Americas News
Venezuelan bishops call participation in referendum “inescapable duty”
Wrapping up their general assembly, which took place July 7-12, the bishops of Venezuela issued a document calling participation in... Read more
Human rights leader denounces rigidity of Cuban government
In a press release issued on Monday in Havana, Cuban dissident and leader of the Cuban Committee for Human Rights... Read more
Murder of priest will not stop the work of the Church on the Mexican border, says bishop
Bishop Renato Ascencio León of Juarez, Mexico, together with the clergy of his diocese, has published a statement lamenting the... Read more
Peruvian bishops challenge Health Minister to public debate on “morning after pill”
In a strongly worded statement, the president of the Bishops Conference of Peru, Bishop Hugo Garaycoa Hawkins, is challenging Health... Read more
Bishops in Colombia say country needs to overcome divorce between faith and daily life
As they wrapped up their General Assembly, the Bishops of Colombia issued a message calling attention to the moral and... Read more
Homosexual activists influence sex-ed content in public schools of Buenos Aires
The news agency Notivida is denouncing a controversial sex-ed curriculum written by the extremist Gay and Lesbian Society for Integration... Read more
Vaclav Havel says Cuban “Varela Project” proves Castro “is a fraud”
The former president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Havel, has sent a letter to the promoters of the Varela Project—which... Read more
Debate over nomination of pro-abortion justice causes Argentinean government to take pro-life stand
As tension mounts concerning the possible nomination of Carmen Argibay, an open pro-abortion justice, to the Argentinean Supreme Court, President... Read more
Special rosary prayed for release of Cuban political prisoners
Representatives of various opposition movements gathered together in Old Havana this weekend to pray a special rosary for the release... Read more
Federal court prohibits distribution of “morning after pill” in Chile
A federal judge in Santiago has issued a ruling prohibiting the sale and the marketing of the morning after pill,... Read more
Latin American delegates propose abortion for adolescents at population summit in Puerto Rico
A resolution co-sponsored by most Latin American countries, with the exception of Costa Rica and Nicaragua, who joined the U.S.... Read more
Cardinal Medina denounces growing moral crisis in Chile
Cardinal Jorge Medina, ex-prefect of the Congregation for the Discipline of the Sacraments, lamented this week that his country is... Read more
Havana Archdiocese calls on Castro to ease up on dissidents
In an article published in its official newspaper, Palabra Nueva, the Archdiocese of Havana has called on the government of... Read more
Bishops committee reiterates energetic protest against morning after pill in Peru
The Committee on the Family of the Peruvian Bishops Conference has published an energetic statement denouncing determination of the Minister... Read more
Cardinal Rivera calls for laws based on ethics and respect for human person
During the Mass celebrated on the feast of St. Thomas Moore, patron of politicians, Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico... Read more
Beatification for Brazil’s “martyr of morality” moving forward
The Holy See gave the green light this week to open the cause for canonization of Francisco Expedito Lopes, Bishop... Read more
Archbishop slams Venezuelan government plan to revamp religious laws
Archbishop Baltazar Porras of Merida and President of the Bishops Conference of Venezuela told reporters this week the aim a... Read more
Envoy expresses support of Pope to flood victims in Dominican Republic
Archbishop Paul Josef Cordes, President of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum and special envoy of Pope John Paul II to... Read more
AP report recognizes heroic work of priests who risk their lives for peace in Colombia
A story by Associated Press reporter Kim Housego is revealing the danger that hundreds of priests in Colombia face on... Read more
New Latin American document recognizes ‘sexual rights’, U.S. concerned
A document that appears to support abortion was accepted at a Latin American regional meeting in Mexico City last week,... Read more
