by Transfer Agent | Sep 20, 2021 | Sister Parish
According to an article from BBC on-line on June 1, 2021 – Peru has the highest Covid death rate as a proportion of population in the world. The official death toll is more than 180,000, in a country of less than 33 million people. Why is Peru having such high...
by Transfer Agent | Sep 20, 2021 | Sister Parish
Mary Anastasia O’Grady Wall Street Journal Guerrillas slaughtered 16 people in a south-central Peruvian village in May. The BBC reported “the bodies had bullet holes” according to a local official, and some, “including those of two children, had been burned.”...
by Fr. John O'Connor OFM | Sep 20, 2021 | Weekly-Email
From our Pastor It would seem that with many here in Northern Virginia having received the vaccine and the news that children may soon be able to receive the vaccine, there may be some light at the end of this dark tunnel called COVID. It is good to see more and more...
by Fr. George Corrigan OFM | Sep 20, 2021 | Franciscan
In Western Christianity, the Transitus (translation from Ecclesiastical Latin: crossing or passing over) refers to “the time of passage through death to life”. The Christian theologian German Martinez writes that: “The idea of death in the Latin transitus … represents...
by Transfer Agent | Sep 20, 2021 | Sister Parish
Pandemic-driven hunger is making
the world more unequal Anthony Faiola, Washington Post July 12, 2021 LIMA, Peru — Worsening inequality, as poorer people and nations lose years of gains in the battle against hunger and poverty, is likely to be one of the lasting...
