LIMA, Peru: A Roman Catholic cardinal voiced dismay Saturday (Sunday in Manila) that the nation's Congress again declined to advance elections to defuse Peru's political crisis.

"It hurts our souls that they have [not acted on] a proposal to move up elections," Cardinal Pedro Barreto said, hours after the church's highest ecclesiastical body sent a letter to legislators warning them that it is "urgent" to move up elections to later this year.

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