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A stained-glass dome titled The Second Innocence, the Dream of Dionisyos, by Italian artist Narcissus Quagliata decorates the El Santuario Resort hotel in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, Wednesday, Oct. 25, 2023. Over the last five decades, Quagliata has created these stained-glass artworks for sacred spaces, private homes and public exhibitions, using a fusible glass technique. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

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Renowned glass artist and the making of a gigantic church window featured in new film
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Wed,11/01/23-8:09AM , 93 Reads
VALLE DE BRAVO, Mexico (AP) — It’s as if Narcissus Quagliata is painting with light.

He sprinkles the crushed, colorful glass onto a template of his own design before baking the powder-coated pane at nearly 1,500 degrees Fahrenheit for almost an entire day. Once cooled, a translucent, stained-glass image emerges.
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Mexican migrants, many from Michoacan state, attend a religious service at the "Embajadores de Jesus" Christian migrant shelter in Tijuana, Mexico, Tuesday, Sept. 26, 2023. While many places in Mexico provide shelter for migrants from other countries, some shelters in Tijuana have seen an influx of Mexicans fleeing violence, extortion and threats by organized crime. (AP Photo/Karen Castaneda)

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Violence forced them to flee. Now faith sustains these migrants on their journey to the US
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Sat,10/21/23-7:16AM , 65 Reads
TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — Night after night for six weeks, Erika Hernández knelt outside her home in central Mexico and prayed: “Please, God, don’t let my son turn into a criminal.”

“I prayed a lot. I fasted. My faith was huge,” said the 46-year-old woman, fearing her son would be forcibly recruited by a criminal organization.
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Teófila Challapa weaves on her loom at home in Cariquima, Chile, Monday, July 31, 2023. Challapa, 59, prays before beginning her work: “Mother Earth, give me strength, because you're the one who will produce, not me." (AP Photo/Ignacio Munoz)

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Inspired by llamas, the desert and Mother Earth, these craftswomen weave sacred textiles
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Thu,09/28/23-7:13AM , 55 Reads
COLCHANE, Chile (AP) — In northern Chile, Teófila Challapa learned to weave surrounded by the hills and sandy roads of the Atacama Desert.

“Spin the threads, girl,” her grandmother told her a half a century ago.
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Helmut Kramer poses for a portrait in Santiago, Chile, Thursday, July 27, 2023. Kramer, 53, said he was sexually abused at age 12 in a Jesuit school in Antofagasta, a city in northern Chile. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix)

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In Chile, justice eludes victims of Catholic clergy sex abuse years after the crisis exploded
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Tue,09/19/23-11:04PM , 50 Reads
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Soon after she learned what happened, Helmut Kramer’s mother grabbed a pair of scissors and cut the priest out of photographs from her son’s baptism.

“She kept the photos after that,” said Kramer, who was sexually abused at age 12 in a Jesuit school in Antofagasta, a city in northern Chile.
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