Nicole Nostas reports for El Deber: IMPORTANT DESIGNATION The Sisters’ of the Franciscan Angelinas elected a Bolivian to be their leader Sor Rossana Gonzalez will be the holder of the religious congregation for six years. Her family is proud The 8th of this month, the Santa Cruz Sor Rossana González Weise was elected Mother General…
Tag: Catholic Church
What does the Bolivian State do to protect our heritage?!
Anahi Cazas reports for Pagina Siete: Church regrets that there is no State support In 6 months they stole 5 temples which are national monuments Heritage: in the last six months, eight colonial churches suffered theft in Potosi. Of the eight colonial temples that suffered thefts in the last six months, in Potosi, five have…
La Merced catholic church robbed in Potosi
As I said in an earlier post, Bolivia’s going downhill, no employment generation, anarchy growing all over, narcotraffick are triggering theft and crime, this time the beautiful La Merced Church suffered a robbery… From El Potosi newspaper and printed in Los Tiempos: IT IS ESTIMATED THAT WAS STOLEN AMOUNTS TO MORE THAN HALF A MILLION…
Catholic Church ordeal under current Bolivian Government
This Sunday (day of our Lord), seemed appropriate to show this interesting and enlightening article, written by Tuffi Are for El Deber: The Cardinal, to the TIPNIS Among the contradictions of the Government, they stand out those made by some of its figures regarding the role of the Catholic Church. Since it assumed power, the…
From Bolivia with love: HAPPY EASTER
Bolivia is mostly a Christian society, and mainly Catholic, and as such today is even greater than Christmas itself! So, I wanted to share these lovely images of the Holy Spirit, one from a stained glass I bought in Washington DC a few years back and a colonial painting from one of our Andean Catholic…
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