Americas News
'House of Waiting' for pregnant Peruvian women seeks to remodel
Inside the cracking adobe walls of a small building in Haquira, Peru, an on-duty nurse and staff are busy providing... Read more
Relic of Saint John Paul II makes pilgrimage to Cuba
Seventeen years after the historic visit of Saint John Paul II to Cuba, the Polish pope is returning to the... Read more
More than 100,000 ask Mexican Supreme Court to affirm right to life
More than 120,000 people have signed a petition asking the Mexican Supreme Judicial Court of the Nation to reaffirm that... Read more
Church in Cuba enters new era with thaw of US diplomatic relations
As the fifty year economic embargo and diplomatic isolation between the U.S. and Cuba comes to a close, the thaw... Read more
Archbishop Chomali: Pope Francis was confident in appointing Chilean bishop
Both the Archbishop of Concepcion and the apostolic nuncio to Chile have maintained that Pope Francis understood all the facts... Read more
Peruvian march for life draws half a million
More than half a million Peruvians participated in the historic March for Life 2015, held March 21 in Lima, rejecting... Read more
Protestors disrupt bishop's installation in Chile: 5 keys to understanding the controversy
A group of protesters attempted to stop the installation of Bishop Juan Barros Madrid as the new bishop of Osorno... Read more
Canada Supreme Court: Catholic schools have right to teach Church views
Canada’s Supreme Court has unanimously ruled that Catholic schools in Quebec must be allowed to teach from a Catholic viewpoint... Read more
Automatic excommunication for bishop over illicit ordination
After having his previous excommunication lifted in 2009, Bishop Richard Williamson has again incurred the canonical penalty upon illicitly ordaining... Read more
Euthanasia supporters in Chile accused of exploiting sick teen
Proponents of a euthanasia bill in Chile are exploiting a sick young girl for political purposes, the girl’s father has... Read more
Seven challenges for the Mexican Church and the family
On the Day of the Family, celebrated in Mexico March 1, Cardinal Norberto Rivera laid out seven challenges the Church... Read more
Paraguay archbishop to UN: stop pushing abortion, gay marriage
Archbishop Edmundo Valenzeula of Asuncion, Paraguay is demanding that U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon – who is visiting the... Read more
Three year-old Brazilian boy with cancer 'celebrates Mass,' wants to be Pope
Rafael Freitas is a three-year-old boy in Brazil who loves to pretend to celebrate Mass. He says he wants to... Read more
Killed by terrorists, named a martyr: the life of Fr. Alessandro Dordi
On Feb. 3, Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of Father Alessandro Dordi, an Italian priest whose work of evangelization with... Read more
Who are the two Polish priests martyred in Peru?
Two Polish priest killed by a Communist group in Peru were among those recognized as martyrs by Pope Francis on... Read more
Panama's first cardinal: I'm astonished at my appointment
Among the new cardinals Pope Francis will create in the February consistory is Bishop Jose Luis Lacunza Maestrojuan of the... Read more
Venezuelan bishops condemn imposition of socialism
The Venezuelan bishops conference issued a pastoral exhortation on Monday calling on authorities and citizens alike to an ethical and... Read more
Availability and obedience: the intentions of Uruguay's new cardinal
Archbishop Daniel Sturla Berhouet of Montevideo, one of the 20 men to be made a cardinal at next month's consistory,... Read more
Haiti's hope is in its people five years after quake
Five years ago today, a 7.0 magnitude earthquake decimated St. Francois de Sales Hospital in the heart of Port-au-Prince. ... Read more
Chilean legislators vote to strip priest of honorary nationality
The House of Representatives in Chile has passed a resolution stripping Father John O'Reilly, of the Legion of Christ of... Read more
