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Canadian bishops: Assisted suicide law perilous for disabled, mentally ill
- Apr 9, 2021
Canada’s Catholic bishops said the possible pressures the country’s new assisted suicide law will place on Canadians with mental illness or disabilities are “all too real, perilous and potentially destructive.”

By Agnieszka Ruck
Mexican bishop announces run for political office, then backtracks
- Apr 7, 2021
A Mexican bishop announced his intentions to run as a candidate in the country’s upcoming elections, then backtracked — a decision creating confusion and reviving debate in Mexico over the role of priests and pastors in the country’s politics.

By David Agren
Smugglers, extortion and broken dreams: Migrants’ road to U.S. has perils
- Apr 6, 2021
Shelters like La 72, run by the Franciscans near the Guatemala border, offer a respite on a dangerous route for migrants to the U.S. border.

By David Agren

Brazilian Catholic Church cautious after judge lifts bans on public worship
- Apr 6, 2021
Catholic leaders in Brazil are still exercising caution after a supreme court justice authorized the celebration of in-person religious services for the whole country on April 3.

By Eduardo Campos Lima

Mexico Good Friday re-enactment another victim of pandemic
- Apr 3, 2021
The Cerro de Estrella was a barren hilltop of sun-faded grass with three towering but empty wooden crosses on Good Friday, a day when for nearly all of the past 176 years it would have been crowded with multitudes of people witnessing a reenactment of the Passion of Christ.

By Fabiola Sanchez
U.S. and Mexican bishops call for better migration policies at border
- Apr 2, 2021
As the number of migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border continues to soar, more than a dozen Catholic bishops from both countries issued a reminder yesterday that “there is a shared responsibility of all nations to preserve human life and provide for safe, orderly, and humane immigration, including the right to asylum.”

By John Lavenburg
A season for resurrection arrives for El Salvador’s Catholic war victims
- Apr 1, 2021
The Church is doing its best to heal El Salvador, with help from organizations such as CONABÚSQUEDA, whose purpose is to investigate and determine what happened to adult victims of El Salvador’s armed conflict, which left more than 75,000 dead and 7,000 to 10,000 disappeared

By Rhina Guidos
Thieves steal cash, financial papers from Colombian bishops’ conference
- Mar 31, 2021
Using guns and dressed as police, a group of thieves broke into the Colombian bishops’ conference headquarters in Bogota and took a safe that contained cash, checkbooks and deeds to bank accounts that the church uses to finance programs for the poor.

By Manuel Rueda