Americas News
Across Colombia, half a million march for life after court decriminalizes abortion
Across Colombia, around half a million people marched on Sunday to defend the lives of the unborn, rejecting the recent... Read more
El Salvador ex-president and others face charges for 1989 murders of Jesuits
Former El Salvador president Alfredo Cristiani and a dozen others, including former military officers, now face charges related to the... Read more
What do abortion laws look like in Latin America? Here's a country-by-country map
After Colombia’s Constitutional Court ruled 5-4 last week to decriminalize abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy, abortion advocates hailed... Read more
Polish bishops 'strongly' condemn Russian invasion of Ukraine
The Polish Bishops' Conference is responding to Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Conference president and Archbishop Stanislaw Gądecki of Poznan, conference... Read more
Colombian president, bishops condemn court's decriminalization of abortion
The president of Colombia, Iván Duque, rejected Tuesday the Constitutional Court’s decision to depenalize abortion up to 24 weeks of... Read more
Bishop Zanchetta pleads not guilty at civil trial for sex abuse in Argentina
Bishop Gustavo Oscar Zanchetta, the Bishop Emeritus of Orán, denied Monday all charges of alleged sexual abuse of two former... Read more
Colombia's Constitutional Court decriminalizes abortion up to six months
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has ruled 5-4 to decriminalize abortion up to six months, or 24 weeks of pregnancy. Read more
City councilman in Brazil who led protest interrupting Mass asks for leave of absence
Renato Freitas, a city councilman for Curitiba who led a protest interrupting Mass at Our Lady of the Rosary church... Read more
'Rain' of birds in Mexico not an apocalyptic sign, priest notes
A recent video of a flock of blackbirds suddenly plummeting to the ground in Mexico should not be in any... Read more
Mexican diocese laments murders, attempts to silence, journalists
Father Martín Lara Becerril, spokesman for the Diocese of Querétaro, lamented the murder of journalists in Mexico and the attempts... Read more
Mexican bishop: Apparent Eucharistic miracle of Tixtla has yet to be approved by Rome
The case of the alleged Eucharistic miracle of Tixtla in Mexico has not yet been concluded and the decision of... Read more
Mexican bishop denounces rampant corruption in the country
Bishop Ramón Castro Castro of Cuernavaca denounced Sunday the "rampant corruption" that Mexico is experiencing. Read more
Pro-life bell forged in Poland and blessed by Pope Francis resounds in Ecuador
The bell is one of three known as the ‘Voice of the Unborn.’ Read more
Thieves rob Franciscan church, desecrate tabernacle in Chile
Unidentified persons broke into the Franciscan Recollects church in Santiago, Chile, Feb. 9 and forced open the tabernacle, scattering the... Read more
This Colombian bishop in a drug trafficking zone receives death threats
Since 2017 Bishop Rubén Darío Jaramillo Montoya has led the Diocese of Buenaventura, centered on one of Colombia’s main seaports.... Read more
Quebec bishops lament government's COVID vaccine passport for Mass attendance
The Catholic bishops of Quebec, while registering their opposition to the province's imposition of COVID-19 vaccine passports as a requirement... Read more
Resignation of Argentine bishop accepted after controversy over seminary closure
Pope Francis accepted Saturday the resignation of the Bishop Eduardo María Taussig of San Rafael. Read more
Canadian Indigenous leaders to meet with Pope Francis in March
Pope Francis will meet with a delegation from Canada the last week of March, the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops,... Read more
Mexican bishops pray for 13 pilgrims killed in road accident
The Mexican Bishops Conference expressed its solidarity and offered prayers for the relatives of the 13 pilgrims who died Jan.... Read more
Religious, pro-life groups make proposals for Chilean constitutional convention
Chile's Constitutional Convention has created a digital platform for citizens to make proposals for issues they consider must be debated... Read more
