Americas News
Peruvian congresswoman challenges coronavirus abortion regulations
Peruvian congresswoman Luz Milagros Cayguaray Gambini has demanded the country’s health minister provide the legal and scientific basis for a... Read more
Coronavirus: Priests in Peru fund oxygen plant to meet shortage
Two priests in a rural area of Peru aimed to fight the coronavirus pandemic by finding a way to supply... Read more
Priest in Costa Rica bakes bread to help families in need
When he was just 15 years old, Fr. Geison Gerardo Ortiz Marín had to quit school and find a job... Read more
Catholic groups find shelter for Bolivian farm workers stranded in Chile
When Bolivia closed its borders March 25 to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus, hundreds of Bolivian seasonal farm... Read more
Cardinal Urosa: Coronavirus makes terrible crisis in Venezuela even worse
Venezuela’s prolonged social, political and economic crisis has only been compounded by the coronavirus pandemic, the archbishop emeritus of Caracas,... Read more
Vancouver archbishop donates to coronavirus vaccine research
Archbishop Michael Miller of Vancouver has announced that he is donating to the University of British Columbia’s research toward a... Read more
Brazil’s Supreme Court rejects effort to legalize abortion in Zika cases
A majority of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Tribunal has voted against an intervention seeking to decriminalize abortion for expectant mothers diagnosed... Read more
Hunger in Venezuela becoming 'a fuel more dangerous than gasoline'
An archbishop in Venezuela warned that desperation is growing in the country, as the national coronavirus quarantine measures have compounded... Read more
Priest organizes distribution of 5,000 chicken to poor Peruvian families
As the ongoing coronavirus lockdown in Peru leaves the working poor in a vulnerable situation, one priest has been working... Read more
Argentine archbishop proposes measures to open country's churches amid coronavirus pandemic
An Argentine archbishop has proposed 13 measures that would aim to allow churches to reopen churches during the coronavirus pandemic... Read more
Canadian archbishop offers prayers after mass shooting
The Archbishop of Halifax-Yarmouth in Canada has offered prayers for the victims of a weekend shooting rampage in a small... Read more
Brazilian Supreme Court to consider legalizing abortion in Zika cases
On Friday, Brazil’s Federal Supreme Court will hold a virtual hearing to consider whether to decriminalize abortion for pregnant women... Read more
Colombian archbishop removes from ministry 15 priests accused of sexual abuse
The president of the Colombian bishops’ conference, Óscar Urbina, suspended 15 priests of his archdiocese from ministry who have been... Read more
Colombian kidnapping victim says God is faithful
Diana María Toro Vélez was kidnapped on a September day, as she drove home from Mass in the Colombian city... Read more
Statue of Christ carrying the cross will process Holy Wednesday in Caracas
The statue of the Nazarene of Saint Paul will be processed April 8 through the streets of Caracas to help... Read more
Nicaraguan bishops cancel annual pilgrimage, but mayor reportedly goes ahead
Local media in Nicaragua are reporting that despite the nation’s bishops’ conference suspending Mass and prohibiting large gatherings, the mayor... Read more
Church in Mexico calls for national day of penance
The bishops of Mexico have designated April 3, the Friday of Passion Week, as a National Day of Penance amid... Read more
Priests and volunteers deliver 15,000 food baskets amid coronavirus pandemic
Priests and volunteers have distributed more than 15,000 food baskets to Peruvians unable to work during the nation’s coronavirus pandemic... Read more
Priests have 'grave responsibility' to bring sacraments to the sick, Argentine bishops say
As Argentina remains under a government-ordered lockdown to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the bishops of Buenos Aires have... Read more
Lima parish hosts rooftop Holy Hour for neighbors confined to home
With their country under a nationwide stay-at-home order, parishioners at Saint Anthony of Padua parish in Lima, Peru, approached their... Read more
