David Ramos
Graduated in Communication Sciences from the Universidad Privada del Norte in Trujillo, Peru. I have been part of the ACI Prensa team for more than 10 years. I have covered Pope Francis' trips to Ecuador, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Peru. I covered the beatification ceremony of today's Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 2015. Special envoy for investigation in Honduras in 2016. Head of the ACI Prensa Office in Mexico since 2018.
Articles by David Ramos
Mexican parish to remember victims of violence with 130,000 candles
Jul 26, 2022 / 16:58 pmThe candles will be lit the night of July 30 as part of the Day of Prayer for Peace called by the Mexican Bishops’ Conference.
Mexico’s faithful encouraged to bring photos of victims of violence to churches July 24
Jul 19, 2022 / 14:40 pmReligious leaders have asked that July be a time of prayer for peace in Mexico.
Report: 1 cardinal and 57 priests killed in the last 30 years in Mexico
Jul 8, 2022 / 15:36 pmThe document comes as the faithful in Mexico prepare to observe a Day of Prayer for Peace in Mexico on July 10.
Church leaders in Mexico call for days of prayer for peace amid increasing violence
Jul 5, 2022 / 17:19 pm“There is a wound to heal and there is the strength that the country needs today to build peace,” the bishops, religious superiors, and Jesuit priests said in a joint statement.
Will Mexico have to wait a half-century for legal abortion to be overturned?
Jul 5, 2022 / 12:19 pmRulings that legitimize abortion by the higher courts in Mexico continue to present significant challenges for the pro-life cause in that country.
Guatemalan president demands commission desist from abortion activism
Jun 30, 2022 / 19:00 pmFor President Alejandro Giammattei, the report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights shows a “methodological error that makes evident an agenda in favor of abortion that exceeds its powers.”
Bishop walks on his knees to bid farewell to Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos in Mexico
Jun 30, 2022 / 18:40 pmBishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe headed the diocese of San Juan de los Lagos for six years and was recently appointed Archbishop of San Luis Potosí.
Mexican bishops: The country is spattered in the blood of the dead and disappeared
Jun 26, 2022 / 15:26 pm"Our Mexico is being spattered in the blood of so many dead and disappeared," the Catholic Church in the country decried, remembering the thousands of victims of organized crime in the country, especially the two recently murdered Jesuit priests.
Cardinal criticizes Mexican president's anti-crime policy
Jun 23, 2022 / 16:19 pmThe "hugs not bullets" policy of the president is ineffective, says Guadalajara archbishop Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega.
Texas school shooting: Friend recalls faith of slain teacher and her heartbroken husband
Jun 16, 2022 / 16:25 pmIrma and José Gómez were "always willing to help others."
Texas school shooting: Answer to cause of massacre lies in the culture of death, archbishop says
Jun 8, 2022 / 16:00 pmThe archbishop also lamented that the authorities "don’t want to commit to taking more effective and more radical responses.”
Nicaraguan bishop charges police, government persecution
May 20, 2022 / 17:25 pmBishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos of Matagalpa has charged that the police of President Daniel Ortega’s government harassed him by following him all day and into the night, and announced he will fast indefinitely “on water and whey” until the harassment ends.
Priest killed near US-Mexico border
May 19, 2022 / 15:14 pmThe body of Father José Guadalupe Rivas Saldaña, 57, has been found with signs of violence on the outskirts of Tecate, a city located on the border with the United States in the Mexican state of Baja California. There are no suspects in the killing.
Medical expert debunks false claims of Planned Parenthood about abortion in El Salvador
May 16, 2022 / 17:30 pmA Salvadoran medical expert has debunked the false claims about abortion in El Salvador made by a former journalist now working for Planned Parenthood.
Spanish bishop laments that Biden is fashioning a religion to suit his support for abortion
May 5, 2022 / 14:01 pmGiven the repeated attempts by Joe Biden to present abortion as compatible with the Catholic faith, a Spanish bishop lamented that the US president is fashioning a religion to "suit himself."
Mexico's bishops decry prevailing violence, impunity in the country
Apr 29, 2022 / 14:58 pmThe Mexican Bishops’ Conference expressed its concern Thursday over the ever-present threats to the lives of women and the weakest in the country.
Priests say they were told Cardinal Cupich made apostolic visit before Puerto Rican bishop’s removal
Apr 28, 2022 / 22:34 pmFour priests of the Diocese of Arecibo in Puerto Rico say they were told that Cardinal Blase Cupich of Chicago made a secret apostolic visit there prior to the removal of Bishop Daniel Fernández Torres, an investigation by ACI Prensa has found.
The 1631 apparition of Saint Michael the Archangel in Mexico
Apr 25, 2022 / 16:58 pmSaint Michael the Archangel appeared to Diego Lázaro de San Francisco, a young convert, for the first time on April 25, 1631 in what is now Mexico's Tlaxcala state.
An end to Holy Week displays in Spain? Never, priest tweets
Apr 18, 2022 / 14:55 pmA Spanish priest gave a clear and forceful response to those who believed that the two years of restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic would put an end to the public displays of faith during Holy Week in Spain.
This project seeks to bring the image of Our Lady Of Guadalupe all across the world
Apr 13, 2022 / 13:48 pm"The Virgin Everywhere" project, which originated in Mexico, seeks to bring the image and devotion of Our Lady of Guadalupe to all corners of the world.