Tag: Pope Francis Bolivia

• Saturday, August 29th 2015 - 06:05 UTC

  Shame on you Father Benedettini: Malvinas-dialogue poster support was real

  

  Shame and double confession for the Vatican's deputy spokesman father Ciro Benedettini: it has now clearly emerged that Pope Francis was well aware he was holding a poster calling for “Malvinas dialogue between the UK and Argentina”, and furthermore the Holy Father encouraged the man who setup the stage to continue strongly with the campaign.

• Friday, August 7th 2015 - 06:19 UTC

  Falklands' claim and sea access for Bolivia in the same package for Evo Morales

  

  The Argentine government should support with 'determination' Bolivia's sea outlet claim to Chile, because if successful it will be so much easier for Argentina to recover the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, said Bolivian president Evo Morales in an interview.

• Friday, July 17th 2015 - 05:49 UTC

  “Sea for Bolivia” and “Malvinas for Argentina” pledges president Evo Morales

  

  Bolivian president Evo Morales defended his claim of “sea for Bolivia” and “Malvinas for Argentina”, during the last of his two-day very militant visit to Argentina before flying late Thursday to Brazil for the Mercosur summit.

• Saturday, July 11th 2015 - 05:59 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas, Puerto Rico and Bolivia's sea outlet claim, in Pope's agenda, reveals Morales

  

  Bolivian president Evo Morales revealed on Friday that Pope Francis told him that there are three pending issues in the continent, Puerto Rico, Falklands/Malvinas and Bolivia's sea outlet claim. The pope has been recognized by all sides as the 'bridge' which helped bring together Cuba and the US after over half a century of mutual distancing.

• Friday, July 10th 2015 - 07:21 UTC

  Francis blasts consumerism and tells a million crowd “no one has to be discarded”

  

  Pope Francis, a champion of the poor and social justice, on Thursday called on a million faithful to reject today's consumer society, at an open-air mass in Bolivia. On the second stop of his three-nation tour of South America, the pope addressed the throng in the vast Christ the Redeemer Plaza in Santa Cruz, including many people who camped out overnight to see him.

• Thursday, July 9th 2015 - 06:51 UTC

  Francis in Bolivia greeted as a 'brother' with 'a message of hope and liberation'

  

  Pope Francis greeted Bolivia with a message of inclusion, a central theme of his three-nation tour to his home continent, as he arrived in South America's poorest nation. Landing in La Paz early in the evening, thousands of faithful -- many of whom had spent a chilly night outdoors waiting for him -- welcomed the pope as choirs sang in the indigenous Aymara language.

• Thursday, June 25th 2015 - 07:45 UTC

  A pie made of coca leaves awaits the Pope when he visits Bolivia

  

  Coca planters will be giving Pope Francis a pie and other goods made out of coca leaves, when he arrives next July for an official visit to Bolivia. The gifts will be delivered during the scheduled meeting of Francis wish social movements’ organization in Santa Cruz, according to the organizers.