Pope Francis asked the bishops of Colombia to support efforts for peace in the country during his visit to Rome. The dignitaries of the Catholic Church concluded their ad limina visit, during which they visited several holy places and shared information on the situation of their ecclesiastical territories. The Archbishop of Nueva Pamplona, Monsignor Jorge…
Migrant child has lunch at the Casa de Paso "Divina Providencia" in Cucuta. / David Ramos/ACI Prensa.Lima, Peru, May 26, 2022 / 16:00 pm (CNA).The Church has asked the governments of Colombia and Venezuela to resume their "truncated binational relations" in order to respond effectively to the challenges involved in serving migrants.The call to restore diplomatic relations was made during a May 24 press conference in the Diocese of Cúcuta, where a meeting of the National Secretariat for Social Pastoral Ministry was held with the border dioceses of Tibú, Ocaña, Cúcuta, Nueva Pamplona, Arauca, and Riohacha, as well as Jesuit Refugee Service, in order to address the situation of Venezuelan emigration.Reading from a statement, Father Rafael Castillo Torres, director of the National Secretariat for Social Pastoral Ministry in Colombia, said that "there have been not a few signs of concern … that challenge our humanitarian and pastoral action."Among t