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
Nicaraguan ‘campesino’ leader who refused to falsely accuse bishops shares his testimony
Sep 7, 2023 / 09:30 amMedardo Mairena Sequeira said Daniel Ortega “has become entrenched in power and anyone who makes waves ... can immediately be abducted.”
Archbishop gives Communion to Muslim sheik at funeral Mass for cardinal: his explanation
Sep 5, 2023 / 17:19 pmThe incident sparked controversy among Catholics, and the prelate posted an explanation for what happened on the archdiocesan website.
Opus Dei does not want to be an exception in the Church, prelate says
Aug 28, 2023 / 16:45 pmMonsignor Fernando Ocáriz, the prelate of Opus Dei, said the institution he has led since January 2017 “does not want to be an exception” in the Church.
Latin American Catholic college organization condemns seizure of Nicaraguan Jesuit university
Aug 28, 2023 / 16:15 pmThe organization expressed its “deep concern over the siege, the confiscation of assets, and the closure suffered by the Central American University.”
Canonization cause opens for Argentine officer tortured and killed by Marxist insurgents
Aug 22, 2023 / 16:00 pmThe cause for canonization of Argentino del Valle Larrabure, an army colonel tortured and murdered in 1975 by Marxist rebels, was announced Aug. 19.
These cloistered nuns who never leave the convent are at WYD for the first time
Aug 4, 2023 / 16:50 pmThey never (or almost never) leave the convent, but one lively group of cloistered nuns is participating for the first time in World Youth Day 2023.
Honduran bishop: Although Bishop Álvarez is in prison, he won’t be silent
Jul 26, 2023 / 16:00 pm“He’s not going to be silent. He is not a man to stay silent. ... [He wants to] return to his flock,” said Bishop José Antonio Canales of Danlí, Honduras.
Dictatorship in Nicaragua freezes fund for retired priests
Jul 25, 2023 / 16:10 pmA Nicaraguan lawyer and researcher reported that elderly priests are not receiving their pensions from the national insurance funds for priests.
21-year-old terminally ill Spanish Carmelite dies on eve of feast of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
Jul 18, 2023 / 16:30 pmFriar Pablo María de la Cruz Alonso Hidalgo was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer when he was 16 years old, but he still felt the call to religious life.
U.S. State Department official calls for release of imprisoned bishop, priest in Nicaragua
Jul 17, 2023 / 16:50 pmThe U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs has called for the release of Father Fernando Zamora Silva and Bishop Rolando Álvarez.
French priest accused of abusing a young girl commits suicide
Jul 17, 2023 / 14:00 pmAccording to local media France Bleu Nord, the 47-year-old priest was hit by a freight train in the northern region near the border with Belgium.
Pope John Paul II’s personal secretary makes private visit to Medjugorje
Jul 14, 2023 / 16:30 pmPolish Cardinal Stanisław Dziwisz, archbishop emeritus of Krakow, paid a private visit to Medjugorje on July 11.
Why does producer Eduardo Verástegui consider ‘Sound of Freedom’ success a miracle?
Jul 13, 2023 / 16:00 pm“Sound of Freedom” ranked first at the box office on its opening day in U.S. theaters on July 4.
Catholic Church is most credible institution in Nicaragua, CID Gallup poll finds
Jul 12, 2023 / 16:15 pmThe survey indicated that 48% consider the Catholic Church to be the most credible institution, while the Ortega presidency has only 26% credibility.
5 years after massacre, Nicaragua dictatorship arrests priest, blocks return of another
Jul 11, 2023 / 08:00 amOn Sunday, July 9, Father Fernando Zamora Silva was reportedly “arbitrarily arrested” in the city of Managua where he was visiting.
WYD is an invitation to young people to experience God, explains future Portuguese cardinal
Jul 10, 2023 / 16:00 pmBishop Américo Aguiar, an auxiliary bishop of Lisbon, made the statement July 6 in an interview with RTP Notícias.
Dictatorship in Nicaragua confiscates convent of sisters it abducted and expelled
Jul 5, 2023 / 13:27 pmThe Ortega dictatorship canceled the legal personhood and confiscated the assets of the Sisters of the Fraternity of the Poor Ones of Jesus Christ.
Nicaraguan dictatorship places Sandinista flags in front of cathedral of imprisoned bishop
Jun 27, 2023 / 16:20 pm“Obviously, this is one more provocation from the Sandinista dictatorship against the Nicaraguan Catholic Church,” a Nicaraguan researcher said.
Former feminist turned pro-lifer shares her testimony prior to March for Life in Colombia
Jun 5, 2023 / 17:20 pmA young Colombian mother shared her testimony regarding her feminist past and recounted how now she defends the right to life of the unborn.
Church tower collapses following earthquakes in southern Peru
Jun 5, 2023 / 16:30 pmA tower at a church in southern Peru has collapsed due to a series of earthquakes there in recent days.