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
Dictatorship in Nicaragua accuses Catholic Church of money laundering
May 30, 2023 / 14:00 pmThe Nicaraguan National Police published a statement May 27 accusing the Catholic Church of various crimes including money laundering.
Men’s Worldwide Rosary prays for the conversion of the entire world
May 10, 2023 / 17:00 pmThe Men’s Rosary was held in various cities in Colombia, Peru, Venezuela, Chile, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Panama, Ecuador, Paraguay, and more.
Bishop on Venezuelan migrant crisis: ‘Serious thing’ to sacrifice people for failed system
May 10, 2023 / 16:00 pmBishop Marco Antonio Cortez Lara called it a shame when governments “get lost in these tangles of ideologies and sacrifice the person for the structures.”
Gas shortage in Cuba: Priest needs electric bicycle to offer Mass in distant parishes
May 9, 2023 / 12:00 pmFather Kenny Fernández Delgado, a priest of the Archdiocese of Havana, shared a series of tweets about his difficulties reaching the people he serves.
In 5 years the Church in Nicaragua has suffered more than 500 attacks, 90 in 2023 alone
May 4, 2023 / 17:00 pmResearcher and lawyer Martha Patricia Molina on May 3 presented the third installment of her report “Nicaragua: A Persecuted Church?”
Rupnik superior: ‘From an ecclesial point of view it’s illegal’ for priest to own business
Apr 27, 2023 / 12:45 pmThe superior of Father Marko Rupnik, a Jesuit priest and artist accused of sexually abusing numerous nuns, said Rupnik owned 90% of a company.
More than 100,000 turn out for pro-life, pro-family parade in Peru
Apr 22, 2023 / 08:00 amMore than 100,000 people participated April 15 in the Parade for Life and Family, in the city of Arequipa, Peru.
Exiled Nicaraguan bishop says Ortega’s attacks are ‘a sign of desperation’
Apr 18, 2023 / 17:00 pmAuxiliary Bishop Silvio Báez of Managua, Nicaragua responded to new verbal attacks of the country's bishops by Nicaraguan dictator Daniel Ortega.
Historic trip of bishop of Hong Kong to Beijing is the first in three decades
Apr 18, 2023 / 13:00 pmBishop Stephen Chow of Hong Kong arrived yesterday in Beijing, the capital of China, amid some tensions between the Asian giant and the Vatican.
Dictatorship in Nicaragua expels three nuns who were serving the elderly
Apr 14, 2023 / 16:00 pmIn a new attack against the Catholic Church, the dictatorship of President Daniel Ortega expelled three nuns from Nicaragua.
Dictatorship in Nicaragua confiscates monastery and arrests 20 people during Holy Week
Apr 13, 2023 / 14:00 pmThe Trappist sisters of Nicaragua, who left the country in February, reported that the government told the bishop of Juigalpa the regime would take over the monastery.
Two CRS aid workers killed in Ethiopia
Apr 12, 2023 / 11:45 amTwo Catholic Relief Services workers were shot and killed April 9, Easter Sunday, while riding in a CRS vehicle in the Amhara region of Ethiopia.
Why did Bishop Alvarez refuse to leave Nicaragua? A former political prisoner explains
Apr 11, 2023 / 17:00 pmFélix Maradiaga said he was edified by “seeing the example of a bishop who has given absolutely everything for the freedom of his people.”
No let up from Ortega during Holy Week: Priest expelled, traditions banned in Nicaragua
Apr 5, 2023 / 15:20 pmThe dictatorship of Daniel Ortega hasn’t declared a truce in its persecution of the Catholic Church in Nicaragua, not even during Holy Week.
Latin America celebrates Day of the Unborn Child with pro-life marches in several countries
Mar 28, 2023 / 14:30 pmMarch 25 is celebrated as the Day of the Unborn Child in Latin America, and large pro-life marches were held in Argentina, Ecuador, and Peru.
Nicaraguans respond to ‘staged’ prison interview with Bishop Álvarez
Mar 28, 2023 / 09:15 amEl 19 Digital released photos and a video of Bishop Rolando Álvarez, who was visited by a brother and sister on March 25 in the prison known as La Modelo.
Imprisoned Nicaraguan Bishop Álvarez appears in video posted by dictatorship
Mar 27, 2023 / 13:30 pmEl 19 Digital posted a video of Bishop Rolando Álvarez, sentenced to 26 years in prison, in which he shares a few comments about how he is doing.
The image of the Virgin Mary that wept tears of blood on St. Patrick’s Day
Mar 17, 2023 / 16:00 pmOn March 17, 1697, an image of the Virgin Mary known as the Weeping Irish Madonna shed tears of blood for three hours.
Ortega shuts down Catholic aid organization Caritas Nicaragua
Mar 9, 2023 / 14:35 pmThe charity provided food for the country’s poorest people, donations of crutches and prostheses, delivered medicines at low cost, among many other charitable works.
Dictatorship in Nicaragua dissolves John Paul II Catholic University
Mar 9, 2023 / 11:01 amIn a new blow to the Church in Nicaragua, the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega has ordered the legal status of several institutions to be revoked, including that of John Paul II Catholic University.