ACI Prensa
ACI Prensa is the Catholic News Agency's sister agency, which was founded in Lima, Peru, in 1980 by Fr. Adalbert Marie Mohm (†1986). In 1997, ACI Prensa launched the website www.aciprensa.com, which is the largest and most visited online source of Catholic news in Spanish. In 2014, Eternal Word Television Network (EWTN) acquired Catholic News Agency and ACI Prensa. Since the merger, CNA and ACI Prensa have expanded their distribution platform. Now it is a service of EWTN News Inc.
Articles by ACI Prensa
Spain criminalizes pro-life witness near abortion clinics
Apr 7, 2022 / 15:00 pmSpain’s Senate voted Wednesday in favor of a bill amending the country’s penal code to criminalize “harassment” of women entering abortion clinics.
Priest staying in Ukraine with his parishioners: 'God gives me the strength'
Mar 29, 2022 / 15:49 pmFather Pedro Zafra is a 31-year-old priest from Córdoba, Spain, who arrived in Kyiv in 2011 for priestly formation. He was ordained last June and is a member of the Neocatechumenal Way. The priest serves the parish of the Assumption of the Virgin in the Ukrainian capital.
27 Dominican martyrs of Spanish Civil War to be beatified in June
Mar 9, 2022 / 16:19 pmOn June 18 the Seville Cathedral will host the beatification of 27 Dominican martyrs of the Spanish Civil War.
Missionary family returns to Spain from Ukraine: 'We witnessed God's miracles'
Mar 8, 2022 / 14:35 pmCésar Campomar and María Auxiliadora Hernando and their ten children have lived in Ukraine since 1997 where they went to evangelize as members of the Neocatechumenal Way. The family had to flee Ukraine because of the war and arrived in Burgos from Kyiv last Thursday.
Spanish nuns evacuated from Ukraine: Christ was with us in the Blessed Sacrament
Mar 3, 2022 / 16:19 pmBefore war broke out in Ukraine, Sisters María, María Jesús, and Antonia of the Missionaries of the Congregation of Saint Dominic were running an after-school program in Kyiv. The three were evacuated last week, and they told the Pontifical Mission Societies the story of their last hours before leaving Ukraine.
Across Colombia, half a million march for life after court decriminalizes abortion
Mar 1, 2022 / 15:50 pmAcross Colombia, around half a million people marched on Sunday to defend the lives of the unborn, rejecting the recent ruling of the Constitutional Court decriminalizing abortion up to six months of pregnancy.
Two non-terminally ill Colombians euthanized
Jan 10, 2022 / 14:56 pmWithin the span of 24 hours this weekend, two Colombians became the first people without a terminal illness to be euthanized in the country.
The US archdiocese with a relic of the original Guadalupe image
Dec 9, 2021 / 08:00 amMillions of pilgrims travel each year to see the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. In one U.S. diocese, however, pilgrims can see a relic of the original image that has been outside Mexico for nearly 80 years.
Bishops of Puerto Rico express their solidarity with Cuban bishops’ 'desire for freedom'
Nov 28, 2021 / 00:00 amThe Puerto Rican Bishops’ Conference expressed its solidarity with the desire of the Cuban bishops “to be heard, for peace, freedom, sincere dialogue and freedom of speech to address the major problems” confronting the island nation.
Colombian court lifts ban of video by influencer Kika affirming traditional marriage
Nov 25, 2021 / 00:00 amThe Constitutional Court of Colombia has overturned a lower court’s decision that forced Colombian influencer Erika “Kika” Nieto to take down a video in which she expressed her Christian belief that marriage is between a man and a woman.
Spanish bishop gets civilly married
Nov 23, 2021 / 12:05 pmBishop Xavier Novell, who unexpectedly resigned in August as bishop of Solsona, Spain, entered into a civil marriage with Silvia Caballol on Nov. 22.
Relic of Saint John Paul II stolen from historic basilica
Nov 22, 2021 / 13:07 pmThe rector of the Polish Catholic Mission in Argentina, Father Jorge Jacek Twarog, reported Sunday that the relic of Saint John Paul II, which was kept in Blessed Sacrament Basilica in Buenos Aires, was stolen.
Reversing Roe could strengthen Hispanic families, pro-life leader believes
Nov 16, 2021 / 09:49 amReversing Roe v. Wade could strengthen the Hispanic community in the United States, according to Ramona Treviño, a former director of a Planned Parenthood clinic who is now a prominent Hispanic pro-life advocate.
Spanish bishop critical of Joe Biden’s claim that pope said he can receive Communion
Oct 31, 2021 / 19:49 pmBishop José Ignacio Munilla of San Sebastián, Spain, harshly criticized President Joe Biden’ claim that Pope Francis personally encouraged him to continue receiving Communion despite his open support for abortion.
Colombian judge orders that non-terminally ill woman must be permitted euthanasia
Oct 28, 2021 / 14:01 pmA Colombian judge ordered Wednesday that euthanasia procedures be resumed for Martha Liria Sepúlveda Campo, a 51-year-old woman with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, after they were suspended earlier this month by an oversight body.
Planned Parenthood whistleblower turned Hispanic pro-life leader details clinic corruption, intimidation
Oct 19, 2021 / 00:00 amDuring her tenure with Planned Parenthood, Mayra Rodríguez said she witnessed falsified abortion records, serious complications from abortions, and experienced intimidation based upon false accusations threatening her immigration status after Rodríguez indicated she would report a doctor who botched an abortion on a 19-year-old girl and then falsified the report.
Bolivia's bishops lament 'deplorable' human rights situation
Aug 31, 2021 / 16:10 pmThe bishops of Bolivia expressed Monday their concern "over the deplorable human rights situation in the country and the manipulation of the administration of justice."
Costa Rican bishop suspends priest for saying Ordinary Form Mass in Latin and ad orientem
Aug 21, 2021 / 19:04 pmIn a WhatsApp voice message obtained by ACI Prensa, Fr. Sixto Eduardo Varela Santamaría insisted that "since the Bishop's decree I never ever again celebrated the Tridentine Mass, but did continue to celebrate in Latin the Novus Ordo, as a way to accompany some of the faithful."
Cardinal injured, priest dead after earthquake in Haiti
Aug 14, 2021 / 12:41 pmCardinal Chibly Langlois, Bishop of Les Cayes and president of Haiti’s Bishops’ Conference, has been injured, while a Catholic priest died early in the morning of Aug. 14 after an 7.2 intensity earthquake shook Haiti.
Mexican archbishop prays that Knights of Columbus will be generous men of action
Jul 21, 2021 / 19:01 pmArchbishop Gustavo Rodríguez Vega of Yucatan prayed Sunday that God would make the Knights of Columbus "to be recognized as men of action, generous with their time and talent for Your greater glory and the well-being of the entire community.”