The priest was pastor of San Cristóbal Parish in Mezcala, a region rife with drug cartel activity in what was once Mexico’s heroin-producing heartland.
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A new documentary on the abuses allegedly committed by Father Marko Rupnik and survivors’ pursuit of justice received high praise at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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Faith-based groups are commending a new pastoral letter from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops calling to wipe out low-income countries’ debt.
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The Trump administration’s crackdown at the U.S.-Mexico border has affected not only migrants unable to cross into the U.S. but also those who help them.
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Gena Heraty was among several taken by gunmen in the early hours of Aug. 3 from the Saint-Hélène orphanage in Kenscoff, near Haiti’s capital of Port-au-Prince.
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A government-ordered and operated euthanasia, or MAiD, facility on the campus of the Catholic-run St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver is now fully operational.
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The bishops emphasized the need to revitalize hope among Cubans, which can spur a collective drive “to serve the common good of the homeland.”
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Mexican bishops express solidarity with migrants amid protests in US cities
by David Agrenby David Agren“The vast majority of undocumented migrants contribute to the good of the communities” where they live and work, said the bishop of Matamoros-Reynosa.
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“We cannot get used to living with violent death, nor allow impunity to become the norm,” Mexico’s bishops said.
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(OSV News) — World leaders warmly congratulated Pope Leo XIV on his election and exhorted him to work toward peace in an increasingly conflictive word. Leaders in Latin America, meanwhile, …
