Articles by Diego López Colín
Catholic Church warns of threat posed by organized crime in upcoming elections in Mexico
Mar 5, 2024 / 17:00 pmThe Mexican Bishops’ Conference urged authorities responsible for public safety to “guarantee protection and an environment of peace” during the election.
Why did four Mexican bishops meet with organized crime bosses?
Feb 23, 2024 / 08:00 amFather Mario Ángel Flores Ramos of the Mexican Bishops’ Conference discussed with ACI Prensa the bishops’ recent meeting with organized crime figures.
2024 International Congress of Families to be held in Mexico
Feb 21, 2024 / 09:00 amThe theme of this year’s congress will be “All Families Can Be Better.”
Seeking peace in Mexico, four bishops meet with organized crime
Feb 17, 2024 / 08:00 amFour bishops from the Mexican state of Guerrero recently met with members of organized crime in an effort to seek peace in the region.
Mexican presidential candidates meet with Pope Francis
Feb 16, 2024 / 16:00 pm2024 Mexican presidential candidates Xóchitl Gálvez Ruiz and Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo met separately with Pope Francis this week.
Panama Cardinal José Luis Lacunza missing since Tuesday
Feb 1, 2024 / 16:30 pmIn a Feb. 1 statement, the diocese said that a report has been “filed with the authorities of the public prosecutor’s office, who immediately began investigations.”
Will Eduardo Verástegui be on the ballot for president of Mexico?
Jan 29, 2024 / 17:30 pmWith just 154,826 validated signatures out of the 961,405 required by the National Electoral Institute, Verástegui was unable to be formally registered as a candidate.
U.S. and Mexican bishops present proposals to help migrants
Jan 12, 2024 / 17:45 pmThe Catholic bishops of the Mexico-Texas border region issued a joint call Jan. 10 to improve the situation of migrants and their families.
Priest says migrants in northern Mexico are being kidnapped on a constant basis
Jan 5, 2024 / 18:10 pmMexican authorities reported Jan. 3 the rescue of 31 migrants who had been kidnapped the night of Dec. 30 on their way to the United States.
Young people to make pilgrimage to Christ the King shrine for religious freedom in Mexico
Jan 3, 2024 / 18:40 pmWith the theme “We ask for citizen participation, we demand religious freedom,” thousands of young Catholics are preparing to make a pilgrimage Jan. 17.
Exorcist warns the cult of ‘St. Death’ worships Satan ‘implicitly or explicitly’
Jan 2, 2024 / 12:10 pmFather Andrés Esteban López Ruiz noted that the “proliferation of this cult has led to a significant increase in the extraordinary action of the devil.”
Bishop decries ‘scourge of violence’ by organized crime on Mexico’s southern border
Dec 28, 2023 / 18:00 pmBishop Rodrigo Aguilar Martínez warned that “organized crime keeps people besieged, confined, intimidated, and threatened, harming them more every day.”
Hispanic world to ‘light up life’ in defense of children on feast of Holy Innocents
Dec 19, 2023 / 18:00 pmOn Dec. 28, the feast of the Holy Innocents, Spanish-speaking cities in Latin America and Spain will join together in the “Light Up Life” campaign.
Mexican lawmakers urged to oppose bill criminalizing ‘conversion therapy’
Dec 5, 2023 / 18:40 pmThe proposal calls for significant penalties, including prison sentences and fines, for those who offer or perform such therapy.
Mexican bishop: thief who stole Eucharist is excommunicated
Dec 4, 2023 / 18:40 pmThe prelate declared the act as “a violation of the sacred place [the chapel] and a sacrilege against the sacred Eucharistic species.”
Cancun could become an abortion tourism destination with opening of new clinic
Dec 4, 2023 / 18:00 pmMarie Stopes International opened a clinic Nov. 23 in Cancun in the Mexican state of Quintana Roo, raising concerns among pro-life leaders about “death tourism.”
Constant thefts in churches plague Mexican archdiocese
Nov 30, 2023 / 18:40 pmThe Archdiocese of San Luis Potosí expressed its concern about the constant wave of thefts that is plaguing churches in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí.
Archbishop justifies LGBT flags on coffins in Mexican cathedral
Nov 17, 2023 / 19:00 pmArchbishop Gustavo Rodríguez Vega justified the draping of LGBT flags on the coffins of a gay activist and his partner during their funeral.
FACT CHECK: Did an Our Lady of Sorrows statue in Mexico really shed tears?
Nov 16, 2023 / 18:30 pmLocal Mexican media reported that a 9-year-old boy was the first to see what appeared to be tears flowing from the eyes of a statue of Mary in a chapel in El Chanal, Mexico.
22,000 people pray ‘living rosary’ for peace in violence-plagued Mexican state
Nov 9, 2023 / 18:20 pmThousands gathered on Nov. 5 in the León city stadium in Guanajuato state in Mexico to participate in the traditional “living rosary.”