Baptism certificates - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Mon, 12 Mar 2018 00:33:37 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Baptism certificates - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Torture victims' children's baptism certificates evidence of crimes https://cathnews.co.nz/2018/03/12/torture-victims-childrens-baptism-certificates-evidence-of-crimes/ Mon, 12 Mar 2018 06:51:12 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=104928 Argentina's Catholic bishops will hand over more than 100 baptism certificates of babies born to political prisoners in a torture centre during the country's dictatorship. The bishops say their decision came in light of a "longing of Pope Francis", who was the former bishop of Buenos Aires in Argentina. Francis has promised human rights groups Read more

Torture victims' children's baptism certificates evidence of crimes... Read more]]> Argentina's Catholic bishops will hand over more than 100 baptism certificates of babies born to political prisoners in a torture centre during the country's dictatorship.

The bishops say their decision came in light of a "longing of Pope Francis", who was the former bishop of Buenos Aires in Argentina.

Francis has promised human rights groups the church would hand over documentation to help clarify the crimes committed by the military regime. Read more

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