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Mexico’s faithful encouraged to bring photos of victims of violence to churches July 24

Jul 19, 2022

By David Ramos

Religious leaders have asked that July be a time of prayer for peace in Mexico. Read more

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Mexican bishop to country's president: 'We've done our job as pastors'

Jul 11, 2022

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Bishop Ramón Castro Castro on July 9 responded to recent remarks by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, who called the... Read more

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Should we get rid of daylight saving time and use 'God's clock' instead?

Jul 10, 2022

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Studies have linked changing the clocks with foggy thinking and an increase in heart attacks. Read more

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Report: 1 cardinal and 57 priests killed in the last 30 years in Mexico

Jul 8, 2022

By David Ramos

The document comes as the faithful in Mexico prepare to observe a Day of Prayer for Peace in Mexico on... Read more

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Church leaders in Mexico call for days of prayer for peace amid increasing violence

Jul 5, 2022

By David Ramos

“There is a wound to heal and there is the strength that the country needs today to build peace,” the... Read more

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Will Mexico have to wait a half-century for legal abortion to be overturned?

Jul 5, 2022

By David Ramos

Rulings that legitimize abortion by the higher courts in Mexico continue to present significant challenges for the pro-life cause in... Read more

Hundreds of men pray in Santo Domingo Plaza on June 25 at the first-ever Men's Rosary in Mexico City.

Hundreds of men gather to pray the rosary in Mexico City

Jun 28, 2022

By Ana Paula Morales

The men processed through Santo Domingo Plaza in the center of the Mexican capital proclaiming “Long live Christ the King!” Read more

Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega

Cardinal reveals he was detained by drug traffickers in Mexico

Jun 28, 2022

By Walter Sánchez Silva

Cardinal Francisco Robles Ortega lamented the current climate of violence in Mexico at a June 26 press conference. Read more

The Cathedral of the Assumption of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven in Mexico City, Mexico

Mexican bishops: The country is spattered in the blood of the dead and disappeared

Jun 26, 2022

By David Ramos

"Our Mexico is being spattered in the blood of so many dead and disappeared," the Catholic Church in the country... Read more

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Cardinal criticizes Mexican president's anti-crime policy

Jun 23, 2022

By David Ramos

The "hugs not bullets" policy of the president is ineffective, says Guadalajara archbishop Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega. Read more

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Pope Francis mourns Catholic priests killed in Mexico

Jun 22, 2022

By Hannah Brockhaus

Fathers Javier Campos Morales and Joaquín César Mora Salazar were killed inside a church on June 20. Read more

Fathers Javier Campos Morales, SJ and Joaquín César Mora Salazar, SJ.

Two Jesuit priests killed in a church in Mexico

Jun 21, 2022

By Jonah McKeown

The Jesuits of Mexico announced Tuesday that two of their priests were killed Monday inside a church in a mountainous... Read more

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Bishops call for peace, prayer after gunmen kill boy in Mexican church

May 23, 2022

By Diego López Marina

A three-year-old boy was killed by gang members who opened fire inside a church in Fresnillo in the Mexican state... Read more

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Priest killed near US-Mexico border

May 19, 2022

By David Ramos

The body of Father José Guadalupe Rivas Saldaña, 57, has been found with signs of violence on the outskirts of... Read more

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Mexico's bishops decry prevailing violence, impunity in the country

Apr 29, 2022

By David Ramos

The Mexican Bishops’ Conference expressed its concern Thursday over the ever-present threats to the lives of women and the weakest... Read more

Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán

Mexican Cardinal Javier Lozano Barragán has died at the age of 89

Apr 20, 2022

By Courtney Mares

The Mexican cardinal is remembered as a strong voice of opposition to abortion and euthanasia. Read more

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Mexican diocese laments murders, attempts to silence, journalists

Feb 18, 2022

By David Ramos

Father Martín Lara Becerril, spokesman for the Diocese of Querétaro, lamented the murder of journalists in Mexico and the attempts... Read more

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Mexican bishop denounces rampant corruption in the country

Feb 15, 2022

By David Ramos

Bishop Ramón Castro Castro of Cuernavaca denounced Sunday the "rampant corruption" that Mexico is experiencing. Read more

An overturned van which was carrying pilgrims to the Basilica of Our Lady of San Juan de Los Lagos, Jan. 29, 2022.

Mexican bishops pray for 13 pilgrims killed in road accident 

Jan 31, 2022

By Diego López Marina

The Mexican Bishops Conference expressed its solidarity and offered prayers for the relatives of the 13 pilgrims who died Jan.... Read more

A Posada in San Felipe, Mexico, on Dec. 19, 2021.

Piñatas, Posadas and other Christ-centered Mexican Christmas traditions

Dec 21, 2021

By Courtney Mares

Here’s what happens during the 9-day Mexican Christmas tradition called ‘las Posadas.’ Read more