Articles by Walter Sánchez Silva
We can all be saints, Peruvian archbishop says to thousands of youth
Nov 4, 2025 / 18:17 pmArchbishop Javier Del Río Alba of Arequipa in Peru shared the keys to holiness with more than 8,500 young people during the 13th Youth Festival of Faith.
Pope Leo XIV declares St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church
Nov 1, 2025 / 08:45 amPope Leo XIV has declared St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the Church, recognizing the English cardinal and theologian as a towering figure of faith and intellect.
Influencer son of evangelical pastors shares how he embraced the Catholic faith
Oct 26, 2025 / 07:00 amJonatan Medina Espinal is a young Catholic influencer who, as the son of evangelical pastors, was considered unlikely to embrace the Catholic faith.
St. Carlo Acutis’ mother on what it’s like to be the mother of a saint
Oct 23, 2025 / 06:00 amAntonia Salzano, St. Carlo Acutis’ mother, who was present with the rest of her family at his canonization on Sept. 7, shared what it’s like to be the mother of a saint.
Pope Leo XIV condemns usury, a grave sin that speaks to the corruption of the human heart
Oct 20, 2025 / 15:53 pmOn Oct. 18, the Holy Father received the National Anti-Usury Council of Italy in the Vatican Apostolic Palace.
St. Teresa of Ávila’s body remains incorrupt after almost 5 centuries
Oct 15, 2025 / 04:00 amThe body of St. Teresa of Avila, a doctor of the Church whose feast day is celebrated Oct. 15, was still incorrupt when examined last year almost five centuries after her death.
Priest who was attacked with acid in Nicaragua cathedral in 2018 dies
Oct 14, 2025 / 16:05 pmFather Mario de Jesús Guevara Calero, 66, spiritual director of the La Purísima Archdiocesan Major Seminary, died on Sunday, Oct. 12.
Cardinal presides over act of reparation in St. Peter’s following desecration of altar
Oct 13, 2025 / 17:43 pmCardinal Mauro Gambetti presided over a penitential rite of reparation at the main altar of St. Peter’s Basilica following a serious act of desecration on Oct. 10.
Vatican approves beatification cause of priest who pioneered monastic life in Korea
Oct 7, 2025 / 07:00 amThe Archdiocese of Seoul announced it has received authorization from the Vatican to initiate the beatification cause of the priest founder of Korean monastic life.
Pope Leo XIV receives detailed report on attacks against the Catholic Church in Nicaragua
Oct 4, 2025 / 09:00 amPope Leo XIV this week received a report that details attacks against and suppression of the Catholic Church by the Ortega-Murillo dictatorship in Nicaragua.
The Church needs holy priests who defend the faithful from ‘the dragon,’ archbishop says
Oct 3, 2025 / 09:00 amThe archbishop of Arequipa ordained five new priests in southern Peru, encouraging them to be holy priests who give their lives for others and defend them from the devil.
Cardinal to catechists: If your faith isn’t meaningful to you, it won’t be to your students
Sep 30, 2025 / 18:02 pmCardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa told catechism teachers that if faith is not meaningful in their lives, then it will not be in the lives of their students either.
Pope Leo XIV responds to aspiring doctor who asks ‘What does the future hold for us?’
Sep 30, 2025 / 13:45 pmPope Leo XIV responded with a father’s heart to a 21-year-old Roman medical student who asked him “What does the future hold for us?”
Cardinal Mureşan, minister in secret before communism’s collapse in Romania, dies at 94
Sep 26, 2025 / 15:58 pmCardinal Lucian Mureşan carried out his ministry clandestinely until 1989. According to Vatican News, he died at his residence in Blaj, Romania, after several months of illness.
Peruvian bishop resigns after investigation for sexual misconduct, financial mismanagement
Sep 25, 2025 / 16:18 pmPope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Bishop Ciro Quispe López of Juli, Peru, following a Vatican investigation initiated in mid-2024.
Gaza’s only Catholic priest: ‘For mercy’s sake stop this war and stop killing people’
Sep 25, 2025 / 15:48 pmThe only parish priest in Gaza, Father Gabriel Romanelli, pleaded in a video posted Sept. 23 for an end to the war, the killing, and the bombing.
Priest builds church with his own hands in Chiclayo, Peru, Pope Leo XIV’s former diocese
Sep 23, 2025 / 06:00 amFather Javier Cajusol Villegas is building a church with his own hands in a poor area of the Diocese of Chiclayo, Peru, where Pope Leo XIV was bishop.
Nicaraguan bishop denounces ‘real problem’ of region’s dictatorships and cartels
Sep 22, 2025 / 16:02 pmFrom his exile in the United States, Nicaraguan Bishop Silvio Báez denounced what he considered the “real problem” of Latin American dictatorships: idolatry of money.
Catholic father murdered while on pilgrimage to Marian shrine in Pakistan
Sep 16, 2025 / 17:42 pmMen on motorcycles murdered a father and injured a 16-year-old boy while they were taking part in a pilgrimage to a Marian shrine in Mariamabad, Pakistan.
Juan Dabdoub, tireless defender of life and family in Mexico, dies
Sep 14, 2025 / 06:00 amJuan Dabdoub Giacoman, a legendary and tireless defender of life and family in Mexico, passed away at the age of 71 on Sept. 11 in Mexico City after a long battle with cancer.