Walter Sánchez Silva
Walter Sánchez Silva is a senior writer for ACI Prensa (https://www.aciprensa.com). With more than 15 years of experience, he has reported from important ecclesial events in Europe, Asia and Latin America during the pontificates of Benedict XVI and Pope Francis. E-mail: walter@aciprensa.com
Articles by Walter Sánchez Silva
Bishops mourn deaths of two police officers killed in terrorist attack at Colombia airport
Dec 15, 2021 / 15:34 pmBishop Víctor Manuel Ochoa Cadavid of the Military Ordinariate of Colombia expressed his sorrow and solidarity following the Dec. 14 terrorist attack that took the lives of two police officers at the Camilo Daza airport in the city of Cúcuta, located on the border with Venezuela.
Costa Rican diocese orders canonical closure of Benedictine monastery
Nov 10, 2021 / 10:24 amThe Diocese of Cartago has ordered the canonical closure of the San José Benedictine Monastery, a diocesan foundation that had functioned ad experimentum for some years.
Pope Francis meets with Sodalitium Christianae Vitae superior general
Nov 4, 2021 / 14:45 pmPope Francis received in a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 30 José David Correa González, superior general of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, an institute of consecrated life that is reforming its constitution under the guidance of Vatican authorities.
Church asks people to vote their conscience in Nicaraguan general election
Oct 25, 2021 / 11:11 amThe Nicaraguan bishops’ conference called Thursday on citizens to act freely and to vote according to their conscience as the country prepares for a general election next month.
Nun released nearly five years after kidnapping in Mali thanks God
Oct 19, 2021 / 16:39 pmSister Gloria Cecilia Narváez Argoti, a missionary who was abducted in Mali in February 2017 and held for nearly five years, posted Sunday on Twitter thanking God and all those who made possible her liberation.
Colombian bishop implores ill woman to not be euthanized
Oct 7, 2021 / 18:01 pmThe head of the Colombian bishops’ Commission for the Promotion and Defense of Life on Wednesday addressed a video message to Martha Liria Sepúlveda Campo, a 51-year-old woman who is sick but not terminally so, urging her to desist from her decision to be euthanized.
100 clerics will make bicycle pilgrimage to honor Our Lady in Mexico
Oct 6, 2021 / 14:29 pmA bicycle pilgrimage to the Basilica of Our Lady of Zapopan will be made this week by 100 clerics, the Archdiocese of Guadalajara’s sports ministry has announced.
Mexican Supreme Court invalidates medical conscientious objection law
Sep 21, 2021 / 11:25 amMexico's Supreme Court on Monday invalidated an article of the General Health Law that broadly provided for medical personnel's conscientious objection to participating in treatments, such as abortion.
Argentine archbishop warns president: 'There is little time left' to avoid debacle
Sep 18, 2021 / 06:01 amArchbishop Víctor Manuel Fernández of La Plata warned Argentine president Alberto Fernández Thursday that his priorities, such as abortion, marijuana, euthanasia, and non-binary language, don’t respond to the "profound anguish" of the people.
Salvadoran president urged to oppose proposed pro-abortion constitutional changes
Sep 15, 2021 / 18:01 pmSeventy-five pro-life and pro-family organizations on Monday asked the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, to oppose the changes to the constitution promoted by his vice president, Félix Ulloa, which would open the doors to abortion, euthanasia, and gender ideology, and would threaten religious freedom.
Buenos Aires cathedral tagged with anti-Catholic graffiti
Aug 30, 2021 / 15:10 pmVandals attacked the Buenos Aires cathedral in Argentina last Friday, spray painting the walls with various slogans against the Church, Catholic priests and the Bible.
Colombian Supreme Court rules minors can marry or cohabit with an adult without parental consent
Aug 26, 2021 / 15:19 pmThe Supreme Court of Colombia ruled last week that minors between 14 and older can choose, without parental consent, legally to marry or cohabit with an adult if they have the “responsible intention” to form a family.
Retired archbishop calls Pope Francis' Traditional Latin Mass restrictions 'a regrettable step backwards'
Aug 26, 2021 / 10:45 amArchbishop Héctor Rubén Aguer, the Archbishop Emeritus of La Plata, has said that the restrictions on the Traditional Latin Mass in Traditionis custodes “involve a regrettable step backwards.”
Prayers asked for nun kidnapped in Mali in 2017
Aug 11, 2021 / 14:23 pmAn initiative that works to highlight persecution of Christians released Friday a video seeking prayers for Sister Gloria Cecilia Nárvaez Argoti, a missionary who was abducted in Mali in February 2017.
Fr Cesáreo Gabaráin, deceased hymn composer, credibly accused of abuse
Aug 9, 2021 / 19:39 pmThe Marist Congregation in Spain has confirmed it has received credible accusations of the abuse of minors against Fr. Cesáreo Gabaráin, a composer who died in 1991.
Argentine diocese apologizes for prayer to Pachamama
Aug 5, 2021 / 17:49 pmThe Diocese of Venado Tuerto’s Caritas branch apologized Tuesday for having posted on its social media a prayer to Pachamama, an Andean deity.
Ecuadorian priest awarded by city for feeding hundreds of the needy daily
Jul 28, 2021 / 18:19 pmThe Mayor's Office of Guayaquil on Sunday awarded Fr. Wilson Malavé Parrales, director of the Lord of Good Hope Soup Kitchen for the Brother in Need, with the Urban Heroes Medal of Merit.
Archbishop calls for unity at Peruvian bicentennial
Jul 28, 2021 / 16:01 pmThe Archbishop of Piura on Tuesday encouraged working for unity in Peru and reminded the faithful that neither hatred nor violence are the way to the future, as the nation celebrates its bicentennial.
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Colombian bishops: Euthanasia is a danger for the frailest and most vulnerable
Jul 28, 2021 / 11:00 amThe Colombian Bishops’ Conference decried the July 22 ruling of the Constitutional Court that expanded access to euthanasia to non-terminally ill patients. It said this practice not only offends the dignity of persons but is a "serious danger to the frailest and most vulnerable in our society.”
Venezuelan president rejects Vatican letter calling for dialogue
Jul 23, 2021 / 17:01 pmNicolás Maduro, the president of Venezuela, called "garbage," "poison," full of "hatred" and "cynicism" a letter that the Vatican Secretary of State sent to a Venezuelan business leader encouraging dialogue to overcome the crisis in the country.