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David Agren writes for Catholic News Service.

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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, walks with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador during a private visit to a replica of the Sistine Chapel at Zocalo square in Mexico City April 26, 2022. (CNS photo/Henry Romero, Reuters)

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Vatican official visits Mexico to mark 30 years of diplomatic ties

David Agren|Apr 27, 2022|4 Min Read

Mexican Bishop Salvador Rangel Mendoza of Chilpancingo-Chilapa approaches his dog, Taro, at his residence in Chilpancingo, Mexico, March 15, 2022. Bishop Rangel, now retired, often met with the leaders of drug cartels in an attempt to diminish violence in his diocese. (CNS photo/David Agren)

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'I don't see, I don't hear': Mexican bishop on working with crime bosses

David Agren|Apr 20, 2022|5 Min Read

Archbishop Waldemar Sommertag, the Vatican ambassador to the Vatican, is pictured in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican March 19, 2018. The Vatican called Nicaragua's expulsion of the Vatican ambassador "grave and unjustified" as the rift deepened between the Catholic Church and the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Nicaragua expels the Vatican ambassador

David Agren|Mar 14, 2022|3 Min Read

Protesters block the entrance of the Jesuit-run Central American University during a protest against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega's government in Managua Nov. 19, 2019. The government has targeted opposition groups and institutions. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

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Nicaragua revokes legal status of Catholic charities, educational projects

David Agren|Feb 3, 2022|2 Min Read

Migrants seeking asylum in the U.S. are pictured at at an encampment in a public square in Reynosa, Mexico, Dec. 3, 2021. In a Dec. 6 statement, the Mexican bishops expressed disappointment with their government's willingness to reinstate the Migrant Protection Protocols, known as Remain in Mexico. (CNS photo/Daniel Becerril, Reuters)

Bishops criticize Mexico for agreeing to revive migrant protocols

David Agren|Dec 7, 2021|3 Min Read

A Legionaries of Christ seminarian is silhouetted as he attends a Mass in the chapel of Regina Apostolorum University in Rome in this 2013 file photo. A network of offshore trusts and subsidiaries established by priests and businessmen close to the Legionaries of Christ moved as much as $295 million around four continents. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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After Pandora Papers report, Legionaries of Christ deny wrongdoing

David Agren|Oct 5, 2021|3 Min Read

A paratrooper participates in the traditional military parade to mark the bicentennial of Mexico's Independence from Spain at Zocalo square in Mexico City Sept. 16, 2021. (CNS photo/Henry Romero, Reuters)

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At bicentennial, pope urges Mexicans to focus on present, future

David Agren|Sep 27, 2021|3 Min Read

Catholics pray in Mexico City Sept. 7, 2021, as they protest the Mexican Supreme Court's decision that declared the criminalization of abortion is unconstitutional. (CNS photo/Gustavo Graf, Reuters)

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Mexican Supreme Court invalidates second state law against abortion

David Agren|Sep 10, 2021|4 Min Read

Migrants and asylum-seekers from Central America and the Caribbean walk in a caravan in Tapachula, Mexico, Aug. 28, 2021. They are headed to the Mexican capital to apply for asylum and refugee status. (CNS photo/Jose Torres, Reuters)

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Mexican bishops, Scalabrinians address migrant 'crisis of great magnitude'

David Agren|Sep 6, 2021|3 Min Read

Migrants from Central America and the Caribbean walk in a caravan near Escuintla, Mexico, Aug. 29, 2021. They were headed to Mexico City to apply for asylum and refugee status. (CNS photo/Jose Torres, Reuters)

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Mexican bishops express solidarity with migrants as caravan is disrupted

David Agren|Aug 31, 2021|3 Min Read

People take part in a protest in Guatemala City July 24, 2021, in support of Juan Francisco Sandoval, who was removed by the Guatemalan attorney general as head of the Special Prosecutor's Office Against Impunity July 23. (CNS photo/Sandra Sebastian, Reuters)

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Guatemalan church leaders back growing protests

David Agren|Jul 30, 2021|2 Min Read

Mercy Sister Mary Kay Dobrovolny, standing, is pictured in early July speaking with a delegation from the U.S. in Honduras. In the solidarity trip, the U.S. visitors learned about conditions that fuel northward migration. (CNS photo/courtesy SHARE)

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Desperation in Honduras fuels migration northward, U.S. visitors learn

David Agren|Jul 26, 2021|4 Min Read

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