Nicaraguan priests kidnapped from parishes amid continued crackdown on church October 3, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A pair of priests have been reported abducted from their parishes in Nicaragua as the country’s increasingly totalitarian regime continues cracking down on the Catholic Church and silencing all dissenting voices.
Roof collapse at Mexican church kills 10 during baptism celebration October 2, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A roof collapsed during Mass in a Mexican church, claiming at least 10 lives as Catholic leaders offered prayers for the dead and injured, and Mexican society expressed sorrow over the tragedy.
U.S. Border Patrol records sharp increase in arrests; situation of migrants in Mexico deteriorates September 25, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A surge in migration through Mexico during the month of September has provoked a “migratory crisis,” according to Catholics who are working with migrants, as shelters strain to handle increasing flows of people heading for the U.S. border — with even more continuing to pour into the country from points south.
Mexican pro-life groups question validity of high court’s abortion decision September 12, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News The Mexican bishops’ conference expressed dismay with a recent Supreme Court ruling, decriminalizing abortion on the federal level. Along with several Mexican pro-life groups, they questioned the validity of the Sept. 6 decision, arguing it applies to the litigant and is not applicable nationwide.
Mexico’s high court overturns state abortion ban; move could bring end to restrictions nationwide September 5, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Respect Life, World News Mexico’s Supreme Court overturned a state-level abortion ban, a decision observers say could hasten the removal of restrictions on the procedure nationwide.
Society of Jesus banned in Nicaragua August 24, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Religious Freedom, World News The Nicaraguan regime has extinguished the Jesuits’ legal status and ordered the expropriation of its assets, effectively making it illegal for the Society of Jesus to operate in the Central American country.
Catholic leaders offer prayers, express outrage after 46 die in Honduras women’s prison massacre June 23, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Catholics in Honduras prayed for the victims of a horrific massacre in a women’s prison — an attack underscoring the power of the country’s criminal gangs and their control over correctional facilities.
Pope shares ‘concern, outrage and condemnation’ with Bolivian president over abuse cases June 20, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, World News The president of Bolivia welcomed a pledge from Pope Francis “to take concrete, joint actions against the impunity of sexual crimes” in the South American country, where credible accusations of clerical sexual abuse have provoked outrage and caused a reckoning for the Catholic Church.
Mexican priest murdered, archbishop attacked May 24, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, World News A parish priest was shot dead as he drove on a rural Mexican highway May 22, marking yet another attack in what has become the most murderous country for Catholic clergy.
At the border, anxieties mount as Title 42 is lifted May 11, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News Catholics working with migrants welcomed the end of Title 42, saying it had prevented many migrants from applying for asylum and, in many cases, forced people back to dangerous Mexican border towns where they were extorted and kidnapped by police and drug cartels. But they also expressed misgivings about what might replace it.
Líderes católicos expresan su dolor e indignación por las decenas de inmigrantes muertos en un incendio March 29, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: En Español Un incendio en un centro de detención de inmigrantes en México cobró la vida de al menos 40 inmigrantes, que parecían haber sido abandonados por los guardias mientras las llamas envolvían sus celdas cerradas, según un vídeo filtrado de las instalaciones cerca de la frontera con EE.UU. en Ciudad Juárez.
Catholic leaders express sorrow, outrage over dozens of migrants killed in fire March 29, 2023By David Agren OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, World News A fire in a Mexican immigration detention center has claimed the lives of at least 38 migrants, who appeared to be abandoned by guards as flames engulfed their locked cells, according to a leaked video from the facility near the U.S. border in Ciudad Juárez.
