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“Don’t mess with my children,” reads a sign carried by a participant in one of some 30 marches on Oct. 19, 2024, in Colombia to protest the country’s health department memorandom that sanctions sex changes for minors.

Thousands of Colombians protest government’s embrace of gender ideology

Oct 21, 2024

By Eduardo Berdejo

Thousands of Colombians took to the streets over the weekend to demand the repeal of a government health policy that... Read more

Interior of the parish church in the Cuxtitali sector of the city of San Cristóbal de Las Casas in the Mexican state of Chiapas.

Mexican priest shot dead after celebrating Mass

Oct 21, 2024

By Eduardo Berdejo

Father Marcelo Pérez of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas in Mexicao was shot dead after he had... Read more

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How do you handle the presence of a restless child at Mass?

Oct 19, 2024

By Diego López Colín

It’s essential to get Catholic children used to fulfilling the obligation to attend Mass weekly as well as on holy... Read more

Haitians at prayer before an image of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Bishops of Haiti, Dominican Republic object to mistreatment of deported Haitians

Oct 18, 2024

By Andrés Henríquez

Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader announced the implementation of an operation to repatriate up to 10,000 illegal Haitian immigrants per... Read more

Bishop José Libardo Garcés Monsalve of Cúcuta, Colombia.

Colombian bishop issues call to seek out Catholics estranged from the Church

Oct 18, 2024

By Eduardo Berdejo

Going out to find and recover Catholics not living according to their baptism is one of the great challenges of... Read more

Pilgrims from different parts of the country walked 17 miles to the shrine of St. Teresa of the Andes, where the archbishop of Santiago, Fernando Chomali, offered the Eucharist.

More than 50,000 Chilean youth make pilgrimage to shrine of St. Teresa of the Andes

Oct 17, 2024

By Julieta Villar

“With Teresa, Pilgrims of Hope” was the theme that drew more than 50,000 young Chileans to the shrine of St.... Read more

The historic St. Anthony of Padua Parish church in Iquique, Chile, was destroyed by the fire.

Local bishop encourages the faithful following raging fire that destroyed church in Chile

Oct 16, 2024

By Julieta Villar

In a video message recorded in front of the gutted-out church, Bishop Isauro Covili Linfati noted the people have gone... Read more

Pope Francis receives the vice president of Argentina, Victoria Villarruel, on Oct. 14, 2024, in a meeting in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican. The two discussed the situation in the country and exchanged gifts in an atmosphere of “great affection,” according to an official statement.

Pope Francis meets with Argentine vice president Victoria Villarruel

Oct 15, 2024

By Julieta Villar

Pope Francis received the vice president of Argentina, Victoria Villarruel, in a meeting in which they discussed the situation in... Read more

Historic St. Anthony of Padua Church in Iquique, Chile engulfed in flames.

Fire devastates historic church and Franciscan convent in Chile; arson not ruled out

Oct 14, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

A fire on Friday devastated St. Anthony of Padua Church and a Franciscan convent in the city of Iquique, Chile. Read more

Colombian President Gustavo Petro and his Cabinet.

March called in Colombia to protest government for pushing sex changes for minors

Oct 12, 2024

By Eduardo Berdejo

A nationwide march has been called for Oct. 19 in Colombia to protest the government’s support of sex changes for... Read more

The Catholic Association of Propagandists (Advocates) has launched a new billboard campaign with the aim of “dismantling the stereotypes of the black legend against Hispanic heritage” and extolling those who “at the risk of losing their lives, embarked on the adventure of reaching the New World with one main objective: to spread Christianity.”

‘They were heroes and saints’: Campaign pushes back on how America was evangelized

Oct 11, 2024

By Nicolás de Cárdenas

The Catholic Association of Propagandists (Advocates) in Spain has launched a campaign on the discovery and evangelization of America. Read more

“One day they will stand before God and have to answer why they passed a law intended to destroy innocent lives, which is what abortion is,” said the archbishop of Guadalajara, Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega.

As abortion is decriminalized in Jalisco, Mexican cardinal decries ‘murder of innocents’

Oct 10, 2024

By Diego López Colín

Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega of Guadalajara, Mexico, spoke out strongly against the decision of Jalisco’s state Legislature to decriminalize abortion. Read more

Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra meets with Pope Francis in Vatican City on Aug. 17, 2018.

UPDATE: New Vatican document confirms expulsion of Argentine priest from clerical state

Oct 9, 2024

By Julieta Villar

Father Ariel Príncipi had been accused of crimes against the Sixth Commandment, which include cases of sexual abuse of minors. Read more

Pilgrims began to arrive to the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján in Argentina on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024, after walking more than 37 miles and continued to pour in on Sunday, Oct. 6.

More than 2 million Argentinians make pilgrimage to Our Lady of Lujan Shrine

Oct 8, 2024

By Julieta Villar

“Mother, Under Your Gaze We Seek Unity” was the theme that brought together more than 2.3 million this past weekend... Read more

Among the various ceremonies at the inauguration of the first female Mexican president, Claudia Scheinbaum, in the capital city’s Constitution Plaza — commonly known as Zócalo — a group of Indigenous women performed a “sacred ceremony.”

Cardinal, exorcists have differing takes on ‘cleansing’ ritual performed on Mexican president 

Oct 5, 2024

By Walter Sánchez Silva

A Mexican cardinal and three priests have differing takes on the “cleansing” ritual that was performed during the inauguration of... Read more

Six migrants traveling through southern Mexico in a pickup truck lost their lives and 10 more have been wounded after being fired upon by Mexican soldiers. The incident occurred Oct. 1, 2024, on a stretch of the Villa Comaltitlán-Huixtla highway in the Mexican state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala.

Catholic Church laments Mexican army’s deadly shooting of migrants

Oct 4, 2024

By Diego López Colín

Six migrants traveling through southern Mexico in a pickup truck lost their lives and 10 more have been wounded after... Read more

Toronto Archbishop Francis Leo speaks with EWTN News President Montse Alvarado about assisted suicide and euthanasia on “EWTN Pro-Life Weekly” on Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024.

Canadian archbishop on assisted suicide: ‘It is a travesty’

Oct 4, 2024

By Kate Quiñones

Physician-assisted suicide is the fifth-leading cause of death in Canada. Read more

Bombs strike southern Lebanon.

War in southern Lebanon puts thousands of Christians in constant danger, nun says

Oct 3, 2024

By Eduardo Berdejo

Some 9,000 Christians in three villages in southern Lebanon are in constant danger because of the Israel-Hezbollah war, warned Sister... Read more

Nicolas Maduro, President of Venezuela.

In defiance of country’s bishops, Venezuelan dictator decrees start of Christmas season

Oct 3, 2024

By Andrés Henríquez

Overruling strenuous objections from the country’s bishops, Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro has decreed an October start to the Christmas season. Read more

Bishop Rolando Álvarez.

Who is Rolando Álvarez, the bishop persecuted by the Nicaraguan dictatorship?

Oct 3, 2024

By Eduardo Berdejo

Bishop Rolando Álvarez Lagos is once again in the news after Pope Francis appointed him to participate in the second... Read more