Spanish bishops apologise for silence over killings

It has taken a rather long time for the Spanish Catholic Church to acknowledge these unfortunate deaths during Franco´s dictatorship. " Spanish bishops broke decades of silence at the weekend to apologise for...

Ousted President Zelaya took plane to Honduras but could not land

Updates: After a meeting with Presidents from Argentina, Ecuador and Paraguay at El Salvador, the ousted Honduran Head of State Manuel Zelaya asked the army to stop inflicting violence on his countrymen. In...

New sex-abuse scandal divides Irish Catholics

As christmas times falls, a new chid sex abuse issue rocks the Irish Catholic Church. "DUBLIN, Ireland (AP) - Ireland's most prominent Catholic leader is questioning whether all of his fellow bishops...

Venezuela Denounces Foreign Dailies over fake stories

Venezuela has asked foreign dailies for its right to reply misinformation printed by them. American The Washington Post, Italian La Stampa and Spanish El Mundo printed news stating Venezuela was helping Iran...

TI Report: Brazil among the most corrupt countries

A new Transparency International (TI) report- Bribe Payers Index- has placed Brazil among the most corrupt countries. This international NGO has a much debated methodology to classify countries. It relies on...

Car in Brazil hits pilgrims; 7 dead

In a yet another sad event in Brazilian History, a Car hits Catholic/Santeiro pilgrims as they held a procession for Our Lady of Conception, the patron saint of Brazil. It is unclear what motivated the...

Brazil: Possible serial killings target gays

Another sad side of Brazilians come to surface. This time it is a serial killer who is supposed to be targeting gay people in Sao Paulo. Urban violence in Brazil is rather high for world standards. According to...

Leaderless Venezuelan Opposition damns Chavez vote bid

The following BBC article attempts to portray recent political events in Venezuela. Adopting the view of local opposition, it reports on the reaction to prospects of extending Chavez´s tenure in...

Uruguay President Tabare Vazquez leaves party chief post after vetoing abortion

After confronting criticism for his vetoing a bill on abortion - which had been approved by local Parliament - Uruguayan President Tabare Vazquez resigned as Chief of the Socialist Party. The bill...

Raul Castro attends first Catholic beatification in Cuba

Despite US embargo, Cuba continues to improve bilateral relations with foreign governments and States. Today and as an example of the betterment of its relations wit the Vatican, President Raul Castro...

US Vatican abuse case to go ahead

After months of unnecessary  delays, a lawsuit was filed by three US man who were abused as children by Catholic priests. This kind of child abuse has been happening in almost all...