Controversies

The young pro-life leader Talís Romero launched a campaign in support of a bill that is currently being debated in Puerto Rico and that seeks to defend the unborn against the threat of abortion. Romero, from the “Rescando laIdentidad” initiative and from the “Provida Puerto Rico” group, urged the defenders […]

Every May 2 we remember Saint Athanasius of Alexandria, Doctor of the Church, bishop of the s. III, defender of the Trinity and the Incarnation of the Word. Athanasius was bishop of Alexandria, the city where he was born and grew up. He was one of the most important figures […]

This May 1, the third Sunday of Easter, the Catholic Church also celebrates the feast of San José Obrero, which coincides with the commemoration of Labor Day or Worker’s Day. Below, we share a prayer to Saint Joseph mentioned in the Apostolic Letter Patris corde of Pope Francis. Prayer to […]

Today begins May, a time dedicated by the Catholic Church to the Virgin Mary. But when exactly did the tradition of this Marian month begin? Sister Vittorina Marini, professor of Mariology in Rome and member of the Congregation Sisters of the Blessed Mother of Sorrows, explained to ACI Prensa that […]

Julie Slama, 25, a Catholic and the youngest woman to serve in the Nebraska (United States) Senate for 10 years, went viral on the Internet in early April when she emphatically defended the Protection of Human Life Act (LB 933). “As the only young woman under the age of 35 […]

Cáritas from the Diocese of Carora, in the north of Venezuela, serves more than a thousand children, the elderly and indigent each week, providing them with food through the so-called “solidarity pots”, as well as other types of help with its social programs. On Fridays and Saturdays, generally, from very […]

This April 29, the Catholic Church celebrates the memory of Saint Tyquicus, a disciple of the apostle Saint Paul, whom in his epistles he called “dear brother” and “faithful helper”. In his letter to the Colossians, Saint Paul wrote: “Tychicus, my dear brother, will give you news of everything that […]

The Conference of the Mexican Episcopate (CEM) expressed this April 28 its concern about the threats that lurk in Mexico against the lives of women and the weakest. In a statement released within the framework of the 112th Plenary Assembly of the CEM, the Mexican bishops pointed out the threats […]

The Archbishopric of San Salvador (El Salvador) reported that its Archbishop Emeritus, Msgr. Fernando Sáenz Lacalle, who was the confessor and spiritual director of the martyr Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero, died this morning at the age of 89. Through Twitter, the Archbishopric of San Salvador stated that “Monsignor Fernando Sáenz […]

The Congregation for Religious Life and Societies of Apostolic Life of the Vatican will mediate in a conflict between the Archbishop of Salta (Argentina), Mons. Mario Antonio Cargnello, and the Discalced Carmelite Nuns of Salta in charge of the monastery of San Bernardo. In a statement published on April 27 […]