Articles by Ana Paula Morales
Bishop from area plagued by violence in Mexico prays for peace at Guadalupe shrine
Nov 10, 2023 / 19:00 pmBishop Cristóbal Ascencio García of Apatzingán located in the Mexican state of Michoacán, led the annual diocesan pilgrimage to the Guadalupe basilica Nov. 8.
Cardinal denounces enslavement, violence against African migrants en route to Europe
Oct 12, 2023 / 18:30 pmCardinal Cristóbal López Romero said: “We are talking about robberies, violence, rape, and being sold as slaves.”
In face of war and natural disasters, Church in Syria seeks to maintain people’s faith
Oct 12, 2023 / 18:00 pmSyrian Catholic Archbishop of Aleppo Denys Antoine Chahda said the Church is working to “motivate [the people] not to leave the country.”
Mexican bishop criticizes President López Obrador for being soft on crime
Oct 5, 2023 / 18:30 pmBishop Víctor Alejandro Aguilar called President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s policy against organized crime “hugs for drug traffickers and bullets for the poor.”
Tim Ballard, real hero of ‘Sound of Freedom’: I’ve spent more than 20 years in this fight
Sep 3, 2023 / 07:00 am“This is the most powerful tool that I have seen in my life in the fight against child trafficking,” said Tim Ballard of the movie based on his work.
Church in Mexico announces plan to accompany mothers of disappeared persons
Aug 2, 2023 / 07:30 amIn Latin America to say someone “was disappeared” means that the person was abducted and may or may not be alive.
Mexican bishops submit ‘Indigenous liturgical adaptations’ to the Vatican for approval
Jul 27, 2023 / 08:30 amThe liturgical adaptations approved by the CEM include incensing, a “senior layperson” role, and ritual dance.
Cardinal Sarah: No synod can invent a ‘female priesthood’
Jul 5, 2023 / 16:10 pmSarah, prefect emeritus of the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, spoke July 3 at a conference on the priesthood in Mexico City.
Church in Honduras calls on government to consider changing strategy amid wave of violence
Jul 1, 2023 / 09:00 amThe bishops also lamented that the violence in the country has been going on for years.
Cardinal Sarah offers five ways to deal with ‘crisis of faith’ in the world
Jul 1, 2023 / 07:00 am“Today there is so much confusion, so much ambiguity and uncertainty in doctrinal and moral teaching,” the cardinal noted.
Mexican bishops demand respect for religious freedom, secular state in Nativity scene case
Jun 28, 2023 / 15:00 pmThe Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation in Mexico will debate a case this week about prohibiting Nativity scenes on public property.
Church demands answers after at least 48 die in gang fight in Honduran women’s prison
Jun 26, 2023 / 16:00 pmAccording to local authorities, on June 20 there was a confrontation between rival gangs inside the prison that unleashed a fire, shootings, and stabbings.
Religious persecution takes its toll on Catholic faith in Mexico
Jun 3, 2023 / 08:00 amRecent episodes of violence against the Catholic Church once again bring to the fore the persecution of the faith in Mexico and the power of organized crime.
Unsolved murder of Cardinal Posadas is ‘an open wound,’ Mexican bishops say
May 26, 2023 / 12:15 pmOn the 30th anniversary of the murder of Cardinal Juan Jesús Posadas Ocampo, Mexican bishops’ recalled the “open wound” left by the unsolved crime.
Bishops of Mexico: Lack of democracy results in the violation of human rights
May 21, 2023 / 06:00 amThe bishops of Mexico called on all Mexicans to join this Sunday, May 21, in a day of prayer for the strengthening of democracy.
Blaze set at iconic Mexican church; Eucharist stolen from another
May 16, 2023 / 16:30 pmThe Church of Santiaguito, whose origins date back to the 17th century, is one of the “most emblematic and iconic” in the region, the diocese said.
Mexican bishop expresses Church’s concern for unaccompanied child migrants
May 5, 2023 / 16:00 pmAuxiliary Bishop Francisco Javier Acero said those who suffer the most are “unaccompanied minors.”
Venezuelan migrant thanks God, recounts journey through dangerous jungle to U.S.
Apr 29, 2023 / 10:00 amDaisy Sandoval is a 25-year-old single mother who left Venezuela in February in search of the “American dream.”
Mexico law banning ‘conversion therapy’ would unleash ‘witch hunt,’ pro-family leader says
Apr 27, 2023 / 07:55 amThe bill makes changes to the Federal Criminal Code and the General Law on Health and would criminalize so-called “conversion therapy.”
Thousands of signatures presented to Mexican Congress urging defeat of euthanasia bill
Apr 22, 2023 / 09:00 amIn an April 19 statement, the Actívate platform said that “euthanasia is a form of assisted death that has no place in a society that values life and human dignity.