June 1, 1999 The Primate abroad: child, statesman, pastor

Porto Alegre, Brazil The public record -- the bare bones of biography -- says this of Michael Geoffrey Peers: He is 64 years old, married to Dorothy, who works for CBC television. They have three grown children. He...

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May 1, 1999 Violence in Colombia will worsen: IPC

Ottawa Colombia already has a reputation as being one of the most violent countries in Latin America but a human rights official from a church-supported agency in Medellin says the violence will get worse unless the...

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March 1, 1999 Colleagues fear for safety of aid workers

TorontoEleanor Douglas boarded a plane to Colombia Feb. 2 fearing for the safety of four kidnapped friends and the collapse of the peace process aimed at ending the bloody 34-year-old civil war. "These people are my...

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March 1, 1999 Pope battles for Latin America's Catholic soul

Faced with an explosion of charismatic, fundamentalist Protestantism, Pope John Paul II has again issued a call to arms in the battle for Latin America's soul. Addressing a million people in a Mexico City racetrack in late...

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December 1, 1998 Carey lends political clout

Frustrated by lack of government assistance and dwarfed by the Roman Catholic population, Anglicans in Central America turned to the Archbishop of Canterbury for clout in getting help recovering from Hurricane Mitch's...

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