Colombia is battling its worst security crisis in a decade after a series of guerrilla attacks in the north of the country have left at least 80 people dead and displaced 36,000 others.

More than 8,000 civilians fled the violence, with many seeking shelter in government facilities or hiding in the mountains.

In his farewell address, Blessed Paul VI expressed that he saw in Colombia "a throbbing Church, Catholic in its universal dimensions, unified in the communion of faith and charity." "We do not say ...