Mexico Archives

Pandemic, border crackdown hamper Catholics’ aid to migrants

Apr 6, 2020

For years, Catholic-led, U.S.-based nonprofits have been at the forefront of efforts to support migrants and asylum seekers along the Mexican border. Tough new border policies, coupled with the COVID-19 pandemic, have drastically changed their work, much of which now takes place in Mexico.

By David Crary

Mexican bishops: Avoid layoffs, ‘We’re all in the same boat’

Apr 1, 2020

The Mexican bishops’ conference has urged employers to avoid laying off workers as the coronavirus crisis escalates in a country with an already stagnating economy and a weak social safety net.

By David Agren

Latin American governments weigh pandemic shutdown vs. economic hardship

Mar 26, 2020

The coronavirus pandemic swept much of the world before reaching Latin America, giving leaders time to learn from the high death rates in countries like Spain and Italy.

By Barbara Fraser

Mexican churches attacked during Women’s Day marches

Mar 11, 2020

Across Mexico, including in the capital Mexico City, protestors attacked Catholic cathedrals, mostly by throwing paint on the churches, but some attacks incendiary devices, including Molotov cocktails.

By Inés San Martín

Court sides with migrants seeking asylum before ‘Remain in Mexico’ in effect

Mar 7, 2020

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit in San Francisco March 5 refused to lift a lower court’s injunction blocking the Trump administration from applying its “Remain in Mexico” policy to those who arrived at U.S. ports of entry before the policy took effect.

By Catholic News Service

Citing coronavirus, Mexican bishops announce delay in Vatican sex abuse probe

Mar 6, 2020

ROME – Claiming that it’s due to the outbreak in Italy of coronavirus, the Mexican bishops’ conference announced Friday that a planned visit by two top papal aides to address a local clerical sexual abuse crisis has been “postponed.” According to the statement released Friday afternoon, the mission of Maltese

By Inés San Martín