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David Agren writes for Catholic News Service.

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A woman prays outside the Mexico Supreme Court building in Mexico City July 29, 2020, while the court proposed to decriminalize abortion. Lawmakers in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz approved a bill July 20, 2021, decriminalizing abortion during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy, the second such decriminalization measure approved in Mexico in barely two weeks. (CNS photo/Henry Romero, Reuters)

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

David Agren|Jul 21, 2021|3 Min Read

A bust of Christ hangs from a wall next to a bullet impact at an abandoned home near Aguililla, Mexico, April 23, 2021. Pope Francis has sent a letter of encouragement to the town's residents as they confront battling drug cartels. (CNS photo/Alan Ortega, Reuters)

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

David Agren|Jul 20, 2021|3 Min Read

The site where an overpass for a metro partially collapsed with train cars on it is seen at Olivos station in Mexico City May 4, 2021. (CNS photo/Carlos Jasso, Reuters)

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Church leaders offer prayers after Mexico City metro crash

David Agren|May 4, 2021|2 Min Read

A man holds a photo of Álvaro Gómez during a protest in Managua, Nicaragua, May 10, 2018. Gómez was killed during a protest over reforms of pension plans of the Nicaraguan Social Security Institute. The protest was organized by the Mothers of April Movement to demand justice from President Daniel Ortega's government. (Oswaldo Rivas/Reuters via CNS)

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Three years after crackdown, Nicaraguan church still sees repression

David Agren|Apr 27, 2021|4 Min Read

Asylum-seeking migrants from Central America who were airlifted from Brownsville, Texas, to El Paso, and later deported, walk outside a National Institute of Migration office at the Paso del Norte International Bridge in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, March 23, 2021. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters via CNS)

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JRS launches border program to address migrants’ psychological needs

David Agren|Apr 23, 2021|2 Min Read

A child is pictured in a file photo being baptized at a church in Mexico City. The apostolic nuncio to Mexico has warned the country's bishops to "look reality in the eye" as the country's non-Catholic population increases and Mexicans increasingly identify as nonreligious. (CNS photo/Edgard Garrido, Reuters)

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Apostolic nuncio to Mexican bishops: 'Look reality in the eye'

David Agren|Apr 14, 2021|3 Min Read

An asylum-seeker snaps a selfie at a Mass celebrated Jan. 9, 2021, by Matamoros Bishop Eugenio Lira Rugarcía in a camp populated by asylum-seekers on the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico. The camp has remained largely free of COVID-19 thanks to prevention measures taken by residents and volunteers. (CNS photo/David Agren)

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As COVID-19 deaths increase, Mexican bishops announce focus on prevention

David Agren|Feb 1, 2021|4 Min Read

Guatemalans who fear their relatives were among 19 charred bodies in two burned-out vehicles found in Camargo, Mexico, depart the Faculty of Medicine in Guatemala City Jan. 25, 2021. They gave DNA samples to help in the identification. (CNS photo/Luis Echeverria, Reuters)

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Church activists demand investigation after possible massacre of migrants

David Agren|Jan 28, 2021|2 Min Read

Asylum-seekers pray during Mass at a tent camp along the Rio Grande in Matamoros, Mexico, Jan. 9, 2021. The asylum-seekers are in a program where they must remain in Mexico while their cases are heard in U.S. courts. The election of Joe Biden has sparked some optimism their plight may be resolved soon, according to activists working with them. (CNS photo/David Agren)

Asylum-seekers along Mexican border express hope with Biden in office

David Agren|Jan 25, 2021|5 Min Read

A pro-life demonstrator holds a crucifix after the Senate passed an abortion bill in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec. 30, 2020. Abortion will be legal during the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. (CNS photo/Martin Villar, Reuters)

Argentina legalizes abortion during first 14 weeks of pregnancy

David Agren|Dec 30, 2020|3 Min Read

Carlos Melendez holds a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe outside the basilica named for her in Mexico City Dec. 1, 2020. He arrived earlier than usual due to the basilica closing for the Dec. 12 feast day due to COVID-19. (CNS photo/David Agren)

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Pilgrims visit Mexico's Guadalupe basilica before its closure for feast

David Agren|Dec 2, 2020|3 Min Read

Marijuana leaves are seen next to Mexico's Senate building at the protest cannabis garden of the Cannabico Mexican Movement in Mexico City Nov. 19, 2020. (CNS photo/Carlos Jasso, Reuters)

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Mexican bishops express dismay with bill to legalize marijuana

David Agren|Nov 23, 2020|3 Min Read

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