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
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.
Bishops urge the faithful to maintain hope amid Colombia protests
Jul 19, 2021 / 15:49 pmThe Colombian bishops have urged the faithful to listen to the voice of Christ and not to let the current crisis the country is going through rob them of hope.
Anarchy and chaos must never again be the protagonists in Colombia, bishops urge
Jun 28, 2021 / 14:30 pmThe bishops of the Pacific and the southwestern regions of Colombia spoke out about the current situation in the country last week, encouraging reconciliation, justice, responsible initiatives and the rejection of any type of violence.
Church in Venezuela can facilitate talks between government and opposition, says cardinal
Jun 24, 2021 / 16:02 pmCardinal Baltazar Porras, archbishop of Mérida and apostolic administrator of Caracas, said that the Church in Venezuela can help facilitate talks between the government of President Nicolás Maduro and the opposition, led by national assemblyman Juan Guaidó, to overcome the serious crisis currently affecting the country.
LGBT activist dances and strips in atrium of Catholic cathedral
Jun 24, 2021 / 15:01 pmAn LGBT activist danced and stripped to scanty underwear in the atrium in front of the cathedral in the town of San Gil, Colombia this week.
Baja California legislature inserts same-sex marriage into state constitution
Jun 19, 2021 / 06:00 amThe Baja California legislature amended the state constitution Wednesday to include same-sex marriage, which pro-life activists have called a "grave attack against Baja California families."
Mexican bishops ask that election results be respected
Jun 8, 2021 / 15:01 pmThe Mexican bishops’ conference on Monday asked the political forces in the country to respect the results of Sunday’s elections and encouraged the resumption of dialogue to find a common path “beyond partisan differences."
The clear response of a priest to Fr. James Martin for supporting 'gay pride'
Jun 4, 2021 / 13:20 pmFr. Nelson Medina, a Dominican priest from Colombia, responded to the June 2 Instagram video posted by Fr. James Martin in which he maintained that a Catholic can celebrate gay pride month in June.
Amid Colombia protests, archbishop urges overcoming visceral hatred with the love of God
Jun 1, 2021 / 18:01 pmThe Archbishop of Bogotá, Luis José Rueda Aparicio, has encouraged Colombians to overcome their fratricidal "visceral hatred" with the authentic love that comes from the Triune God.
Peruvian bishops condemn mass killing by the Shining Path
May 25, 2021 / 17:01 pmThe president of the Peruvian bishops’ conference has condemned Sunday’s killing of 16 persons by the Shining Path, a communist rebel group.
Blessing same-sex couples a diabolical and sacrilegious act, priest affirms
May 11, 2021 / 14:19 pmFr. Hugo Valdemar, canon penitentiary of the Archdiocese of Mexico, said that the blessing that priests and pastoral workers gave May 10 to homosexual couples in Germany "is a truly sacrilegious act" and a "diabolical act of pride and immorality."