Americas News
Canadian province to fight ruling booting students from Catholic schools
The Saskatchewan government has said it will seek a temporary exemption to block a judge’s ruling that could force up... Read more
What's the state of the Church in Cuba?
Following the Cuban bishops' ad limina meeting with Pope Francis on Thursday, one of the nation's bishops commented that the... Read more
A day in the life of a cardinal
In a radio interview for the Feast of St. Joseph the Worker, a cardinal from Peru discussed the sanctification of... Read more
Mexican bishops: The cry of migrants is the cry of the Church
In the context of their 103rd Full Assembly, the Mexican Bishops Conference released a statement on the suffering on migrants,... Read more
Mexican beauty queen makes 'radical' move to religious life
Esmeralda Solís Gonzáles is a young Mexican woman who was crowned last year as a beauty queen in her native... Read more
Court ruling could yank funds for non-Catholics at Catholic schools in Canada
Non-Catholic students at Catholic schools in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan will not receive taxpayer funding, a judge ruled last... Read more
Mexican pro-lifers demand expulsion of 'abortion ship'
With abortion illegal in Mexico, a ship providing the procedure has landed on the country's coast, drawing outrage from the... Read more
They lost everything in Peru's floods. Now they're asking for Bibles.
Archbishop José Antonio Eguren of Piura and Tumbes, Peru visited the inhabitants of one of the areas most affected by... Read more
Argentine priest in railway accident attributes life to Eucharist
On Holy Thursday Father Alejandro Béjar, a priest of the Archdiocese of Mendoza, narrowly escaped being killed by a train.... Read more
A bleeding host in Argentina? Bishop investigates alleged Eucharistic miracle
A bishop in the Argentine province in Santa Fe is investigating a Eucharistic host that appeared to bleed during adoration... Read more
Venezuelan religious call for autonomy among branches of government
A group of religious men and women in Venezuela have expressed their concern over the country's political crisis and the... Read more
Bishops of Paraguay call for peace after riots, fire at Congress building
The Bishops of Paraguay made an urgent appeal for peace after hundreds of demonstrators set fire to the National Congress... Read more
Venezuela cardinal says supreme court revisions don't go far enough
Shortly after Venezuela's supreme court revised its decision effectively stripping the legislature of its powers this weekend, one of the... Read more
Bishop asks for aid after chaos of Colombia landslide
The bishop of the Colombian city scourged by landslides on Saturday has decribed a “complex and chaotic situation”, and appealed... Read more
Kidnapped priest in Mexico liberated
A priest in Mexico's state of Tamaulipas who had been abducted earlier this week was freed on Thursday after media... Read more
This Mexican bishop met with gang leaders to protect threatened priests
A bishop in Mexico's Guerrero state, which suffers the most from drug- and gang-related violence, recently met with gang leaders... Read more
Indigenous priest murdered in Mexico
Fr. Felipe Altamirano Carrillo, an indigenous priest who served in the Mexico's western state of Nayarit, was murdered Sunday while... Read more
Building the border wall is treasonous, Mexico City archdiocese declares
The Archdiocese of Mexico said in a Sunday editorial that Mexican businessmen who would participate in the construction of a... Read more
Peru's March for Life transforms into aid for flood victims
The March for Life in Lima, Peru on Saturday was transformed into a Solidarity March, with volunteers gathering several tons... Read more
Catholics are bringing health care to one of the world's poorest countries
Catholics are banding together to bring life-saving health care to rural areas in one of the poorest countries in the... Read more
