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Nicaragua once again bans Holy Week processions

Nicaraguan Vice President Rosario Murillo and her husband, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. / Credit: Inti Ocon/AFP via Getty Images

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 15, 2025 / 15:28 pm (CNA).

According to Confidencial newspaper, the dictatorship is supposedly deploying 14,000 police officers to prevent processions during Holy Week in Nicaragua.

Yucatán becomes 22nd Mexican state to approve pro-abortion legislation

The state capitol building of Yucatán, Mexico. / Credit: J. Magno, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Puebla, Mexico, Apr 11, 2025 / 15:20 pm (CNA).

Mexico’s Yucatán state Congress has approved the decriminalization of abortion up to 12 weeks of gestation.

Emergency Missions: transforming lives and bringing hope to the most vulnerable in Peru

Emergency Missions volunteers at the Dos de Mayo National Hospital in Lima, Peru. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Fabrizio Caciano

Lima Newsroom, Apr 10, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

In one of the most poverty-stricken areas of Lima, Peru, where hopelessness has long prevailed, a man who once rejected the Church now leads a revolution of solidarity.

Dominican Republic nightclub disaster: Church prays for victims, families

Archbishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. / Credit: Courtesy of Archdiocese of Santo Domingo

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 9, 2025 / 16:41 pm (CNA).

Archbishop Francisco Ozoria Acosta of Santo Domingo expressed his profound sorrow and solidarity in response to the tragedy that occurred at the Jet Set nightclub.

World’s oldest bishop celebrates 103 years of faith and service

Mass celebrated by Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra on his 100th birthday. / Credit: Diocesan Sisters of Our Lady of the Angels

Puebla, Mexico, Apr 9, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

Mexican Bishop José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra is the world’s oldest bishop and is one of only four surviving bishops who participated in the Second Vatican Council.

Armed gangs murder 2 nuns in Haiti

Nuns of the Little Sisters of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus in Haiti. / Credit: Courtesy of Aid to the Church in Need

ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 4, 2025 / 17:24 pm (CNA).

Sisters Evanette Onezaire and Jeanne Voltaire, members of the Congregation of the Little Sisters of St. Therese of the Child Jesus, were murdered in Haiti by armed gangs.

Nunciature in El Salvador issues correction for liturgical abuse

Mural of Archbishop Oscar Romero, / Credit: Douglas Radamez Barahona, Giovani Ascencio Ardón and Raul Lemus- Grupo Cinteupiltzin CENAR El Salvador (CC BY-SA 3.0).

ACI Prensa Staff, Mar 29, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

The apostolic nunciature in El Salvador issued a correction for irregularities during a Mass marking the 45th anniversary of the assassination of St. Oscar Romero.

Inspired by John Paul II, Catholic maternal health organization celebrates 30 years

Launched in March 2025, St. Claret Maternity Center in the Nyabwina village serves the local region in the Sheema/Mbarara District of Uganda. / Credit: MaterCare International

CNA Staff, Mar 29, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).

MaterCare International celebrates 30 years of supporting ethical maternal health care in developing regions around the globe, thanks to St. John Paul II’s personal encouragement.

Fisherman lost at sea for 95 days recounts miraculous rescue

Lost at sea for 95 days, fisherman Máximo “Gatón” Napa says Jesus Christ literally came to his rescue. / Credit: Courtesy of “EWTN Noticias”/Screenshot

Lima Newsroom, Mar 28, 2025 / 08:00 am (CNA).

Fisherman Máximo “Gatón” Napa never lost his faith while being stranded at sea for 95 days until he was finally rescued off the coast of Ecuador.

23 new Legionary priests to be ordained at the Vatican

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Puebla, Mexico, Mar 27, 2025 / 07:00 am (CNA).

Twenty-three men will be ordained as new Legionaries of Christ priests at the Vatican this spring.