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Priest found dead in Mexico; 2 suspects arrested
Posted on 11/14/2025 15:04 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Father Ernesto Baltazar Hernández Vilchis. / Credit: Courtesy of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish/Screenshot
Puebla, Mexico, Nov 14, 2025 / 13:04 pm (CNA).
The Catholic Church has confirmed the discovery of the body of Father Ernesto Baltazar Hernández Vilchis, a priest of the Diocese of Cuautitlán in Mexico.
Pope Leo XIV receives exiled Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez
Posted on 11/13/2025 20:06 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Pope Leo XIV and Bishop Rolando Álvarez, bishop of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of Estelí, Nicaragua. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN News
ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 13, 2025 / 18:06 pm (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV received on Nov. 13 Rolando Álvarez, the exiled bishop of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of Estelí in Nicaragua.
Church in Mexico: Euthanasia can lead to ‘totalitarian and eugenic ideologies’
Posted on 11/11/2025 17:34 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
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Puebla, Mexico, Nov 11, 2025 / 15:34 pm (CNA).
The Catholic Church in Mexico expressed its opposition to the attempt to legalize euthanasia and warned of the “risk of validating totalitarian and eugenic ideologies.”
We can all be saints, Peruvian archbishop says to thousands of youth
Posted on 11/4/2025 20:17 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Javier del Río Alba, archbishop of Arequipa, with the youth at the 13th Youth Festival of Faith. / Credit: Archdiocese of Arequipa
ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 4, 2025 / 18:17 pm (CNA).
Archbishop Javier Del Río Alba of Arequipa in Peru shared the keys to holiness with more than 8,500 young people during the 13th Youth Festival of Faith.
Image of Argentina’s patroness destroyed, chapel burned down
Posted on 11/4/2025 11:30 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Skyline view of Buenos Aires, Argentina. / Credit: Sebasiddi, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Buenos Aires, Argentina, Nov 4, 2025 / 09:30 am (CNA).
The destruction of an image of Our Lady of Luján, the patroness of Argentina, and the burning of a chapel has shocked two communities in Argentina.
Mexican bishops say root causes of crime must be addressed after another mayor is murdered
Posted on 11/3/2025 16:49 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Mayor Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodríguez of Uruapan, a city in the Mexican state of Michoacán, was murdered Nov. 1, 2025. / Credit: Uruapan Municipal Government
ACI Prensa Staff, Nov 3, 2025 / 14:49 pm (CNA).
After Carlos Manzo, the mayor of Uruapan, was assassinated Nov. 1, the Mexican Bishops’ Conference called for the government to address the root of the violence.
Cuba’s national Marian shrine damaged by Hurricane Melissa
Posted on 10/31/2025 17:48 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Hurricane Melissa severely damaged the Cuban shrine to Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre. / Credit: Courtesy of Diocese of Cienfuegos
ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 31, 2025 / 16:48 pm (CNA).
The passage of Hurricane Melissa left a trail of destruction in Cuba, significantly damaging the Basilica of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre, the country’s patroness.
Secret euthanasia house raises alarm in Canada
Posted on 10/28/2025 16:55 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada / Credit: Ryan Bushby (HighInBC), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
Victoria, Canada, Oct 28, 2025 / 15:55 pm (CNA).
The furtive establishment of a stand-alone, private euthanasia house in Victoria, the capital city of the Canadian province of British Columbia, has sparked criticism from pro-lifers.
Influencer son of evangelical pastors shares how he embraced the Catholic faith
Posted on 10/26/2025 08:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Jonatan Medina, son of evangelical pastors, shares how he converted to the Catholic faith. / Credit: EWTN News
ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 26, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).
Jonatan Medina Espinal is a young Catholic influencer who, as the son of evangelical pastors, was considered unlikely to embrace the Catholic faith.
Venezuelan president accuses cardinal of plotting against saint’s canonization
Posted on 10/22/2025 18:34 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela. / Credit: Venezuelan Presidential Press
Caracas, Venezuela, Oct 22, 2025 / 17:34 pm (CNA).
Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, accused Cardinal Baltazar Porras of conspiring to prevent the canonization of Venezuela’s first male saint.