Americas News
Colombian president pledges not to approve legalization of abortion
President Álvaro Uríbe Velez of Colombia has promised Church leaders in his country he has sent a letter to the... Read more
Priest fined for calling anthropologist “pro-abortion”
A panel of judges in Brasilia has ordered a Catholic priest to pay a fine for using the word “pro-abortion”... Read more
Venezuelan bishops call evangelist’s comments on Chavez incompatible with Christian faith
The President of the Venezuelan Bishops’ Conference, Archbishop Baltazar Porras, expressed the bishops’ repudiation of evangelist Pat Robertson’s call to... Read more
Church not just another competing power, says Argentine bishop
Bishop Emeritus Miguel Esteban Hesayne of Viedma, Argentina, said this week the Church is not a corporation and should not... Read more
Argentine bishop: “Benedict XVI’s challenges attract and captivate young people”
Auxiliary Bishop Jorge Lozano of Buenos Aires, who heads the Youth ministry office of the Argentine Bishops’ Conference, acknowledged this... Read more
Marxist group claims responsibility, apologizes for murder of two priests
A Marxist rebel group in Colombia, the Army of National Liberation (ELN), issued a statement this week claiming responsibility for... Read more
Argentine bishops call for forgiveness and conversion in wake of sexual scandal involving bishop.
The Executive Committee of the Bishops’ Conference of Argentina issued a statement this week in response to the unexpected resignation... Read more
Chilean bishops requests study on satanic groups
Bishop Manuel Camilo Vial of Temuco, Chile, has requested the Institute of Religious Science at the local Catholic university conduct... Read more
Bishop calls on Mexico and US governments to address border violence
The President of the Committee on Human Migration of the Mexican Bishops’ Conference, Bishop Renato Ascencio Leon of Juarez, has... Read more
Number of priests killed in Colombia rising
According to statistics from the Bishops’ Conference of Colombia, with the recent killing of two priests in the Colombian diocese... Read more
Nuncio calls for respect for women in Cuba
During the Mass for the Feast of the Assumption on August 15, the Apostolic Nuncio in Cuba, Archbishop Luigi Bonazzi,... Read more
Mexican bishop calls for life without parole for kidnappers
The president of the Bishops’ Conference of Mexico, Bishop Jose Guadalupe Martin Rabago of Leon, has called on the Mexican... Read more
Argentine archbishop: protect the family from harmful foreign influences
The president of the Committee on the Family of the Bishops’ Conference of Argentina, Archbishop Carlos Nañez of Cordoba, exhorted... Read more
Assassination of a Colombian priest while teaching a class in rural school
The President of the Colombian Bishop´s conference (CEC), Msgr Luis Augusto Castro denounced the assassination of a priest that was... Read more
Cause for canonization of priests assassinated during Argentine dictatorship under consideration
Three priests of Irish origin and two Spanish seminarians assassinated during the Argentine military dictatorship could be raised to the... Read more
Brazilian bishops reaffirm condemnation of abortion and euthanasia
In an open and direct condemnation of abortion and euthanasia, the bishops of Brazil, gathered for their annual assembly in... Read more
Bishops confirm the assassination of two priests in Colombia
The Colombian Bishop’s conference (CEC) confirmed the assassination of two priests in Ocaña, at the north of the city of... Read more
Argentine bishop: Social doctrine of the Church is not an ideology
The Apostolic Administrator of Resistencia, Argentina, Bishop Carmelo Giaquinta, said this week “the social doctrine of the Church is not... Read more
President of Brazil acknowledges government crisis in letter to bishops
The President of Brazil, Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva,” has sent a letter to the National Conference of Bishops of... Read more
Brazilian bishops to publish document on national crisis
The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil, which is holding its general assembly, announced that it will release a document... Read more
