday included a protest against the cathedral of La Plata, the city hosting the event this year.
The rally, organized by Argentina’s leading leftwing party, wasn’t officially supported by the organizers of the women’s event.
As in previous years, participants at the rally threw Molotov cocktails and human excrement on churches.
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