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
Costa Rican bishops prohibit celebration of extraordinary form liturgies
Jul 20, 2021 / 14:01 pmThe Costa Rican bishops’ conference on Monday declared that no expression of the liturgy prior to that of 1970 is authorized for use in the country’s eight dioceses.
Cuba protests: Seminarian released by police
Jul 17, 2021 / 06:01 amRafael Cruz Dévora, a seminarian who was arrested on Monday after participating in protests of Cuba’s communist government, was released Thursday.
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Exhibit commemorating Benedict XVI’s 70 years as a priest opens in Rome
Jun 28, 2021 / 17:00 pmBenedict XVI's personal secretary, Archbishop Georg Ganswein, inaugurated an exhibition in Rome to commemorate the 70th anniversary of Joseph Ratzinger’s ordination to the priesthood and his first Mass, which took place in Bavaria on June 29, 1951.
Confessed murderer in Spain accused of harassment declares he's a woman and could be sent to a women's prison
Jun 3, 2021 / 13:50 pmFive days after the Canary Islands, an autonomous community of Spain, passed a law recognizing transgender identity, Jonathan Robayna, who pleaded guilty to killing his cousin in 2018 and has had several complaints of sexual harassment of women lodged against him, claimed he feels like a woman, and could possibly serve his time in a women’s prison.
Xalapa archdiocese gives guidelines for 'responsible discernment' in Mexican legislative election
May 24, 2021 / 15:01 pmThe Archdiocese of Xalapa offered on Sunday four guidelines for “responsible discernment” when casting a vote in the upcoming legislative election.
Controversial Way of the Cross in Mexico depicts radical feminists beating Christ
Apr 6, 2021 / 14:59 pmA modern day reenactment of the Way of the Cross held Good Friday in southern Mexico drew criticism in local media for its depiction of militant feminists beating Christ, who had fallen to the ground.
The Easter Vigil: ‘the mother of all vigils’
Apr 3, 2021 / 13:37 pmThe Easter Vigil, which takes place Holy Saturday night, “is the greatest and most noble of all solemnities and it is to be unique in every single Church,” the rubrics of the Missale Romanum proclaim.
Why the date of Holy Week changes every year
Mar 31, 2021 / 00:02 amEvery year the dates of Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday vary.
Peruvian bishops ask for loosening of church restrictions
Mar 21, 2021 / 16:39 pmThe Peruvian Bishops’ Conference has asked President Francisco Sagasti to correct “excessive limitations” on church attendance put in place by the Ministry of Health to deal with the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
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Colombian bishop responds to cathedral vandalism
Mar 11, 2021 / 18:13 pmA Colombian archbishop condemned an attack against a local cathedral March 8 by a group of radical pro-abortion feminists.
Teresita: The Spanish 10-year-old who became a missionary
Mar 9, 2021 / 20:54 pmA 10-year-old girl in Spain fulfilled her childhood dream of becoming a Catholic missionary from her hospital bed shortly before dying from a brain tumor this week.
Lawmakers in Mexican state defeat bill to expand legalization of abortion
Dec 17, 2019 / 16:35 pmLast week, the Hidalgo state legislature in Mexico defeated a bill that would have legalized abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy.
Croatia's World Cup soccer coach clings to the rosary as he finds success
Jul 11, 2018 / 13:34 pmCroatia's soccer team will play Argentina in the semifinals of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, after running victoriously through a string of soccer powerhouses in the tournament.