Americas News
Fake priest deceiving faithful in Argentina
A forty-year old man who goes by the names Gilmert Dunot and Sarmiento Gilberto José has been posing as a... Read more
Archbishop says attacks on Church attempt to distract from constitutional reforms
The president of the Committee for Media and Culture of the Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela, Archbishop Baltazar Porras, denounced President... Read more
Highway in Argentina to be named after soon-to-be blessed
A lawmaker in the Argentinean congress has proposed renaming the country’s Route 22 in honor of Cerefino Namuncura, a native... Read more
Mexican exorcist criticizes priests who do not believe in the Devil
The coordinator of exorcists of the Archdiocese of Mexico City, Father Pedro Mendoza, criticized the skepticism of some priests about... Read more
Honduran cardinal says Chavez “thinks he is a god”
The Archbishop of Tegucigalpa, Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, criticized President Hugo Chavez this week and said the Venezuelan leader... Read more
Spokesman for Venezuelan bishops insists Chavez engage in dialogue rather than "cheap shots"
The undersecretary of the Bishops’ Conference of Venezuela, Father Aldo Fonti, said this week the statements by President Hugo Chavez... Read more
Colombian bishops reject calumnies against slain archbishop
The bishops of Colombia, together with other leaders and government officials, have strongly rejected claims that Archbishop Isaias Duarte Cancino... Read more
Colombian natives restore centuries-old church
Fourteen native Colombians of the Paeces tribe are rebuilding the Church of St. Rose of Lima, built 200 years ago... Read more
Huge candle to remain lit in Cali until FARC hands over remains of slain government officials
Thousands of Colombians took to the streets of Cali to demand the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC) release the... Read more
Miracle needed for canonization of Argentinean blessed comes quickly
Archbishop Hector Aguer of La Plata has formally closed the diocesan inquiry into a possible miracle attributed to the Blessed... Read more
Venezuelan bishop calls Chavez's idea of no presidential term limits an “atrocity”
The vice president of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Roberto Luckert of Coro, defended the analysis of the current state... Read more
Brazilian bishops seek to host WYD 2015
The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil has published a pamphlet in which they propose World Youth Day 2015 be... Read more
Prison where renowned Colombian drug lord was held to become Benedictine monastery
An old prison in Colombia near the city of Medellin, where the infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar was once held... Read more
Argentinean expert: respect demands patients be cared for, not killed
The director of the Institute for Bioethics of the Catholic University of La Plata, Juan Carlos Caprile, said this week... Read more
Freedom of worship, conscience and religion cannot be absent from Constitution, says Bolivian archbishop
Archbishop Tito Solari of Cochabamba, Bolivia, said this week the country’s new Constitution being drafted by the Constitutional Assembly must... Read more
Argentinean bishop: Catholics should participate in politics by being salt and light
Bishop Emeritus Miguel Hesayne of Viedma (Argentina) said this week members of the Church cannot “abstain from their political commitment,”... Read more
Church only wants peace for Cuba, says new CELAM president
This week the Latin American Bishops’ Council (CELAM) is meeting in Havana, Cuba for their 31st Ordinary Assembly. During the... Read more
Archdiocese of Mexico City says true religious liberty does not undermine the State
The Archdiocese of Mexico City has rejected criticism that in calling for the country’s laws on religious worship to be... Read more
Work of future Venezuelan Blessed survives through “the providence of God”
Catholics in Venezuela are rejoicing at the news of the upcoming beatification of Mother Candelaria de San Jose, especially the... Read more
Police investigate sacrilegious robbery in Ecuador
Police officials in Ecuador are investigating the theft of colonial works of art that were stolen from the Church of... Read more
