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June 5, 2015

Pope sends condolences to Ghana after gas explosion, flooding

Rescue workers carry a body from the remains of a gas station that exploded in Accra, Ghana. The following day, June 5, Pope Francis sent "heartfelt condolences" to the citizens of Ghana.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis sent "heartfelt condolences" to the citizens of Ghana after at least 150 people were killed in a gas explosion in the country's capital, Accra.

Published in International
December 10, 2014

Latin American Church leaders call for Church with 'Amazonian face'

Augustinian Father Miguel Angel Cadenas baptizes a young man June 12, in a village along the Urituyacu River in Peru. Latin American church leaders apologized for historical complicity with colonial atrocities in the Amazon and called for a church with a n "Amazonian face" in a pastoral letter issued as negotiators from around the world met for a climate summit here.

Latin American Church leaders apologized for historical complicity with colonial atrocities in the Amazon and called for a Church with an "Amazonian face" in a pastoral letter issued as negotiators from around the world met for a climate summit here.

Published in International