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Archbishop Sanz Montes, with the Lumen Dei missionaries sent to the Diocese of Tlapa in Mexico. / Credit: Archdiocese of Oviedo

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 15, 2025 / 12:34 pm (CNA).

The archbishop of Oviedo in Spain, Jesús Sanz, was momentarily held at gunpoint but was allowed to proceed unharmed.

Father Mario de Jesús Guevara Calero. / Credit: Archdiocese of Managua

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 14, 2025 / 16:05 pm (CNA).

Father Mario de Jesús Guevara Calero, 66, spiritual director of the La Purísima Archdiocesan Major Seminary, died on Sunday, Oct. 12.

2025 Nobel Peace Prize winner María Corina Machado. / Credit: Carlos Díaz from Venezuela, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Caracas, Venezuela, Oct 10, 2025 / 16:07 pm (CNA).

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado was awarded the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.

Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada. / Credit: Photo courtesy of San Cristóbal Parish

Puebla, Mexico, Oct 9, 2025 / 16:53 pm (CNA).

The body of Father Bertoldo Pantaleón Estrada was found on Oct. 6. The Mexican priest had been reported missing on Saturday, Oct. 4, in the state of Guerrero.

Arequipa Archbishop Javier Del Río Alba is pictured here with the diocese’s newly ordained priests on Sept. 29, 2025. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Archdiocese of Arequipa

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 3, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).

The archbishop of Arequipa ordained five new priests in southern Peru, encouraging them to be holy priests who give their lives for others and defend them from the devil.

Cardinal Daniel Sturla testifies before Uruguay’s Senate Health Committee on Sept. 30, 2025. / Credit: Courtesy of Senate of the Republic of Uruguay

ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 2, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

The archbishop of Montevideo, Cardinal Daniel Sturla, testified before a Sept. 30 hearing of the Uruguay Senate’s health committee, where euthanasia is being debated.

Statue of St. Michael the Archangel in Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies on Aug. 12, 2025. / Credit: Kayo Magalhães/Chamber of Deputies of Brazil

Sao Paulo, Brazil, Sep 29, 2025 / 14:17 pm (CNA).

St. Michael the Archangel’s feast day was officially incorporated into Brazil’s national calendar following the enactment of a law approved by acting President Geraldo Alckmin.

Bishop Ciro Quispe López, bishop emeritus of Juli, Peru. / Credit: Archdiocese of Cusco

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 25, 2025 / 16:18 pm (CNA).

Pope Leo XIV accepted the resignation of Bishop Ciro Quispe López of Juli, Peru, following a Vatican investigation initiated in mid-2024.

The exterior of the Tlaxcala cathedral in Mexico, which is dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI Prensa

Puebla, Mexico, Sep 24, 2025 / 15:57 pm (CNA).

The Diocese of Tlaxcala, the oldest in Mexico, is commemorating its quincentennial with a 500-hour period of continuous Eucharistic adoration.

 Father José Giner, 94, says Mass twice a day. / Credit: Father José Giner

ACI Prensa Staff, Sep 24, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

At age 94 and with seven decades of priesthood behind him, Catalan priest Father José Giner said he doesn’t feel like a teacher but rather like a “disciple.”