Americas News
Jalisco challenging norm that authorizes abortion in cases of rape
The governor of the Mexican state of Jalisco, Emilio Gonzalez Marquez, has filed an appeal with the country’s Supreme Court... Read more
Unity with Pope key to facing divisions in the Church, says Cardinal Rivera
The Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, said in his homily on Sunday that the internal divisions in... Read more
Distribution of morning-after pill prohibited in Chile
The National Comptroller’s Office of Chile, which oversees a wide range of government activities, issued a decree on June 16... Read more
Catholic Church in Guatemala reeling from Evangelical conversions
A recent report from a Catholic charity indicates that the Catholic Church in Guatemala is being seriously threatened by the... Read more
Dissidents call for peaceful change and respect for rights of Cubans
Leaders of the peaceful resistance in Cuba repeated their request last week that the government respect human rights and promote... Read more
Good works in Mexican village multiply like 'fishes and loaves'
When photographer Gina Gonzalez-Inglett pulled into the gas station in Matehuala, México, she decided to snap a quick photo of five little girls... Read more
Brazilian ministry offers powerful answer to secularism
Moysés Louro de Azevedo Filho, the founder of Shalom, is working to share the Gospel with the world by creatively... Read more
Brazilian bishops encourage priests to be holy as Year for Priests begins
In a letter to all the priests of the country, the Conference of Catholic Bishops of Brazil urged them to... Read more
Colombian lawmakers approve mass sterilization
Colombia’s House of Representatives has approved a law that promotes mass sterilization and special incentives for those who voluntary undergo... Read more
Bishop prays for slain priest and conversion of killers in Mexico
Bishop Maximino Martinez Miranda of Ciudad Altamirano celebrated the funeral mass for a priest and two seminarians slain in the... Read more
Exaltation of youth has led to lack of appreciation of the elderly, Chilean bishop warns
The president of the Chilean Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Alejandro Goic, has said the stereotyped image of the elderly must be... Read more
Brazilian bishops condemn murder of priest dedicated to youth ministry
The National Conference of Catholic Bishops has condemned the murder of their National Advisor for Youth Ministry, Father Gisley Azevedo... Read more
U.N. council’s sex ed proposal imposes ‘hedonistic values,’ Fr. Euteneur says
Pro-life leader Fr. Thomas J. Euteneur has criticized a United Nations council’s proposal for early childhood “comprehensive sexuality education” as... Read more
Nicaraguan bishops chide Ortega: Justice requires action and not just prayer
In response to Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s recent “invitation to pray” and to refrain from giving opinions on political issues,... Read more
Spanish bishop assaulted in Bolivia
The retired bishop of the Spanish Diocese of Palencia, Bishop Nicolas Antonio Castellanos Franco, who won the prestigious Prince of... Read more
Lima cardinal calls for reconciliation amidst conflict in the Amazon
At the conclusion of his homily during the Corpus Christi Mass last Sunday, the Archbishop of Lima, Cardinal Juan Luis... Read more
Mexican bishops condemn murder of priest and seminarians in Guerrero
The Bishops’ Conference of Mexico issued a statement on Monday strongly condemning the killing of a priest and two seminarians... Read more
Unknown assailants kill priest and two seminarians in Mexico
Archbishop Felipe Aguirre Franco of Acapulco, Mexico has confirmed that one priest and two seminarians were killed last week in... Read more
Bolivian bishops call for solutions without 'prefabricated violence'
During the celebration of Corpus Christi, the Bolivian bishops of Santa Cruz de la Sierra and El Alto called on... Read more
Mexicans pray to Our Lady of Guadalupe for end to violence
Nearly 500,000 faithful from the Archdiocese of Durango gathered recently at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico... Read more
