David Ramos
Graduated in Communication Sciences from the Universidad Privada del Norte in Trujillo, Peru. I have been part of the ACI Prensa team for more than 10 years. I have covered Pope Francis' trips to Ecuador, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, and Peru. I covered the beatification ceremony of today's Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero in San Salvador, El Salvador, in 2015. Special envoy for investigation in Honduras in 2016. Head of the ACI Prensa Office in Mexico since 2018.
Articles by David Ramos
BREAKING: Police force their way into chancery and abduct bishop in Nicaragua
Aug 19, 2022 / 09:20 amNicaraguan police forced their way into the residence of Bishop Rolando Álvarez Friday morning and abducted the prelate, an outspoken critic of the regime of President Daniel Ortega, who had been held there under house arrest for the last two weeks.
Historian: Church did not give ‘carte blanche’ for mistreatment of indigenous in Americas
Aug 10, 2022 / 06:00 amHistorian and professor Íñigo Fernández pointed out that shortly after the discovery of America, “the Church in fact began to set limits.”
Is Latin more effective in driving out demons? An exorcist responds
Aug 10, 2022 / 04:00 amFather Francisco Torres Ruiz of the Diocese of Plasencia, Spain, said many wonder if an exorcism ritual from 1614 is better than one promulgated by St. John Paul II in 2000.
Mexican bishops offer prayers for trapped miners
Aug 5, 2022 / 13:48 pmTen miners remain trapped in a coal mine in Sabinas, Coahuila state, after a breach during an excavation caused flooding.
Guadalajara archbishop: ‘Thorough investigation’ of alleged eucharistic miracle needed
Aug 2, 2022 / 15:00 pmCardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega recently spoke out about an alleged eucharistic miracle posted on social media.
Priest in Mexico shot and wounded
Jul 29, 2022 / 15:12 pmThe priest, shot in the cheek while driving, is reported to be out of danger.
A new eucharistic miracle in Mexico?
Jul 27, 2022 / 14:25 pmA video circulating on social media shows what appears to be a eucharistic miracle — a consecrated Host exposed for adoration by the faithful seems to “beat” like a heart.
Mexican parish to remember victims of violence with 130,000 candles
Jul 26, 2022 / 16:58 pmThe candles will be lit the night of July 30 as part of the Day of Prayer for Peace called by the Mexican Bishops’ Conference.
Mexico’s faithful encouraged to bring photos of victims of violence to churches July 24
Jul 19, 2022 / 14:40 pmReligious leaders have asked that July be a time of prayer for peace in Mexico.
Report: 1 cardinal and 57 priests killed in the last 30 years in Mexico
Jul 8, 2022 / 15:36 pmThe document comes as the faithful in Mexico prepare to observe a Day of Prayer for Peace in Mexico on July 10.
Church leaders in Mexico call for days of prayer for peace amid increasing violence
Jul 5, 2022 / 17:19 pm“There is a wound to heal and there is the strength that the country needs today to build peace,” the bishops, religious superiors, and Jesuit priests said in a joint statement.
Will Mexico have to wait a half-century for legal abortion to be overturned?
Jul 5, 2022 / 12:19 pmRulings that legitimize abortion by the higher courts in Mexico continue to present significant challenges for the pro-life cause in that country.
Guatemalan president demands commission desist from abortion activism
Jun 30, 2022 / 19:00 pmFor President Alejandro Giammattei, the report of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights shows a “methodological error that makes evident an agenda in favor of abortion that exceeds its powers.”
Bishop walks on his knees to bid farewell to Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos in Mexico
Jun 30, 2022 / 18:40 pmBishop Jorge Alberto Cavazos Arizpe headed the diocese of San Juan de los Lagos for six years and was recently appointed Archbishop of San Luis Potosí.
Mexican bishops: The country is spattered in the blood of the dead and disappeared
Jun 26, 2022 / 15:26 pm"Our Mexico is being spattered in the blood of so many dead and disappeared," the Catholic Church in the country decried, remembering the thousands of victims of organized crime in the country, especially the two recently murdered Jesuit priests.
Cardinal criticizes Mexican president's anti-crime policy
Jun 23, 2022 / 16:19 pmThe "hugs not bullets" policy of the president is ineffective, says Guadalajara archbishop Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega.
Texas school shooting: Friend recalls faith of slain teacher and her heartbroken husband
Jun 16, 2022 / 16:25 pmIrma and José Gómez were "always willing to help others."
Texas school shooting: Answer to cause of massacre lies in the culture of death, archbishop says
Jun 8, 2022 / 16:00 pmThe archbishop also lamented that the authorities "don’t want to commit to taking more effective and more radical responses.”
Nicaraguan bishop charges police, government persecution
May 20, 2022 / 17:25 pmBishop Rolando José Álvarez Lagos of Matagalpa has charged that the police of President Daniel Ortega’s government harassed him by following him all day and into the night, and announced he will fast indefinitely “on water and whey” until the harassment ends.
Priest killed near US-Mexico border
May 19, 2022 / 15:14 pmThe body of Father José Guadalupe Rivas Saldaña, 57, has been found with signs of violence on the outskirts of Tecate, a city located on the border with the United States in the Mexican state of Baja California. There are no suspects in the killing.