Migrants have long passed through the Mexico City area on northbound trips -- an almost unavoidable act in a centralized country, where most roads lead to the capital.
But an increasing number of migrants are now staying put for long periods in Mexico
In an endless cycle of violence, the bishop of Orizaba, traveling with a group of priests, suffered an assault on a highway in the border area between Puebla and Veracruz, the Mexican bishops' conference said April 6. The group was robbed but
One year after the Ciudad Juárez migrant detention center fire, a caravan of approximately 2,000 migrants called "Viacrucis migrante" set out from the southern Mexican city of Tapachula at the start of Holy Week.
The reference to the crucifixion of Christ -- reenactments
The Mexican bishops' conference, the Society of Jesus and the Conference of Major Superiors of Religious of Mexico convened the country's three presidential candidates March 11 to sign their National Agenda for Peace -- a roadmap for pacifying Mexico and the starting
During a recent pilgrimage to Mexico City, Father Patrick Briscoe had the opportunity to climb Tepayac Hill, where Our Lady of Guadalupe had appeared to St. Juan Diego hundreds of years ago. While he had prepared for the pilgrimage in other ways,
Mexican electoral campaigns started March 1 for a historic election: The country is likely to elect its first female president as women lead the two main party coalitions.
Ruling Morena party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum would become Mexico's first Jewish president if she wins
The news stunned Mexico: Four bishops from southern Guerrero state acknowledged in mid-February that they had met with drug cartel bosses to broker a possible truce.
The talks failed to produce a peace accord, but achieved agreement that the cartel would cease attacks
Mexico's two main presidential candidates have met with Pope Francis in the prelude to the country's election campaigns, marking a further retreat from the country's previously strictly secular political culture as they court voters in the predominantly Catholic country.
Claudia Sheinbaum, candidate for
The Catholic peace group Pueblo Creyente marched through the colonial city of San Cristóbal de las Casas Jan. 26 to remember the late Bishop Samuel Ruiz Garcia, who promoted a vision of an autochthonous church in the largely Indigenous state of Chiapas.
The
Kidnappings in Mexico have become a true plague, with many migrants falling victims as criminal groups and drug cartels -- often in cahoots with police, soldiers and immigration officials -- target people without papers. Victims are often abducted while riding intercity buses,