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Former liberation theology leader calls on Latin American bishops to focus on Christ

Friar Clodovis Boff belongs to the Order of the Servants of Mary. / Credit: Lennoazevedo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sao Paulo, Brazil, Jul 12, 2025 / 08:40 am (CNA).

“When will you give us good news about God, Christ, and his Spirit? About grace and salvation? About conversion of heart and meditating on the Word?” the friar said.

San Antonio Archdiocese to commemorate martyr who fought for religious freedom in Mexico

Blessed Anacleto González Flores, martyr of the religious persecution that Mexico experienced in the 1920s. / Credit: Mexican Bishops’ Conference

Puebla, Mexico, Jul 10, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

The Archdiocese of San Antonio will commemorate the 137th anniversary of the birth of Blessed Anacleto González Flores, the patron saint of the Mexican laity.

Auxiliary vicar of Opus Dei implicated in Argentine human trafficking case

Monsignor Mariano Fazio is auxiliary vicar of the Prelature of Opus Dei. / Credit: Opus Dei

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jul 6, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

The Argentine justice system has added the auxiliary vicar of Opus Dei as a defendant in a case involving the alleged human trafficking of 43 women in Argentina.

Canadian politician introduces bill to stop MAID expansion for mental illness

Canadian member of Parliament from Cloverdale-Langley City in British Columbia, Tamara Jansen, has introduced a private member’s bill to stop the expansion of medical assistance in dying (MAID) for mental illness alone. / Credit: ParlVu screen image

Vancouver, Canada, Jul 2, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

Canadian Member of Parliament Tamara Jansen has introduced a private member’s bill to stop the expansion of medical assistance in dying for mental illness alone.

Priest in ‘critical condition’ after being shot in Mexico

Father Héctor Alejandro Pérez. / Credit: St. Francis of Assisi Parish, South Gaviotas

Puebla, Mexico, Jul 1, 2025 / 17:19 pm (CNA).

The Diocese of Tabasco in Mexico reported June 30 that one of its priests was wounded by gunfire while on his way to visit a sick parishioner.

Argentine businessman Enrique Shaw one step closer to beatification

Venerable Enrique Shaw. / Credit: Acdeano, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Buenos Aires, Argentina, Jun 21, 2025 / 09:00 am (CNA).

The cause for canonization of Venerable Enrique Shaw, an Argentine husband, father, and businessman, took another step forward at the Vatican this week.

Cuba’s bishops urge fellow citizens to not be afraid of ‘embarking on new paths’

Cuba’s Capitol in Havana. / Credit: Nigel Pacquette, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 17, 2025 / 17:26 pm (CNA).

On the occasion of the Jubilee Year of Hope, the bishops of Cuba have published a message denouncing the terrible conditions that prevail on the island.

Anti-surrogacy activists denounce exploitation of poor women, human trafficking

Bernardo García is executive director of the Casablanca Declaration. / Credit: “EWTN Noticias”/Screenshot

Lima Newsroom, Jun 17, 2025 / 09:42 am (CNA).

Bernardo García of the Casablanca Declaration said that in reality surrogacy amounts to “the exploitation of poor women and the sale of children.”

Gravely wounded Colombian presidential hopeful improving; could be miracle, cardinal says

Miguel Uribe Turbay, Colombian senator and presidential hopeful; and Cardinal Luis José Rueda, archbishop of Bogotá. / Credit: Luigi Venegas (CC BY-SA 4.0); Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News

Lima Newsroom, Jun 12, 2025 / 16:38 pm (CNA).

Colombian presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe Turbay, 39, a husband and father, was gravely wounded on June 7 in Bogotá when a 15-year-old boy shot him in the head.

Bishops in Puerto Rico push back against ICE raids, deportations

Scene of the walled city of Old San Juan, Puerto Rico. The oldest governor’s mansion under the American flag, La Fortaleza, is top right. / Credit: Wikimedia Commons

CNA Staff, Jun 12, 2025 / 15:17 pm (CNA).

As U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement increases its raids and deportations in Puerto Rico, several of the island’s bishops have expressed alarm.