Mexico Archives

To church’s dismay, Veracruz state approves bill decriminalizing abortion

Jul 22, 2021

Lawmakers in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz approved a bill decriminalizing abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. It was the second such decriminalization measure approved in Mexico in barely two weeks.

By David Agren

Pope offers his solidarity in letter to cartel-afflicted Mexican diocese

Jul 21, 2021

Pope Francis sent a letter of encouragement to residents of a Mexican diocese afflicted by battling drug cartels, a conflict that has cast attention on the lawlessness covering wide swaths of Mexico and the government’s inability to pacify the country.

By David Agren

Mexico rights organizer killed, 3rd activist to die in month

Jul 7, 2021

An Indigenous rights activist has been killed by a gunman on a motorcycle in southern Mexico, the third organizer to be killed in Mexico in the space of about one month.

By Associated Press

Mexico’s bishops see complications from court’s marijuana decision

Jul 7, 2021

Mexico’s bishops have expressed dismay with a Supreme Court decision to declare “unconstitutional” laws prohibiting the use of recreational marijuana.

By David Agren

Pope prays for victims, condemns violence in Mexican border city

Jun 28, 2021

Pope Francis prayed for the victims of violence in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, where seemingly random attacks on innocent individuals claimed 19 lives.

By David Agren

In Mexico, colonial ruins shattered by truck, rains

Jun 25, 2021

It hasn’t been a good week for Mexico’s colonial-era architecture.

By Associated Press

Vatican’s top diplomat urges unity, reconciliation during trip to Mexico

Jun 21, 2021

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s top diplomat, said on Sunday that the “contradiction between faith and life is one of the most serious scandals that Christians can give to the world.”

By Inés San Martín

Mexican priest killed in crossfire in north-central Mexico

Jun 15, 2021

A Franciscan priest was killed in a hail of gunfire as he returned from celebrating Mass and providing sacraments in a rural Mexican village known for drug cartel conflicts.

By David Agren