Honduras Archives

Honduran bishops denounce drug cartel incursion into politics

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Oct 16, 2019

The Honduran bishops’ conference said narcotics trafficking has permeated the Central American country’s institutions and accused politicians of colluding with organized crime.

Central Americans want to stay home; development programs help that happen

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Sep 15, 2019

Fe y Alegria (Faith and Joy) is a training and support program for teenagers and young adults in El Progreso, Honduras.

Honduran priest: Accumulation, exclusion, violence trigger migration

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Aug 31, 2019

Jesuit Father Ismael Moreno has watched migrants leave this crossroads in northern Honduras for decades, starting with his own brother, who left for the United States in 1989.

‘They put a gun to my head,’ says Honduran mother of six

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Jul 3, 2019

Mexico has sent members of its National Guard to stop migrants at its southern border, and stories of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions in U.S. and Mexican migration detention centers have surfaced.

Church agency, union leaders on fact-finding trip to Central America

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Apr 22, 2019

A delegation that includes the head of Catholic Charities of the New York Archdiocese, union leaders, state officials and representatives of humanitarian aid agencies are visiting the three Central American nations that now face a cutoff of U.S. aid ordered by President Donald Trump.

New migrant caravan has left Honduras; why do they flee?

Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas
Jan 16, 2019

Migrants from across Honduras set out from San Pedro Sula for the border with Guatemala early Jan. 15, hoping to reach the U.S. border amid controversies over fortifying the southern frontier with a wall.