Americas News
Vice Minister of Health in Peru promotes plan to make abortion available
Peru’s Vice Minister of Health, Jose Calderon, told a congressional committee this week that his office would propose a bill... Read more
Ecuadorian Catholics should participate in politics but not in the name of the Church
In preparation for the upcoming election of a Constitutional Assembly that will decide on reforms of Ecuador’s constitution, the Archdiocese... Read more
Holy Father holds short meeting with President Lula da Silva
The Pope's meeting with the Brazilian leader-- who had formally greeted him Wednesday afternoon when the papal plane touched down... Read more
Pope arrives in Brazil stressing Christian duty to defend life, solidarity
Pope Benedict XVI arrived 25 minutes early to a rainy Sao Paulo to open his visit to Brazil with a... Read more
Pope confirms excommunication of Mexican legislators who voted in favor of abortion
In statements to journalists during his flight from Rome to Brazil, Pope Benedict XVI, in a reference to legislators in... Read more
Benedict XVI: Liberation Theology was mere “millenarism” that would have no justification today.
In his talk with journalist aboard the plane taking him to Brazil, Pope Benedict told the reporters that “ the... Read more
Pro-Life Committee begins campaign to prevent abortions for taking place in Mexico City hospitals
The National Pro-Life Committee has launched an initiative to prevent abortions from taking place in Mexico City hospitals and to... Read more
Young Brazilians will hold vigil on eve of canonization of Friar Galvao
The festivities which Pope Benedict will attend Thursday at the Pacaembu Stadium, will continue hours later at the Campo de... Read more
Miraculous conception paves way for canonization of first Brazilian saint
Sandra Grossi, 37, of Almeida in Brazil, came to believe that she would never have a child. A medical condition... Read more
Church Does does not interfere into Politics, says Pope aboard plane taking him to Brazil
Pope Benedict, on his way to Brazil for a six day apostolic visit, reminded the journalists aboard the airplane bringing... Read more
Brazil awaits Pope Benedict for apostolic visit
This morning, Pope Benedict XVI left Rome for a six-day trip to Brazil. His plane left from Rome's Fiumicino airport... Read more
Colombian bishops to celebrate Mass for aborted children
The bishops of Colombia announced they will celebrate a Mass for aborted children in order to mark the first anniversary... Read more
Church should fight for the life, marriage and the family, says Peruvian cardinal
During his weekly radio program, “Dialogue of Faith,” Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani Thorne of Lima warned of the existence of... Read more
Cardinal Obando: I never asked the US for arms
Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo, who is presiding over a national reconciliation commission in Nicaragua created by the current Sandinista... Read more
Canadian Pro-Life group exhorts courts to protect unborn children
The Catholic Organization for Life and Family (COLF) is urging Canadians to reconsider the juridical void, which makes it possible... Read more
Women in White: Cuban people await freedom
A group of women resisting the oppression of the Cuban government through non-violent means, continues to agitate for the release... Read more
Mexico City government refuses to publish list of doctors authorized to perform abortions
The government of Mexico City has refused a request by the president of the National Pro-Life Committee, Jorge Serrano Limon,... Read more
Episcopal leadership upset over installation of bishop for parallel conservative church
The leadership of the Episcopalian Church of the United States is upset over the pending installation this weekend of a... Read more
Family, vocations, catechesis, main themes at upcoming CELAM conference
Cardinal Jorge Arturo Medina Estevez, the former prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments,... Read more
“We are an army opposed to abortion,” says president of El Salvador
The president of El Salvador, Elias Antonio Saca, said this week, “In El Salvador, we are an army of defenders... Read more
