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Father Pat Murphy, director of the Scalabrini-run Casa del Migrante shelter, washes his hands during a symbolic washing of feet for migrants on Holy Thursday April 13, 2017, in Tijuana, Mexico.(CNS photo/David Maung)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jim McDermott
“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?’”
Politics & SocietyNews
Jo Tuckman - Catholic News Service
"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.
Mexican presidential front-runner Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador of the National Regeneration Movement is seen during a campaign rally in Guadalupe, Mexico, May 6. (CNS photo/Daniel Becerril, Reuters) 
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Jan-Albert Hootsen
At least 102 candidates and political workers have been murdered since September.
Politics & SocietyNews
David Agren - Catholic News Service
A crackdown on drug cartels, started 11 years ago, has claimed more than 200,000 lives and left more than 30,000 people missing.
Politics & SocietyNews
David Agren - Catholic News Service
At least six armed individuals entered the shelter in the early morning hours of May 6 and stole some of the migrants' meager possessions, including cash, cellphones and ID cards.
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Sean Carroll, S.J.
President Trump’s determination to build a wall does not consider the complex realities that force people to migrate north to the United States.