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The funeral of Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera (photograph courtesy of HBO)
Arts & CultureTelevision
Nick Ripatrazone
“The Art of Political Murder” reveals what happened when the government finally had enough of Bishop Juan José Gerardi Conedera.
Arts & CultureMusic
Stephen G. Adubato
Reggaeton speaks to me of God, in part because it awakened in me the tensions and longings of simply being human.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador attends a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City July 22, 2019. (CNS photo/Edgard Garrido, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
Any source of criticism, whether a journalist, another politician or a member of civil society, can count on a barrage of invective from the president, senior members of his cabinet and often from among the millions of López Obrador’s online followers.
FaithFaith in Focus
Margaret Swedish
The four churchwomen chose to stay and to suffer, as St. Romero had once said, “the same fate as the poor.”
FaithExplainer
The passionate reaction to Maradona’s death was a sign of his transcendence and quasi-religious appeal.
A large sanctuary with reddish brown pews is empty, from the distance, Mexican Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes can be seen standing on a white square platform at the end of the pews, preaching to the empty space. A large organ and array of flag are on the wall behind the altar.
Politics & SocietyNews
David Agren - Catholic News Service
Mexican church and civic officials have canceled public feast celebrations for Mexico’s patroness at her shrine in Mexico City due to the Covid-19 pandemic.