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Peru has the Highest Covid Death Rate

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...

Peru’s Fragile Democracy in Peril

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.”...
From the Pastor

From the Pastor

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...
The Transitus of St. Francis

The Transitus of St. Francis

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...
Pandemic Driven Hunger

Pandemic Driven Hunger

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...