The women seeking justice for vanished loved ones in Veracruz, Mexico, won the Notre Dame award for human rights. University President John I. Jenkins co-celebrated a Mass near the unmarked graves of drug war victims.
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Review: Can Mexican-Americans find a home in the United States?
A memoir that includes historical analysis as well as biographical narrative tells the tale of four Mexican-Americans unsure if they belong any longer in their adopted country.
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Charities’ CEO visits border, hears immigrants’ stories of fleeing danger
Dominican Sister Donna Markham, president and CEO of Catholic Charities USA, grew emotional talking about the harrowing stories she heard from immigrants about the life they left behind to seek refuge in the United States.
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Mexican church anticipates ‘cordial’ relations with incoming President López Obrador
Mr. López Obrador’s political platform is decidedly secular and nationalistic. As president he intends to place a heavy emphasis on combating corruption, which he and his political allies believe to be the root cause of the criminal violence, poverty and inequality that plague the country.
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Church leaders pledge to cooperate with new Mexican president
The Mexican bishops conference extended congratulations to presidential election winner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, who won a landslide victory on an agenda of change and promises to combat corruption and poverty.
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Why a janitor saved the rosaries confiscated at the Mexican border
Photographer Tom Kiefer took a job at U.S. Customs and was horrified to discover personal items in the trash. He decided to show them to the world.
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As violence increases, Mexican bishops announce security protocols for priests and religious
Mexico suffered its most murderous year in memory in 2017, recording more than 29,000 homicides, as the country’s crackdown on drug cartels and organized crime showed few signs of success.
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In Tijuana, deportees find a place to call home
“About 40 percent of the people who come here speak English better than Spanish,” Father Murphy says. “They’re all Mexicans, but they got deported after being in the states 30, 40 years. Sometimes they’ll come up and ask, ‘Do you speak English?’”
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Mexico’s leading presidential candidate embraces religious intersectionality
“The time has come to present a proposal based on the aim that when we obtain the presidency, we must not only seek to achieve material well-being, we must also seek well-being for the soul,” said the veteran leftist and runaway favorite to win the July 1 presidential election.
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Political violence is disrupting Mexico’s elections
At least 102 candidates and political workers have been murdered since September.