Latin America News

Emergency appeal launched after Venezuela earthquakes

Catholic leaders in Venezuela are assessing damage to churches, seminaries and parish buildings after two powerful earthquakes struck west of Caracas
Nathalie Raffray

Argentine bishops corrected over right to receive Communion on the tongue

The Dicastery for Divine Worship is reported to have reminded bishops that the faithful may receive Holy Communion according to the forms permitted by the Church
Thomas Colsy

Amazon bishop claims ‘pressure’ shaped Pope Francis’s Amazon synod decision

Erwin Kräutler questions why proposals backed by bishops, including married priests, were absent from Querida Amazonia
The Catholic Herald

Mexican archbishop calls for peace after death of cartel leader ‘El Mencho’

Cardinal Aguiar has urged national unity, prayer and renewed commitment to justice after a major military operation in Jalisco left cartel leader Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes dead and triggered widespread unrest
The Catholic Herald

Argentinian archdiocese opens canonical investigation into transgender marriage

The Archdiocese of Corrientes is examining the authorisation and documentation of a marriage celebrated after consultation at senior diocesan level
The Catholic Herald