Americas News

Poster for the Ecumenical Fraternity Campaign for Lent 2021. Credit: National Conference of Bishops of Brazil.

Brazil's military archbishop distances himself from Lenten campaign over gender ideology

Feb 17, 2021

The head of Brazil’s military ordinariate has told the nation’s bishops’ conference he will not use material from this year’s... Read more

Poster for the Ecumenical Fraternity Campaign for Lent 2021. Credit: National Conference of Bishops of Brazil.

Brazilian bishops discuss controversial text of ecumenical Lenten campaign

Feb 17, 2021

The National Conference of Bishops of Brazil has issued a statement to confront a wave of complaints over the inclusion... Read more

Posters describing Eucharistic miracles are displayed in pews at St. Edmund’s Church.

In time of virtual worship, miracles of Eucharist point to Real Presence

A North Vancouver church might be livestreaming Masses daily, but its pastor is ensuring his flock does not forget the... Read more

Transgender symbol.

Argentine bishop says attempted transsexual marriage in church was unauthorized

Feb 9, 2021

The Diocese of Río Gallegos reported Feb. 8 that it did not authorize an attempted marriage between a man and... Read more

Sister Gloria Cecilia Narváez

Bishops pray for Colombian nun kidnapped four years ago

Feb 8, 2021

By CNA Staff

The president of the Department of Missions at the Colombian Bishops’ Conference marked the fourth anniversary of the kidnapping of... Read more

Alejandro Prosdocimi, of the Argentine daily Clarin, converses with Pope Francis about the book "With Francis by my Side", of Scholas Occurrentes. Credit: Vatican Media.

Does a pontifical foundation use Pope Francis to spread gender ideology?

Feb 5, 2021

The Scholas Occurrentes Pontifical Foundation, which states that its goal is to create a new vision for the education of... Read more

Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga at a press conference May 12, 2015.

Honduran Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga tests positive for COVID-19

Feb 5, 2021

The Archdiocese of Tegucigalpa said on Thursday that Cardinal Óscar Rodríguez Maradiaga has tested positive for COVID-19 and is “stable and recovering” at a... Read more

Cardinal Leopoldo José Brenes Solorzano of Managua speaks with ACI Prensa in Rome, June 2018.

Nicaraguan cardinal commemorates attack on Managua cathedral

Feb 3, 2021

The Archbishop of Managua, Cardinal Leopoldo Brenes, celebrated Mass Jan. 31 to commemorate six months since the attack that destroyed... Read more

Fr. Robinson de Castro Cunha examines a bullet that landed at his feet during Mass January 31.

Stray bullet falls at feet of priest celebrating Mass in Brazil

Feb 2, 2021

By CNA Staff

A stray bullet pierced the roof of a church in Brazil this weekend as a Catholic priest was celebrating Mass.... Read more

St. Catherine of Siena Monastery in Mexico City.

Mexican nuns in need of help after Covid hits community

Jan 30, 2021

The Dominican Nuns of the St. Catherine of Siena Monastery in Mexico City sent an urgent request for "fervent prayers"... Read more

Brazil’s bishops document increasing ill-treatment in prisons during pandemic

Jan 27, 2021

By CNA Staff

The Catholic bishops of Brazil are decrying worsening conditions and alleged torture in the country’s prisons during the pandemic, as... Read more

Credit: sockagphoto/Shutterstock.

Canadian student journalist fired for Catholic views charges discrimination

Jan 26, 2021

A Catholic student who said his university’s newspaper wrongly fired him for his critical views of homosexuality and transgenderism has... Read more

Norberto Cardinal Rivera Carrera, Archbishop Emeritus of Mexico. Credit: SIAME.

Mexico archdiocese denies claim it has abandoned ill former archbishop

Jan 22, 2021

Carlos Cardinal Aguiar Retes of Mexico denied this week that his archdiocese has incurred “material and spiritual abandonment” of his... Read more

Stock photo. Via Shutterstock.

As assisted suicide continues to rise in Ontario, pro-lifers call for government action

Jan 22, 2021

As cases of assisted suicide continue to increase annually in Ontario, pro-life advocates have called on the government to implement... Read more

Catholic leaders in Brazil ask for more oxygen tanks due to decreasing supplies

Jan 19, 2021

As the second wave of coronavirus has severely impacted people in the Amazon, Brazilian bishops have asked for donations of... Read more

British Columbia hospice to be evicted over euthanasia opposition 

Jan 15, 2021

A hospice in Delta, British Columbia is laying off all staff next month as they will be evicted from their... Read more

the Conceptionist Nuns from the Immaculate Conception Monastery of Campo Maior. Credit: Archdiocese of

COVID-19 outbreak at Portuguese nursing home run by religious sisters

Jan 14, 2021

A convent of Conceptionist Sisters in the Archdiocese of Évora, Portugal is experiencing a major COVID-19 outbreak, and the local... Read more

Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa.

Canada’s Supreme Court says archdiocese is responsible for orphanage abuse

Jan 14, 2021

Canada’s highest court has ruled that the Archdiocese of St. John’s in Newfoundland and Labrador will be responsible for Mount... Read more

Seminarians of the San Rafael, Argentina, seminary.

Catholic women launch campaign spiritually to adopt seminarians as Argentine seminary closes

Jan 12, 2021

A group of Catholic women in the Diocese of San Rafael have launched a campaign to adopt the seminarians affected... Read more

Bishop Adriano Piedrahita Sandoval of Santa Marta. Credit: Bishops' Conference of Colombia.

Colombian bishop, 74, dies from COVID-19 complications

Jan 12, 2021

The Colombian diocese of Santa Marta announced on Tuesday that Bishop Luis Adriano Piedrahita Sandoval, 74, died January 11 of... Read more