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Honduras: priest claims torture by police

January 09, 2012

Father Marco Aurelio Lorenzo, a priest in western Honduras, alleges that police tortured him and his two brothers as they were resting on the side of the road on a visit to their parents.

“They beat us on every part of our bodies,” said Father Marco Aurelio Lorenzo, who has filed torture charges against eight police officers.

 

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Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord

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The Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord became widespread in the West in the 11th century and was introduced into the Roman calendar in 1457 to commemorate the victory over Islam in Belgrade. Before that, the Transfiguration of the Lord was celebrated in the Syrian, Byzantine, and Coptic rites. The…

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