David Agren - Catholic News Service

Dressed in green T-shirts and clutching statues of Our Lady of Guadalupe covered in plastic, a group of pilgrims from Guerrero prayed, posed for photos in front of the basilica dedicated to the national patroness, set out on a march to their hometown in the hills south of Mexico City.They described

The remains of a missionary priest missing for months were recovered from a mass grave in the southern state of Guerrero, adding to the horror of the crimes and killings in a region now notorious for the disappearance and possible deaths of 43 teacher trainees.Ugandan Comboni Father John Ssenyondo w

Bishops in the southern state of Guerrero asked federal and local officials to prioritize finding 43 missing teacher trainees, who authorities allege were detained by crooked cops and delivered to members of a drug cartel.In a letter issued Oct. 15, the bishops outlined an increasingly bleak securit

Families of 43 students who "disappeared" in Guerrero state spend their time praying at the teacher training college the students attended.They plead for intervention from Our Lady of Guadalupe and pray the rosary in front of a makeshift St. James shrine, adorned with flowers placed in pla

The Jesuit-run program Fe y Alegria offers alternatives to gangs and emigration.