Articles by Julieta Villar
Argentine bishops speak out about interrupting Mass with political chants
Jun 19, 2024 / 16:30 pmRecently, participants at Mass in Argentina started chanting the political slogan “the country is not for sale,” an expression of opposition to President Javier Milei.
During Mass, Argentine priest leads congregation in political chant used against Milei
Jun 13, 2024 / 15:40 pmA Catholic priest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, incorporated into the celebration of the Mass a political chorus used in protests against President Javier Milei.
Chile’s bishops push back against president’s abortion and euthanasia advocacy
Jun 5, 2024 / 06:00 amIn the president’s June 1 address to the opening session of congress, he announced that at the end of the year he will introduce a bill to legalize abortion.
Corpus Christi: 30,000 people expected to turn out for festival in Bolivia stadium
May 28, 2024 / 15:20 pmAfter a four-year hiatus, the Corpus Christi festival is returning this year to Montero, Bolivia, where it is expected to draw about 30,000 people.
Analysis: Jesuit sex abuse scandal in Bolivia could be used politically to repress Church
Apr 27, 2024 / 08:00 amJournalists from ACI Prensa, CNA’s Spanish-language news partner, traveled to Bolivia to look into the implications of the case of Jesuit priest Alfonso Pedrajas.
Argentine doctor completes prison sentence for preventing a chemical abortion in process
Apr 22, 2024 / 17:30 pmIn 2019, for preventing the completion of a chemical abortion, Leandro Rodríguez Lastra was given a one-year-and-two-months suspended sentence.
Argentine archbishop found guilty of gender-based violence against nuns
Apr 12, 2024 / 16:30 pmA civil court judge in Argentina has ruled in favor of the Carmelite sisters there in a case of alleged gender-based violence against the local archbishop.
Argentine President Milei: Abortion is aggravated homicide
Mar 9, 2024 / 06:00 amThe president of Argentina, Javier Milei, says abortion “is murder aggravated by the bond” between mother and child.
What is inclusive language and why is it dangerous?
Mar 3, 2024 / 08:00 amInclusive language has been identified as “one of the tools” of gender ideology, a school of thought that has been repeatedly criticized by the Catholic Church.
Milei ends Argentine government use of ‘inclusive language’ promoted by gender ideology advocates
Feb 28, 2024 / 19:19 pmArgentine President Javier Milei has ordered the prohibition of inclusive language by the national government.
Argentine nun remembered for her smile considered for sainthood
Feb 17, 2024 / 09:00 amThe edict has been signed that begins the process prior to the opening of the cause of canonization of Sister Cecilia María of the Holy Face.
Argentine President Javier Milei, Pope Francis to meet
Jan 29, 2024 / 18:50 pmThe meeting is scheduled to take place in the context of the canonization of Mama Antula, the first Argentine female saint.
Argentine president formally invites Pope Francis to visit native land
Jan 11, 2024 / 19:00 pmThe president of Argentina, Javier Milei, anticipated that the possible trip “will bring fruits of peace and brotherhood to all Argentines.”
Killer of martyred Argentine Blessed Wenceslao Pedernera gets life in prison
Dec 13, 2023 / 18:30 pmAfter seven months of hearings, the trial for the murder 47 years ago of the martyr Blessed Wenceslao Pedernera finally reached a verdict in La Rioja, Argentina.
Boy walks 7 miles on muddy roads to receive confirmation, gets a blessing from the pope
Dec 5, 2023 / 18:20 pmThe night before confirmation, the boy’s parents began to worry because the family vehicles were not going to make it to town on the muddy country roads.
Pending decision by human rights court threatens to legalize abortion throughout Latin America
Nov 30, 2023 / 05:50 amThe abortion lobby has seized on the case of Beatriz, a Salvadoran woman who was seriously ill and pregnant with a fatally disabled child.
Pope Francis sends rosary to president-elect Milei of Argentina
Nov 27, 2023 / 18:00 pmThe Office of the President-Elect of Argentina confirmed on X that the country’s new president, Javier Milei, received a rosary from Pope Francis on Nov. 24.
Pope Francis congratulates president-elect Milei of Argentina in phone call
Nov 21, 2023 / 18:20 pmPope Francis contacted the president-elect of Argentina, Javier Milei, to congratulate him on his victory in Sunday’s runoff presidential election.
Bolivian Bishops’ Conference criticizes 5-hour interrogation of fellow bishop in abuse case
Nov 15, 2023 / 09:00 amThe Bolivian Bishops’ Conference expressed its solidarity and closeness to the bishop of San Ignacio de Velasco, Robert Flock, saying he “was a victim.”
Chilean archbishop expresses pain, shame over fire that killed 14 migrants
Nov 10, 2023 / 18:40 pmThe tragedy occurred Nov. 6 in a house built with pallet wood and tin roofing in a camp where families of Venezuelan migrants live in precarious conditions.