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Members of the Accra Archdiocese in Ghana Oct. 11, 2024, demonstrate against illegal mining. In a first-ever joint appeal released July 1, 2025, Catholic bishops in Latin America, Africa and Asia called for an end to fossil fuels and decried the exploitation of natural resources, ecosystems and people. (OSV News/Reuters/Francis Kokoroko)

Bishops of Asia, Africa, Latin America unite in unprecedented climate appeal

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Broglio juggles roles as leader of US bishops and shepherd of Catholic troops

Idaho Catholics unite in prayer for firefighters killed in sniper ambush

Pope Francis meets Fr. Gustavo Gutiérrez, considered the father of liberation theology, in an undated photo. Gutiérrez, a Peruvian theologian and a Dominican priest, died in 2024 at age 96. He was censured by Pope John Paul II in 1984. (OSV News photo/Courtesy Archdiocese of Lima)

Liberation theologians in Latin America express hope for Pope Leo