Americas News
Faith is rational act, not a feeling, priest tells Peruvian youth
Renowned astrophysicist and long-time collaborator of the Vatican Observatory, Jesuit Father Manuel Carreira, told a group of Peruvian young people... Read more
14 year-old Mexican martyr to be beatified Sunday
Cardinal Juan Sandoval Iñiguez of Guadalajara, Mexico, announced this week the beatification on Sunday, November 20, of Jose Luis Sanchez... Read more
Crisis pregnancy center opened in Bolivia
The Apostolic Nuncio to Bolivia, Archbishop Ivo Scapolo, inaugurated a new crisis pregnancy center in La Paz, Bolivia on October... Read more
Bishop confirms Church in Colombia mediating in negotiations with rebels
Bishop Orlando Antonio Corrales of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, revealed this week that the Church in Colombia is discreetly and... Read more
Priests should not be political activist, says new archbishop of Caracas
Speaking to reporters this week after meeting with President Hugo Chavez, the new Archbishop of Caracas, Venezuela, Jorge Urosa Sabino,... Read more
Argentine diocese calls for concrete results from Summit of the Americas in benefit of the poor
The Office of Social Ministries of the Diocese of Mar del Plata is calling on the heads of state that... Read more
Social change achieved through properly-formed consciences, says Argentine bishop
Bishop Jorge Casaretto of San Isidro, Argentina, said this week that authentic change in society is not possible without a... Read more
Recitation of Rosary answer to need for contemplation
As the month of the Rosary draws to a close, Bishop Demetrio Fernandez of Tarazona, Argentina, said recitation of the... Read more
12 year-old girl writes paper on sex-ed for teens
“I would like to know how they fool people” begins a paper by 12 year-old Mercedes Eugenia Cardinali in which... Read more
Bishops demands investigations into murder of priest in Tijuana
Bishop Rafael Romo Muñoz of Tijuana, Mexico, said Wednesday he is not afraid of the results of an investigation into... Read more
Priest killed in Mexico
Police in Tijuana, Mexico, announced this week that a 51 year-old priest has been killed in the border town in... Read more
International youth conference to be held in Mexico City
The World Youth Alliance-Latin America will be organizing the International Congress of the Latin American Youth Alliance on October 29... Read more
Church does not endorse “any political party,” says Nuncio in Venezuela
The Apostolic Nuncio in Venezuela, Archbishop Giacinto Berlocco, said this week the Church does not endorse political parties and that... Read more
Mexican cardinal calls on Catholics to be aware of candidates’ positions
The Archbishop of Mexico City, Cardinal Norberto Rivera, said this week he was pleased that the media in the country... Read more
Cardinal Errazuriz rejects government condom campaign
The Archbishop of Santiago, Chile, Cardinal Francisco Javier Errazuriz, expressed his rejection this week of a government-sponsored campaign to promote... Read more
Family institute in Colombia refutes statistics on abortion
During a public audience at the Colombian Senate last week, the Institute on Family Policy of Colombia said the high... Read more
Statistics on abortion in Colombia exaggerated
In an opinion piece for the newspaper El Tiempo in Colombia, that country’s former Vice Minister of Justice, Rafael Nieto... Read more
Canonization of popular Chilean priest celebrated by youth pilgrimage.
On October 29 thousands of young people in Chile are expected to participate in a 16-mile pilgrimage to celebrate the... Read more
Mexican bishop calls on faithful to tithe
Bishop Rafael Romo Muñoz of Tijuana, Mexico, called on the faithful this week to actively participate in the diocesan tithing... Read more
Bishop prays to Lord of the Miracles for Peru to rediscover its Christian roots
During the annual veneration of a statue of the Crucified Christ, known as the Lord of the Miracles, the most... Read more
