Away from the rhetoric in Washington, communities on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border are welcoming the stranger and overcoming physical barriers.
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San Diego bishop calls Trump’s border wall “ineffective and grotesque”
As Trump touts border wall in California, skeptics say it misses the point.
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Explosive devices detonated in Mexican border churches
The bishop of Matamoros, across the border from Brownsville, Texas, has expressed alarm after two church explosions within four days.
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Mexican diocese withdraws nuns from violent city
The Roman Catholic diocese where two priests were killed earlier this month has withdrawn all nuns from the hyper-violent city of Chilapa in southern Mexico.
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The Editors: Trump is asking the nation to make an impossible choice on immigration
Mr. Trump’s proposed deal represents an almost complete reversal from previous Republican immigration priorities.
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Warnings—but little evidence—of Russian meddling in Mexican elections
Opponents say that leftist firebrand Andrés Manuel López Obrador is Putin’s favored candidate; he is brushing off the accusations of Russian interference in Mexico.
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Church in Chiapas asks for help as violence displaces thousands of indigenous farmers
Approximately 5,000 indigenous Tzotzil Mayans have been scattered in small refugee camps in the area surrounding the town of Chalchihuitán, in Mexico’s southernmost state of Chiapas. They say they were chased out of their homes by unknown gunmen after the escalation of an old land dispute.
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As Mexico’s army moves against drug lords, Catholic groups fear impact on human rights
A new law will formalize the military’s role in fighting organized crime, but many would prefer strengthening Mexico’s poorly trained and underpaid police forces.
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This Dreamer wants to bring youth ministry to her parish. But without DACA, her future is uncertain.
Despite the looming threat of deportation, Mirna continues to look ahead.
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Pope Francis: Guadalupe feast shows Mary’s closeness to those on margins
In his homily, Pope Francis reflected on the reading from St. Luke’s Gospel, in which the angel appears to Mary, informing her that she is with child.