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Black Catholics in Latin America look to Pope Leo for support

Members of Black pastoral commissions from Latin American and Caribbean nations gathered earlier this month in Luján, Argentina, to discuss what they want in the Church.

SÃO PAULO, Brazil – Members of Black pastoral commissions from Latin American and Caribbean nations gathered earlier this month in Luján, Argentina, to discuss what they want in the Church.

The 16th Latin American and Caribbean Pastoral Encounter (EPA) also reinforced the participants’ claim for more visibility in the Church, something that could require, among other things, a document issued by Pope Leo XIV about the situation of Black Latin American and Caribbean Catholics.