Carlos Fuentes, sometimes called “the Joyce of Mexico,” “the Balzac of Mexico” or “the Faulkner of Mexico,” was a wizardly innovator of language and narrative and is universally recognized as one of Latin America’s literary giants.
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Pew: In US and other countries, Catholicism loses more members than it gains
A new analysis from Pew Research Center has found that Catholicism has lost more members than it has gained in most of the 24 countries surveyed, while Protestantism has seen net gains in several nations, especially Latin America.
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In the Brazilian Amazon, a Catholic Indigenous community endures amid land invasions and government neglect
The Indigenous community’s relationship with Catholic institutions has been central to Sateré-Mawé resistance to environmental exploitation and government neglect.
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The church Pope Francis left us
Welcome to the Catholicism of the rest of our lives.
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As Trump threatens Cuba, refugees relive their journey to America
With his native country roiled by an oil blockade and reports of aggressive U.S. intervention in the offing, Cuban refugee Felipe Fortun recounted his journey to America—his third attempt to escape the island.
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Ten years after her murder, indigenous leader Berta Cáceres remains a beacon of hope in Honduras
“It seems that there are powerful groups who are preventing justice from prevailing,” Bishop Jenry Ruiz said at the celebration of life for Berta Cáceres on March 1.
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Deportations surge, aid collapses and Catholic groups in Latin America struggle to respond
The staff of Jesuit Refugee Service Mexico has shrunk from 70 to 28 people in the past year because of U.S. federal funding cuts to humanitarian aid, leaving the group struggling to meet the growing needs of deportees.
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‘It’s a business’: San Antonio archbishop on the profit-driven, inhumane migrant crackdown
“The government needs to use what they have in the budget for this crackdown on immigration,” Archbishop García-Siller said. “That is a huge amount of money.”
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Mexico burns after drug cartel leader is captured and killed
Mexico exploded in violence after special forces killed drug cartel leader Nemesio “El Mencho” Oseguera, leader of the fearsome Jalisco New Generation Cartel. Its foot soldiers fanned out across 20 states, burning vehicles and buildings in attacks claiming at least 70 lives, including 25 National Guard members.
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Latinos are leaving the church. This youth group is turning the tide.
Immigrants from Latin America and their children are transforming the Catholic Church in the United States. What that transformation looks like is still being worked out.