David Agren writes for OSV News from Mexico City.
The staging of spectacles outside of places of worship escalates the repression against Catholics in Nicaragua, where regime of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, have branded priests and bishops as "terrorists" and "coup mongers," while curtailing public
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
Catholics turned out in large numbers to celebrate Holy Week in Nicaragua. But the ruling Sandinista regime prohibited public exhibitions of faith -- such as processions and reenactments of the passion of Christ -- as it continued exercising control over religious activities
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
Catholic leaders in the city of Rosario, Argentina, comforted a terrorized population after a spate of random killings shocked the country and prompted promises of a heavy-handed security response.
Archbishop Eduardo Martín of Rosario led Catholics in praying the rosary and celebrated a
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
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
Priests working in the shanty towns surrounding Buenos Aires have denounced cuts to a fund for programs in poor communities, calling it a "step backwards" during an economic crisis.
The warning followed a Feb. 26 decision by the government of Argentina's libertarian President