Social unrest swept across Mexico in early January as protests over a hike in gasoline prices escalated into acts of looting, riots and blockades of highways.
Latin America
Posted inPodcasts, Politics & Society
A World of People on the Move Reviewed for National Migration Week
As National Migration Week concludes, Jill Marie Gerschutz-Bell, a senior policy and legislative specialist for Catholic Relief Services, discusses the conflicts and crises that are forcing people from their communities in the Middle East, Africa and Central America.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Pope Francis: It’s time to fix overcrowded prisons
The pope invited everyone to pray for all prisoners in the world, and that prisons focus on rehabilitation.
Posted inFaith, Signs Of the Times
Colombia Peacemakers
In an unexpected diplomatic initiative to consolidate the fragile peace accord in Colombia, Pope Francis on Dec. 14 brought together the country’s president, Juan Manuel Santos, and his archrival, former president Senator Álvaro Uribe, a strong opponent of the accord.
Posted inFaith, Vatican Dispatch
Pope Francis’ schedule is even more ambitious in 2017.
Francis said that at his stage of life one has to move even faster.
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Brazilian Cardinal Arns, 95, remembered for his fight for human rights
Sao Paulo Cardinal Odilo Scherer said his predecessor “gave his life to God after having generously dedicated it to his brothers in this world.”
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Too often the history of El Salvador’s civil war lets the United States off too easily
For some, El Salvador was a shameful episode, in which Washington backed the perpetrators of a death squad bloodbath in a failed attempt to militarily defeat a homegrown leftist insurgency.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Why does it take so long for the Catholic Church to recognize martyrs of justice?
The church is now recognizing what the local church in Central and South America has always known.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
How Colombia finally passed its peace deal ending decades of conflict
After four torturous years of negotiations, a stunning referendum rejection, last-minute compromises and two signing ceremonies, Colombia has ratified a peace deal.
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Celebration, sorrow mingle after death of Fidel Castro
Within half an hour of the Cuban government’s announcement Saturday of the death of the 90-year-old revolutionary leader, cheers were heard in Miami’s Little Havana.