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		<title>Catholic-Mennonite  encuentro  in Guatemala</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[COBAN, Guatemala &#8211; Local Catholics and Mennonites recently gathered in an unprecedented ecumenical meeting in Alta Verapaz, Guatemala.  Among the participants were Rob and Tara Cahill, former workers with Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) in Coban.
Rob and Tara offer this introductory account of the context for their work:
The Verapaz has deep historical connections with the Dominican [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mennonite &amp; Catholic theologians featured in Forum on Justice &amp; Forgiveness in Colombia</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 19:59:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The South American nation of Colombia continues to attract our attention as the place in Latin America where Mennonites and Catholics are cooperating most regularly in peacemaking projects.  An event organized by the Colombian Bible Society recently turned to a Mennonite and a Catholic for two of its three major presentations.  A news service associated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bridging a Divided Church in Colombia</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 20:14:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following news release from Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) reports on a joint peacemaking project by Mennonites and Catholics in the South American nation of Colombia.  CPT describes its mission as &#8220;Getting in the Way,” and asks:  “What would happen if Christians devoted the same discipline and sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombian Catholics and Mennonites strike new bonds at first dialogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Sep 2007 19:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bogotá, Colombia (MWC)- &#8220;I have been able to get to know a new world that I never knew before,&#8221; said Monsignor Fidel Cadavid, the bishop of Quibdo, Colombia. &#8220;Without knowing one another, it is impossible to practice ecumenism.&#8221;
Bishop Cadavid plans to connect with the Mennonite congregation in Quibdo on his return. &#8220;I see a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Building Bridges of Reconciliation in Latin America</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2007 18:23:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent publication from the Mennonite Central Committee &#8212; the cooperative agency of Mennonite denominations in North America for relief, development and peacebuilding &#8212; surveys bridge-building efforts between Roman Catholics and Evangelicals in Latin America.  The April-June issue of the Peace Office Newsletter is available online at http://mcc.org/peace/pon/PON_2007-02.pdf.  Introducing the newsletter is the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Colombian Mennonites and Catholics Invite Dialogue</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2005 20:17:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[NEWS RELEASE
Mennonite World Conference
For Immediate Release
August 30, 2005
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA &#8211; &#8220;Called Together to be Peacemakers,&#8221; a document issued after five years of dialogue between the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity of the Catholic Church and representatives of Mennonite World Conference, was the topic of an ecumenical dialogue at the Colombian Catholic Bishops Conference here [...]]]></description>
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