Walter Sánchez Silva
Walter Sánchez Silva is a senior writer for ACI Prensa (https://www.aciprensa.com). With more than 15 years of experience, he has reported from important ecclesial events in Europe, Asia and Latin America during the pontificates of Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. E-mail: walter@aciprensa.com
Articles by Walter Sánchez Silva
Priests back bishop attacked in media for defending life and the family
Jun 8, 2022 / 03:00 amBishop Santiago Gómez Sierra encouraged Catholics to vote for those who share Christian values.
Spanish priest responds to Whoopi Goldberg on Nancy Pelosi and Communion
May 25, 2022 / 17:41 pmActress Whoopi Goldberg defended what she considers the right to Communion of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, in wake of the decision of Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco to deny her Holy Communion for her obstinate and public support for abortion.
Spanish Jerusalem Bible changes 'fishers of men' to 'fishers of persons'
May 17, 2022 / 17:25 pmThe Desclée de Brouwer publishing house, which publishes the Jerusalem Bible, changed the word "man" (“hombre”) to "person" (“persona”) in its new Spanish edition.
Madonna seeks an audience with Pope Francis
May 6, 2022 / 15:00 pmIn a Tweet on Wednesday, Madonna asked Pope Francis to receive her so she could talk with him about "some important matters."
Pro-life bill in Puerto Rico seeks to prohibit abortion after 22 weeks
May 3, 2022 / 12:00 pmTalís Romero, a pro-life leader in Puerto Rico, has launched a campaign in support of a bill on the island which seeks to limit abortion to the first 22 weeks of pregnancy.
Nineteen attacks on Christians during Holy Week in Spain
May 2, 2022 / 14:57 pmThe Observatory for Religious Freedom in Spain has reported that during Holy Week this year there were 19 attacks against Christians.
Argentine bishops renew commitment to eradicating sex abuse after Bishop Zanchetta's sentencing
Mar 4, 2022 / 15:00 pmThe Argentine Bishops’ Conference expressed Friday its closeness to the victims of Bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta, sentenced to prison for sexually abusing seminarians, and renewed their commitment to eradicate these abusive behaviors.
Colombian president, bishops condemn court's decriminalization of abortion
Feb 23, 2022 / 15:00 pmThe president of Colombia, Iván Duque, rejected Tuesday the Constitutional Court’s decision to depenalize abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Colombia's Constitutional Court decriminalizes abortion up to six months
Feb 21, 2022 / 21:08 pmColombia’s Constitutional Court has ruled 5-4 to decriminalize abortion up to six months, or 24 weeks of pregnancy.
This Colombian bishop in a drug trafficking zone receives death threats
Feb 9, 2022 / 17:14 pmSince 2017 Bishop Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya has led the Diocese of Buenaventura, centered on one of Colombia’s main seaports. His work announcing the Gospel and denouncing violence, drug trafficking, and organized crime has drawn more than one death threat.
Spanish PM meets with head of country's bishops' conference
Jan 25, 2022 / 17:11 pmSpanish prime minister Pedro Sánchez visited the president of the Spanish Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Juan José Omella, on Monday to discuss a series of issues including the registered assets of the Catholic Church.
Priest denounces Spanish Caritas for Christological error
Jan 11, 2022 / 15:51 pmFather Antonio María Domenech Guillén, a priest of the Diocese of Cuenca, harshly criticized Spanish Caritas for writing “nonsense” about Christ on the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.
Brazil to have a statue of Jesus larger than Christ the Redeemer
Jan 7, 2022 / 15:36 pmA statue of Christ is being built in Brazil that will be larger than the iconic Christ the Redeemer statue of Rio de Janeiro.
Archbishop of Lima says Jesus died as a layman and without offering a sacrifice
Dec 26, 2021 / 00:00 amArchbishop Carlos Castillo Mattasoglio of Lima, Peru, has yet to clarify remarks he made in a pre-Christmas Mass that contradict the teaching of the Catholic Church about Jesus’ death.
Colombian bishop repudiates shocking abuse of boy at home run by nuns
Dec 23, 2021 / 17:20 pmThe Bishop of Zipaquirá, Colombia, Héctor Cubillos Peña, expressed his “deep pain and his firm repudiation” of the “serious mistreatment” of a 9-year-old boy at a facility administered by the sisters of the Congregation of the Servants of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Poor.
New placements announced for seminarians after controversial closure of seminary in Argentina
Dec 16, 2021 / 14:34 pmProtests erupted last year when a highly regarded seminary in Argentina was shut down by the Vatican, with little explanation. Now, the seminaries are being reassigned to other seminaries, though many have left, ACI Prensa has found.
Bishops mourn deaths of two police officers killed in terrorist attack at Colombia airport
Dec 15, 2021 / 15:34 pmBishop Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid of the Military Ordinariate of Colombia expressed his sorrow and solidarity following the Dec. 14 terrorist attack that took the lives of two police officers at the Camilo Daza airport in the city of Cúcuta, located on the border with Venezuela.
Costa Rican diocese orders canonical closure of Benedictine monastery
Nov 10, 2021 / 10:24 amThe Diocese of Cartago has ordered the canonical closure of the San José Benedictine Monastery, a diocesan foundation that had functioned ad experimentum for some years.
Pope Francis meets with Sodalitium Christianae Vitae superior general
Nov 4, 2021 / 14:45 pmPope Francis received in a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 30 José David Correa González, superior general of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, an institute of consecrated life that is reforming its constitution under the guidance of Vatican authorities.
Church asks people to vote their conscience in Nicaraguan general election
Oct 25, 2021 / 11:11 amThe Nicaraguan bishops’ conference called Thursday on citizens to act freely and to vote according to their conscience as the country prepares for a general election next month.