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Latin American Bishops focus General Assembly on renewal process
The Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) began its 38th General Assembly on 18 May, finalizing its reorganization and renewal process started in 2019.
By Lisa Zengarini
The Latin American Bishops meeting, which runs until 21 May, was originally planned in Puerto Rico but, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, it is being held virtually instead.
The General Assembly is attended by 85 participants, including six cardinals and fifty bishops, under the theme: “Weaving dreams, renewing commitments”.
Nine renewal principles to be approved
The assembly, which will be deliberative, is expected to approve nine reorganization and renewal principles, following a two-year consultation process, in which all its 22 member Bishops’ Conferences have been involved.
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On the occasion of today’s World Day of Prayer and Awareness against Human Trafficking, celebrated this year on the theme “An Economy without Human Trafficking”, the Latin American and Caribbean Church Network CLAMOR on Migration, Refugees and Human Trafficking has launched a new continental campaign with the slogan “Life Is Not a Commodity on Sale”.
World Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Trafficking in Persons
On February 8 of each year Catholics all over the world are encouraged to host or attend prayer services to create greater awareness about this on-going phenomenon. The date has been designated because it marks the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita, the Sudanese slave girl who became a saint in 2000 and a universal symbol of the Church’s commitment against slavery. The theme chosen for 2021 highlights that one of the main causes of human trafficking is the dominant economic model of our time, the limits of which are exacerbated by the CO
Latin American Catholics to hold ecclesial assembly next fall The Latin American bishops have announced plans for a large, weeklong synodal event next November in Mexico, which will include clergy and laity
The Latin American bishops announced the holding of an ecclesial assembly in Mexico in November 2021. (Photo by HUMBERTO ESPINOZA/EFE/MAXPPP)
The Latin American Episcopal Council (CELAM) has announced plans for a large ecclesial assembly next fall in Mexico City that will bring together lay and clerical delegates from 22 countries and territories in the region.
The November 21-28 synodal gathering in the Mexican capital will take place some 14 years after CELAM held its most recent general conference in 2007 in Aparecida (Brazil).