Word: continente
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Behind the gray stone walls of Palafox Seminary in Puebla, Mexico, 184 bishops of the third Latin American Bishops' Conference (CELAM III) spent 18 days weighing words like poker chips in a high-risk game. At stake was the future of 300 million Roman Catholics, across a continent plagued...
Although a partial eclipse will be visible elsewhere on the continent, scientists have deemed the Winnipeg region the best place to observe total darkness. To make the most of that opportunity, the professional observers as well as thousands of amateur eclipse buffs are readying their rockets, cameras and telescopes for...
He cited the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the United Nations in 1948 as an example of American and Western European reliance on narrow assumptions which fail to take into account conditions special to the African continent.
Speaking for his organization, he said, "Our conception of human rights does not include protection for the privileged. It is ry to disturb their interests in order to redress the injustices against the bulk of the population on the African continent."
The Pope had come to Mexico to address the third continent-wide meeting of Latin American bishops and urge a care fully balanced commitment to both spiritual and social goals. The bishops' meeting at Puebla is discussing church strategy in Latin America, where oppressive regimes and desperate poverty abound...