Americas News
Church must ensure participation of laity in evangelization, says Cardinal
During a visit to an evangelization center, Cardinal Eusebio Sheid of Rio de Janeiro said it is the task and... Read more
Cubans offer prayers for release of prisoners of conscience
Dozens of Cubans opposed to the Castro government gathered in Havana this week to offer prayers for the release of... Read more
Pro-life conference to address “controversies and challenges” facing Mexican families
Several pro-life groups in Mexico are hosting the IV Life and Family Congress on April 24-25 in Mexico City, on... Read more
Pope longs for peace and reconciliation for Venezuela, says Archbishop Porras
After visiting with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican, Archbishop Baltasar Porras, President of the Venezuelan Bishops Conference, said... Read more
Dominican bishops warn against electoral fraud
The Bishops Conference of the Dominican Republic is warning the countries political parties against voting fraud and dirty politics in... Read more
Chilean bishop: “Do not abort your child, give him to someone who will take care of him”
Bishop Cristian Claro of Puerto Montt, Chile, criticized this week the decision of the Chilean government to distribute the morning... Read more
Guatemalan Cardinal warns of social unrest
Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruño, President of the Guatemalan Bishops Conference, is warning that social unrest could result if a "poltical"... Read more
Colombia to include abortion pills in “family planning” programs
The debate over the morning after pill has reached Colombia where, as in Peru and Chile, anti-life groups—with the support... Read more
Uruguayan Senate postpones vote on abortion until May
After heated debate on Tuesday and Wednesday, the Uruguayan Senate decided to postpone the final vote on a bill that... Read more
Bishop asks FARC to release priest kidnapped a month ago
Bishop Jairo Jaramillo Monsalve of Santa Rosa de Osos, Colombia, is calling on the leaders of FARC (the Armed Revolutionary... Read more
Uruguayan Senate to vote on abortion law Wednesday
The Uruguayan Senate is set to vote on Wednesday on a bill that would legalize abortion for any reason during... Read more
Health Ministry to provide abortion pill to victims of rape in Chile
Despite a Chilean Supreme Court ruling that “the morning after pill” is abortifacient, the country’s Health Ministry announced it will... Read more
Venezuelan bishops to bring Vatican up to speed on their country’s crisis
The Bishops Conference of Venezuela issued a statement yesterday announcing that the body’s president, Archbishop Baltasar Porras, has traveled to... Read more
Cardinal Bergoglio says Catholic Charities not just another NGO
During the inauguration of a new Catholic Charities center in Buenos Aires, Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, Archbishop of the Argentinean capital,... Read more
Church in Colombia calls for release of hostages during Easter season
At the beginning of the Easter Season, Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Saenz, Archbishop of Bogota and President of the Colombian Bishops... Read more
Venezuelan Cardinal denounces “dictatorial tendencies” of Chavez
Cardinal Rosalio Castillo Lara, who worked with Pope John Paul II at the Vatican and is now retired and living... Read more
Judge’s decision to allow homosexual couple to adopt rejected in Chile
The Church and several family groups are reacting against the decision of an Appeals court in Temuco, Chile, to grant... Read more
Church in Colombia repeats call for truce during Holy Week
Cardinal Pedro Rubiano Sáenz, President of the Colombian Bishops Conference, is repeating the Colombian bishops’ call for a truce that... Read more
Church in Venezuela responds to new attacks by President Chavez
Bishop Roberto Luckert Leon of Coro, Venezuela, responded to new attacks by the country’s president Hugo Chavez, emphasizing that the... Read more
Peruvian Bishops demand “truth about morning after bill” not be distorted
The leadership of the Peruvian Bishops Conference issued a statement protesting “the distortion of the truth about the morning after... Read more
