By Diego López Colín Puebla, Mexico, Sep 24, 2024 / 06:00 am The Catholic Church has issued an alert to parents, priests, and catechists to “take all necessary security measures” following recent reports of the disappearance of minors and the confirmed existence of a gang dedicated to child theft. In a …

In 1531 a “Lady from Heaven” appeared to Saint Juan Diego, a poor Indian from Tepeyac, a hill northwest of Mexico City. She identified herself as the Mother of the True God and instructed him to have the bishop build a church on the site. As a sign for the …

By David Ramos ACI Prensa Staff, Jul 8, 2023 / 04:00 am Actor, producer and Catholic activist Eduardo Verástegui, who is considering running for president of Mexico, said in a July 5 video that the National Action Party (PAN), traditionally identified as a pro-life, pro-family conservative party “is dead.” U.S. moviegoers …

By Ana Paula Morales ACI Prensa Staff, Apr 13, 2023 / 16:00 pm On Resurrection Sunday, April 9, the Christ of Peace statue was dedicated in Tabasco county in Zacatecas state, Mexico. The monumental sculpture which sits atop a pedestal measures 108 feet high, which makes it the largest of its …

by Jonah McKeown Denver Newsroom, Jun 21, 2022 / 13:00 pm The Jesuits of Mexico announced Tuesday that two of their priests were killed Monday inside a church in a mountainous region of Chihuahua state. Fathers Javier Campos Morales and Joaquín César Mora Salazar had served as Jesuit priests for …

by CNA Staff Guadalajara, Mexico, Jun 7, 2022 / 14:29 pm In one historic weekend, the Cardinal Archbishop of Guadalajara, José Francisco Robles Ortega, ordained 70 men to the priesthood in two separate ceremonies held June 4 and 5 at the Mexican Martyrs Shrine in that city. In the first …

by David Ramos Mexico City Newsroom, May 19, 2022 / 15:14 pm The body of Father José Guadalupe Rivas Saldaña, 57, has been found with signs of violence on the outskirts of Tecate, a city located on the border with the United States in the Mexican state of Baja California. …

by Courtney Mares Rome, Italy, Apr 20, 2022 / 07:00 am Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán died Wednesday morning in Rome at the age of 89. The Mexican cardinal is remembered for his service at the Vatican as the president of the Pontifical Council for the Pastoral Care of Health Care …

by CNA Staff Mexico City Newsroom, Nov 20, 2021 / 09:22 am A century ago, in 1921, there was an attack perpetrated against Our Lady of Guadalupe in the old basilica in Mexico City, in which the Marian image was protected by a crucifix. “Nov. 14 marks the 100th anniversary …

“Long live Christ the King and the Virgin of Guadalupe!” This was the slogan of the “Cristero” uprising in the 1920’s against the anti-Catholic government of Mexico which had instituted and enforced laws against the Church in an absurd attempt to eradicate the Catholic faith in Mexico, even going so …