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Alexander Gómez, 13, received a school ceremony recognizing his bravery in rescuing three children from drowning at El Edén beach in Cedeño, Choluteca; one child, Anyelo Sebastián Castro, died in the incident.

A newly shared video of the late Bishop Teodoro Gómez of Choluteca riding a donkey through rural southern Honduras reflects the pastoral closeness and good humor that defined his ministry before his death in Madrid on September 28 at age 63.

Cardinal Óscar Andrés Rodríguez celebrated the life and priestly dedication of Monsignor Teodoro Gómez at a funeral mass in Choluteca Cathedral, honoring his decades of service to the Catholic Church in Honduras.

Bishop Teodoro Gómez Rivera of Choluteca, 63, who died of respiratory failure on September 28 at Madrid airport while en route to Rome, arrived in Honduras on October 6 and is being honored with funeral rites before burial on October 8.

Teodoro Gómez, the bishop of Choluteca, died at 63 while traveling through Madrid en route to Rome for an official Vatican visit, prompting prayers and condolences from Honduras's Catholic community.

The historic Catholic church in El Corpus, Choluteca, is showing severe cracks, moisture damage, and water seepage; residents fear the 400-year-old structure may collapse and report water flowing beneath the building, fueling local legends of underground tunnels.