Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas has said that the Trump Administration’s restrictive immigration measures are literally sending migrants to their death.
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As poverty rises, Mexican parishes encourage neighbors to help neighbors
The Catholic Church in Mexico is stepping up efforts to assist people who are suffering from the Coronavirus, poverty, and other social assistance issues.
Posted inFaith, News
Mexican bishops announce ‘families without hunger’ plan amid coronavirus
Mexico has recorded 13,842 confirmed COVID-19 cases and 1,305 deaths, the Health Secretariat reported April 26.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The troubling tale of a priest who loses his faith
The short story “San Manuel Bueno, Martir” by the Spanish existentialist Miguel de Unamuno can help us to sort out the feelings of the unbelieving minister.
Posted inArt, Arts & Culture
The stunning (and underappreciated) Mexican influence on American art
In the early 20th century, American artists were intoxicated by the way Mexican muralists transformed their people’s struggle for justice into narrative imagery.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
The border divides a family in Marcelo Hernandez Castillo’s affecting memoir
Castillo writes with gorgeous precision and sensitivity about his experience as a boy growing into a man in a country that will not recognize him, his family split across borders.
Posted inDispatches, Politics & Society
Ill-prepared for Covid-19, Mexico City prisons continue to allow visitors
At each of Mexico City’s 13 prisons, hundreds of people are still admitted each visiting day to see their imprisoned family members. For the inmates, they are a vital lifeline.
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Experts decry Mexico coronavirus policy delay
The Mexican government has defended its policies, saying that its robust health surveillance system gives it a good idea of how the epidemic is evolving and that health experts are charting the country’s fight against the virus.
Posted inPolitics & Society, Short Take
The United States has criminalized asylum seeking. Covid-19 gives us a reason to reconsider.
The coronavirus poses a new threat to asylum seekers in detention centers and in crowded camps, writes Kathleen Bonnette of the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
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U.S.-Mexico border humanitarians scramble to curb coronavirus
The “social distancing” required by the coronavirus is making it more difficult to provide essential services to migrants and asylum seekers stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border, writes J.D. Long-García.