Americas News
Cuban bishop says more pastoral visits to prisons will be made
Bishop Domingo Oropesa of Cienfuegos announced this week the Church in Cuba would increase the number of pastoral visits to... Read more
Chavez says Catholic hierarchy defends immorality and attacks the truth
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez continued his attacks on the bishops of the country this week, calling them “frantic defenders of... Read more
Archbishop Oscar Romero; A martyr for religion or politics?
Archbishop Oscar Romero was quoted telling the reporters of El Salvador, “You can tell the people that if they succeed... Read more
Condemnation for slanted media coverage of American priest's murder in Mexico
Church officials in Mexico, thousands of faithful, and the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, have strongly condemned... Read more
Montreal cardinal urges end to Catholic cemetery strike
Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte of Montreal has urged both sides in the two-month-old strike at Canada's largest Catholic cemetery to come... Read more
Chilean diocese organizes Social Week: “The love of Christ impels us”
The Diocese of Iquique (Chile) will hold a Social Week August 11-18 in order to train “volunteers in each one... Read more
Argentineans celebrate feast of St. Cajetan, patron of divine providence
The Shrine of St. Cajetan in the Buenos Aires district of Liniers will celebrate the feast day of its patron... Read more
Morality without norms is product of distortion of sin, warns Argentinean archbishop
In a recent reflection, Archbishop Domingo Castagna of Corrientes warned that “sin always existed, since the first one was committed,”... Read more
Honduran officials to return 600 pieces of stolen sacred art
A Honduran government official in charge of the country’s cultural heritage said this week the government would return 600 pieces... Read more
Cardinal Bergoglio launches campaign to restore Church of St. Ignatius of Loyola
During a Mass on the feast of St. Ignatius Loyola, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires launched a fundraising... Read more
Archbishop denounces attempts to implicate Church in 2002 coup attempt in Venezuela
Speaking on Union Radio, the president of the Committee on Culture and the Media of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop... Read more
Church opposes Marxist and totalitarian socialism in Venezuela, says cardinal
Cardinal Jorge Urosa Sabino of Caracas warned this week there are indications that President Hugo Chavez’s “21st Century Socialism” is... Read more
St. Juan Diego is model of lay evangelist says Mexican cardinal
The Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera, called on the faithful this week to imitate St. Juan Diego,... Read more
“Only a priest in love with the Lord can renew a parish,” says Argentinean archbishop
In a reflection for the upcoming August 4 feast of the Cure d’Ars, who is also called St. John Vianney,... Read more
Church mediates agreement ending strike by copper workers in Chile
During talks mediated by the Catholic Church in Chile, officials of the state-run Corporation of Copper and union leaders of... Read more
Mexican city to organize Festival for Life in September
On Saturday, September 8, the city of Santiago de Queretaro will hold the Festival for Life at the Corregidora Stadium,... Read more
Chavez engaged in “circus” with insults against the Church, says archbishop
Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle of San Salvador said this week people are “bored stiff” with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s insults... Read more
Salvadoran Archbishop calls theft of religious items a “sad disgrace”
Archbishop Fernando Saenz Lacalle of San Salvador has denounced the stealing of religious artwork from several churches in the country,... Read more
Venezuelan bishops still waiting for meeting with Chavez
The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela, Archbishop Ubaldo Santana of Maracaibo, said this week the bishops have already... Read more
Honduras demands Chavez apologize for insulting cardinal
The president of Honduras, Manuel Zelaya, the country’s parliament, business leaders, and human rights activists are defending Cardinal Oscar Andres... Read more
