ACI Prensa
ACI Prensa is the Catholic News Agency's sister agency, which was founded in Lima, Peru, in 1980 by Fr. Adalbert Marie Mohm (†1986). In 1997, ACI Prensa launched the website www.aciprensa.com, which is the largest and most visited online source of Catholic news in Spanish. In 2014, Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) acquired Catholic News Agency and ACI Prensa. Since the merger, CNA and ACI Prensa have expanded their distribution platform. Now it is a service of EWTN News Inc.
Articles by ACI Prensa
The US archdiocese with a relic of the original Guadalupe image
Dec 9, 2021 / 08:00 amMillions of pilgrims travel each year to see the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. In one U.S. diocese, however, pilgrims can see a relic of the original image that has been outside Mexico for nearly 80 years.
Bishops of Puerto Rico express their solidarity with Cuban bishops’ 'desire for freedom'
Nov 28, 2021 / 00:00 amThe Puerto Rican Bishops’ Conference expressed its solidarity with the desire of the Cuban bishops “to be heard, for peace, freedom, sincere dialogue and freedom of speech to address the major problems” confronting the island nation.
Colombian court lifts ban of video by influencer Kika affirming traditional marriage
Nov 25, 2021 / 00:00 amThe Constitutional Court of Colombia has overturned a lower court’s decision that forced Colombian influencer Erika “Kika” Nieto to take down a video in which she expressed her Christian belief that marriage is between a man and a woman.
Spanish bishop gets civilly married
Nov 23, 2021 / 12:05 pmBishop Xavier Novell, who unexpectedly resigned in August as bishop of Solsona, Spain, entered into a civil marriage with Silvia Caballol on Nov. 22.
Relic of Saint John Paul II stolen from historic basilica
Nov 22, 2021 / 13:07 pmThe rector of the Polish Catholic Mission in Argentina, Father Jorge Jacek Twarog, reported Sunday that the relic of Saint John Paul II, which was kept in Blessed Sacrament Basilica in Buenos Aires, was stolen.
Reversing Roe could strengthen Hispanic families, pro-life leader believes
Nov 16, 2021 / 09:49 amReversing Roe v. Wade could strengthen the Hispanic community in the United States, according to Ramona Treviño, a former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic who is now a prominent Hispanic pro-life advocate.
Spanish bishop critical of Joe Biden’s claim that pope said he can receive Communion
Oct 31, 2021 / 19:49 pmBishop José Ignacio Munilla of San Sebastián, Spain, harshly criticized President Joe Biden’ claim that Pope Francis personally encouraged him to continue receiving Communion despite his open support for abortion.
Colombian judge orders that non-terminally ill woman must be permitted euthanasia
Oct 28, 2021 / 14:01 pmA Colombian judge ordered Wednesday that euthanasia procedures be resumed for Martha Liria Sepúlveda Campo, a 51-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, after they were suspended earlier this month by an oversight body.
Planned Parenthood whistleblower turned Hispanic pro-life leader details clinic corruption, intimidation
Oct 19, 2021 / 00:00 amDuring her tenure with Planned Parenthood, Mayra Rodríguez said she witnessed falsified abortion records, serious complications from abortions, and experienced intimidation based upon false accusations threatening her immigration status after Rodríguez indicated she would report a doctor who botched an abortion on a 19-year-old girl and then falsified the report.
Bolivia's bishops lament 'deplorable' human rights situation
Aug 31, 2021 / 16:10 pmThe bishops of Bolivia expressed Monday their concern "over the deplorable human rights situation in the country and the manipulation of the administration of justice."
Costa Rican bishop suspends priest for saying Ordinary Form Mass in Latin and ad orientem
Aug 21, 2021 / 19:04 pmIn a WhatsApp voice message obtained by ACI Prensa, Fr. Sixto Eduardo Varela Santamaría insisted that "since the Bishop's decree I never ever again celebrated the Tridentine Mass, but did continue to celebrate in Latin the Novus Ordo, as a way to accompany some of the faithful."
Cardinal injured, priest dead after earthquake in Haiti
Aug 14, 2021 / 12:41 pmCardinal Chibly Langlois, Bishop of Les Cayes and president of Haiti’s Bishops’ Conference, has been injured, while a Catholic priest died early in the morning of Aug. 14 after an 7.2 intensity earthquake shook Haiti.
Mexican archbishop prays that Knights of Columbus will be generous men of action
Jul 21, 2021 / 19:01 pmArchbishop Gustavo Rodríguez Vega of Yucatan prayed Sunday that God would make the Knights of Columbus "to be recognized as men of action, generous with their time and talent for Your greater glory and the well-being of the entire community.”
Costa Rican bishops prohibit celebration of extraordinary form liturgies
Jul 20, 2021 / 14:01 pmThe Costa Rican bishops’ conference on Monday declared that no expression of the liturgy prior to that of 1970 is authorized for use in the country’s eight dioceses.
Cuba protests: Seminarian released by police
Jul 17, 2021 / 06:01 amRafael Cruz Dévora, a seminarian who was arrested on Monday after participating in protests of Cuba’s communist government, was released Thursday.
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Exhibit commemorating Benedict XVI’s 70 years as a priest opens in Rome
Jun 28, 2021 / 17:00 pmBenedict XVI's personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, inaugurated an exhibition in Rome to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Joseph Ratzinger’s ordination to the priesthood and his first Mass, which took place in Bavaria on June 29, 1951.
Confessed murderer in Spain accused of harassment declares he's a woman and could be sent to a women's prison
Jun 3, 2021 / 13:50 pmFive days after the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain, passed a law recognizing transgender identity, Jonathan Robayna, who pleaded guilty to killing his cousin in 2018 and has had several complaints of sexual harassment of women lodged against him, claimed he feels like a woman, and could possibly serve his time in a women’s prison.
Xalapa archdiocese gives guidelines for 'responsible discernment' in Mexican legislative election
May 24, 2021 / 15:01 pmThe Archdiocese of Xalapa offered on Sunday four guidelines for “responsible discernment” when casting a vote in the upcoming legislative election.
Controversial Way of the Cross in Mexico depicts radical feminists beating Christ
Apr 6, 2021 / 14:59 pmA modern day reenactment of the Way of the Cross held Good Friday in southern Mexico drew criticism in local media for its depiction of militant feminists beating Christ, who had fallen to the ground.
The Easter Vigil: ‘the mother of all vigils’
Apr 3, 2021 / 13:37 pmThe Easter Vigil, which takes place Holy Saturday night, “is the greatest and most noble of all solemnities and it is to be unique in every single Church,” the rubrics of the Missale Romanum proclaim.