The work of the Church around the world The Church in the DRCElections CENCO’s role negotiating election day and conducting election oversightParallel vote tabulation; DRC’s “democracy test”The Church in the Philippines / CBCP role in elections Pastoral Letter on the Common GoodBishops urge voters to reject notoriously corrupt politiciansPastoral statement read at Masses nationwide against the ‘reign of terror’Killing without due process is morally unacceptableCondemnation of extrajudicial killingsCardinal Sin’s Radio Veritas counters propaganda and disinformationRadio Veritas awarded for helping to depose the regime“make corruption shameful again,” start “communities of truth” Demands for visible accountabilityCorruption is a cancer, citizens ought to “participate, scrutinize, and hold the government accountable.” The Church in NigeriaCataloguing electoral violence, voter register manipulation, and fake resultsThe Church in ZimbabwePastoral letters for peaceful, free, fair electionsThe Church in the United StatesUSCCB recognizing electoral win The Church in Venezuela On separation of powersOn rebuilding institutionsThe Church in Malawi “Living Our Faith” letter challenging corruption, violation of human rights, inequality, demanding recognition of oppositionHistorical significanceFull textThe Church in Nicaragua Diriamba assault on Cardinal Brenes, Bishop Baez, nuncio Sommertag, Divine Mercy church siegeCardinal Brenes negotiating the student protesters’ release from Divine Mercy churchMasaya ‘human shield’ and coverage of other two events listed aboveThe Church in South Korea Cardinal Stephen Kim Sou-hwan, “you will have to trample me first.” Remembered for awakening national conscienceThe Church in El SalvadorArchbishop St. Oscar Romero, including weekly radio homilies denouncing abduction, torture, and mass murderUN Truth Commission finding that a right-wing death squad carried out the killingThe Church in Guatemala On the VicariaOn its defense of detainees and documentation later used by truth commissionsBishop Juan Gerardi as coordinator of remembrance project: “Guatemala: Never Again,” documenting 422 massacres; he was murdered two days after he presented it. Three military officers later convicted.Gerardi, martyr for truthStatement of the Guatemalan Episcopal Conference on the assassinationThe Church in Poland Support for the Solidarity movement: “The Catholic Church in Poland, 1950-2000” The Church in South Africa Condemns apartheid: https://sacbc.org.za/about/The Church in Brazil CELAM - - Founding of CIMIPrimary goal of CIMI is to support Indigenous people in their fight for their territoriesCIMI as catalyst for Brazil’s supra-local Indigenous political movementMeetings at Medellin (1968) and Puebla (1979)CELAM’s networks defending human rights, Indigenous rights, Afro-descendants
