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St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral in Chilpancingo, Mexico.

Seeking peace in Mexico, four bishops meet with organized crime 

Feb 17, 2024

By Diego López Colín, David Ramos

Four bishops from the Mexican state of Guerrero recently met with members of organized crime in an effort to seek... Read more

Bishop Víctor Alejandro Aguilar, bishop of Celaya and head of the Episcopal Dimension for the Laity of the Conference of the Mexican Episcopate.

Mexican bishop criticizes President López Obrador for being soft on crime

Oct 5, 2023

By Ana Paula Morales

Bishop Víctor Alejandro Aguilar called President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s policy against organized crime “hugs for drug traffickers and bullets... Read more

A truck traveled through Mexico City in September 2023 with a message against the indoctrination of children in schools.

Truck circulates in Mexico City with message against indoctrinating schoolchildren

Sep 22, 2023

By Diego López Colín

The campaign demands that educational institutions stop using the controversial school textbooks developed for the 2023-2024 school year. Read more

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Catholic newspaper takes Mexican president to task for joking about murders

Sep 8, 2023

By Martin Barillas

“He not only shows a lack of sensitivity but also perversion,” read an editorial in the newspaper of the Archdiocese... Read more

Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Bishops of Mexico: Lack of democracy results in the violation of human rights

May 21, 2023

By Ana Paula Morales

The bishops of Mexico called on all Mexicans to join this Sunday, May 21, in a day of prayer for... Read more

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Cardinal criticizes Mexican president's anti-crime policy

Jun 23, 2022

By David Ramos

The "hugs not bullets" policy of the president is ineffective, says Guadalajara archbishop Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega. Read more

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Mexican diocese laments murders, attempts to silence, journalists

Feb 18, 2022

By David Ramos

Father Martín Lara Becerril, spokesman for the Diocese of Querétaro, lamented the murder of journalists in Mexico and the attempts... Read more

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Pro-abortion constitutional reform in Mexico paused

Apr 17, 2021

By David Ramos

The administration of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and legislators from his ruling National Regeneration Movement decided to put... Read more

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Revision of Criminal Code could legalize abortion throughout Mexico

Jan 22, 2020

Pro-life advocates in Mexico are speaking out against a leaked draft copy of Mexico’s revised National Criminal Code, which would... Read more

Archbishop Rogelio Cabrera, president of the Mexican Bishops Conference, and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

Mexican bishops meet with President López Obrador on peace, migration

Jun 19, 2019

A delegation from the Mexican Bishops' Conference met June 17 with the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, discussing... Read more

Zocalo de Mexico.

Mexican priest: 'From Spain we received … the true faith'

Apr 4, 2019

Fr. Hugo Valdemar, the canon penitentiary of the Archdiocese of Mexico, said Monday that through Spanish missionaries we have received... Read more

Pope Francis visits Santa Cruz, Bolivia, July 9, 2015.

How popes have addressed the conquest of the Americas

Mar 29, 2019

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador of Mexico this week wrote to Pope Francis and the King of Spain, Felipe VI,... Read more

Motorists wait for gas at a Pemex station in Mexico City's La Condensa neighborhood during a shortage, Jan. 12, 2019.

Mexican bishops make statement on gasoline shortage

Jan 17, 2019

Amid a crisis caused by the shortage of gasoline in Mexico and the government's fight against the theft and adulteration... Read more

Zocalo and the Mexican City Metropolitan Cathedral.

Mexican bishops publish 'plan for building peace'

Sep 12, 2018

The Mexican bishops' conference published Tuesday the “Catholic Church's Plan for Building Peace,” in an effort to “redouble efforts and... Read more

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was elected president of Mexico on July 1.

Mexican bishops urge collaboration after election of Lopez Obrador

Jul 2, 2018

The bishops of Mexico congratulated Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador on his election as the next president of the country, stressing... Read more