Americas News
Archbishop explains excommunications in abortion case involving 9 year-old
Archbishop José Cardoso Sobrinho of Recife, Brazil has rebuffed reports that the Church excommunicated a 9 year-old girl whose twins... Read more
Expert says abortion was legalized in Colombia with invalid statistics
The head of the bioethics department for the University of La Sabana’s school of medicine, Pablo Arango Restrepo is claiming... Read more
Bishop receives death threats for denouncing human trafficking rings
Bishop Jose Luis Azcona of Marajo, Brazil, has received death threats for denouncing the sexual exploitation of human trafficking rings... Read more
Pro-life experts ask Obama not to push abortion in Latin America
The Latin American Post-Abortion Care Network has sent an open letter to President Barack Obama asking him to reverse his... Read more
Mother of comatose woman: ‘My daughter is the most beautiful thing I could ever have’
The Paraguayan Catholic weekly “Cristo hoy” published the moving story of Carolina Ramirez who, like Eluana Englaro, has also been... Read more
Bishops call a 'Mexico stained with blood' to conversion
The bishops of the ecclesiastical province of Chihuahua have exhorted “those who are involved in violence” to be reconciled with... Read more
Archbishop calls for end to electoral violence in El Salvador
Archbishop Jose Luis Escobar Alas of San Salvador has issued a strong call asking Salvadorans to stop the wave of... Read more
Judge prevents pregnant mother from being abandoned
Judge Sivanildo Torres Ferreira of Paraiba, Brazil ordered that prenatal care be guaranteed for a woman and her unborn child,... Read more
Bolivian bishop denies challenging officials to attend traditional Te Deum
Bishop Jesus Juarez of El Alto in Bolivia denied reports this week that he had challenged the government to attend... Read more
Modified health code would legalize abortion in cases of rape in Mexico
The media in Mexico reported this week that the country’s Secretariat of Health has caved to pressure from anti-life feminist... Read more
Mexican bishops launch 2009 Charity Campaign
The Bishops’ Conference of Mexico has launched the 2009 Charity Campaign, “The Faces of Poverty,” in all the dioceses of... Read more
Brazilian bishops pen memorial in support of babies with anencephaly
The Conference of Catholic Bishops of Brazil have sent a letter to Supreme Court Minister Carmen Lucia reaffirming their defense... Read more
Lent reminds us that Christian life is a relentless battle, says Mexican cardinal
The Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, celebrated Ash Wednesday Mass at the archdiocesan Cathedral and said, “Lent... Read more
Dissident leader asks Spain and EU to support dialogue in Cuba
Carlos Paya, spokesman for the Christian Liberation Movement in Spain, has asked the European Union and Spain to promote dialogue... Read more
President of bishops conference urges National Accord for peace in Colombia
Colombia’s National Commission on Reconciliation has announced a proposal for a “National Accord for Peace and Reconciliation in Colombia.” Read more
Benedict XVI appoints bishop for Brazil’s most prominent diocese
This morning the Vatican announced that Pope Benedict XVI has appointed Archbishop Orani João Tempesta to head the Church in... Read more
Fasting shows love and solidarity with the poor, says Argentinean cardinal
In his Lenten message, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, said amidst the atmosphere of “sadness” on... Read more
Cardinal Rivera demands priests be allowed to deliver sacraments in hospitals
The Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, has complained that priests and extraordinary ministers of Communion are not... Read more
Lefebvrist bishop leaves Argentina
Lefebvrist Bishop Richard Williamson left Argentina on Tuesday, after the government gave him ten days to leave the country or... Read more
Situation in Cuba is critical and demands changes, says prisoner of conscience
Prisoner of conscience Jose Ferrer Garcia warned this week that the current situation in Cuba is critical and that all... Read more
