Fr Gersaín Paz, the parish priest of one of the most dangerous neighbourhoods in all of Colombia, tells Aid to the Church in Need how faith and music have changed the life of
A powerful explosion in a violent terrorist attack, aimed at the police station in the city of Guapi, in southwest Colombia, left three people dead and destroyed a large part of the bishop’s
The apostolic Vicariate of Mitú lies in the Amazon region of eastern Colombia in an area covering over 21,000 square miles (54,000 km²). Roughly a third of its population of 45,000 people live
The sisters of Saint Vincent have been working since 1997 in Vitoco in south-west Colombia. Their mission in this mountain region covers eight indigenous reserves and 36 villages. Distances are long and the
The Apostolic Vicariate of Mitú in Colombia covers 54,000 square kilometres, making it larger than Belgium, the Netherlands or Switzerland. This is wild country, and the pastoral work carried out is mostly of
A young priest speaks of the challenges and joys in bringing the sacraments to the most isolated communities in the Colombian Amazon. Father Jonathas Fernandes is only 33, but he already has an
