"O people of the world! Build ye houses of worship throughout the lands in the name of Him Who is the Lord of all religions. Make them as perfect as is possible in the world of being…" 

— Bahá’u’lláh (The Kitáb-i-Aqdas, p. 29)

 
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The Mapuche people are the indigenous people of southern Chile and Argentina. With approximately 500,000 native Mapuche in Chile, the site of the future Mother Temple of South America, they represent the largest indigenous nation in the country.  Traditionally centered in the southern regions of Chile, in recent years thousands of Mapuche have begun gravitating north towards urban centers such as Santiago and Temuco.

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National News

Susan Engle, a Bahá'í from Lindenhurst, IL shares with us about her recent travels to Chile.

December in Chile. The heat meets us in waves as we leave the airport. I strike up a conversation with the young man who is showing us where to meet our bus into Santiago. "Tell me what you know in Spanish," he encourages me. "Bahá'u'lláh es la Gloria de Dios" 

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International News

A temple of light is to grace the continent of South America.

The Universal House of Justice has appointed Siamak Hariri of Toronto, Canada, as architect of the Bahá’í Temple (also known as a House of Worship) to be built near Santiago in Chile.

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