Tag: Mexico
Sister Pimentel shares stories from the border with U.S. priests
If Sister Norma Pimentel has said it once, she has said it dozens of times: She is “a U.S. citizen by chance.”
U.S. bishops join pope reacting to photos of drowned migrant father, child
Warning: A graphic photo accompanies this story
U.S. bishops joined Pope Francis in expressing sadness after seeing photos of the lifeless bodies of a migrant father and his daughter who drowned near the U.S. border with Mexico.
As immigration deterrent, Trump threatens Mexico with tariffs
President Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on Mexico, whom his administration blames lately for an increasing number of immigrants at the southern U.S. border.
Religious sister publicly thanked by Pope Francis to be part of immigration panel
A sister from Texas who was publicly thanked by Pope Francis in 2015 for her immigration work will appear on a panel discussing immigration April 9 at Pax Christi in Eden Prairie.
With a mother’s heart, Mary raises up the abandoned, pope says at Mass
Just as she did hundreds of years ago from a small hill in Tepeyac, Mexico, Mary accompanies the downtrodden and the lowly like a mother caring for her children.
Mexican bishops announce security protocols for priests, religious
Mexico’s bishops have published security protocols, hoping to keep priests and religious safe — along with church property and shrines — as crime and violence increasingly impacts churchmen and consumes previously peaceful corners of the country.
Pope advances sainthood cause for Mexican mother, Argentine martyrs
Pope Francis issued decrees advancing the sainthood cause of four candidates, including a widowed mother of nine from Mexico, who founded groups for laypeople as well as two religious congregations.
Priest: Few at Mexico-U.S. border will have asylum claims accepted
The first members of the Central American caravan of migrants have been allowed to make asylum claims, but a Scalabrinian priest said “very, very few” have their applications accepted.
Within days, two priests found dead in Mexico
Yet another Mexican Catholic priest has been murdered in his parish — the second such lethal attack against clergy in the country in less than a week.
Two Mexican priests killed in ambush
Two priests were gunned down as they returned from Candlemas celebrations in a corner of Mexico rife with drug cartel violence and increasingly lethal for prelates.
Mexican, American bishops offer moral guidelines for NAFTA talks
Mexican and American bishops called on negotiators working to overhaul a 23-year-old trade agreement to ensure that any changes keep the needs of poor people foremost.
Child Martyrs of Tlaxcala recalled for their devotion to faith
Blessed Cristobal was about 12 or 13 when he confronted his father in 1527 over drinking “pulque,” an alcoholic beverage made from fermented sap of agave plant.
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