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David Agren

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David Agren writes for Catholic News Service.

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Residents stand amid debris outside homes in Puerto Cabezas, Nicaragua, Nov. 17, 2020, in the aftermath of Hurricane Iota. The Category 4 storm hit the coast of Nicaragua near the border of Honduras Nov. 16, causing storm surges and flooding and further damaging buildings already wrecked by Hurricane Eta. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

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'It has been completely disastrous': Second hurricane hits Nicaragua

David Agren|Nov 17, 2020|6 Min Read

People use a kayak to move through floodwaters in Macuspana, Mexico, Nov. 9, 2020, in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Eta in this picture obtained from social media. An estimated 200 people died throughout Central America and southern Mexico because of Eta, and Hurricane Iota was due to make landfall in Central America in the same place as Eta. (CNS photo/Jesus Castellanos Perez via Reuters)

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Category 5 hurricane set to hit Central America in same spot as Eta

David Agren|Nov 16, 2020|4 Min Read

Mercy Sister Betty Campbell and Carmelite Father Peter Hinde pose next to an illustration of St. Oscar Romero in a 2019 photo in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. Father Hinde and Sister Campbell will receive the CRISPAZ Peace Award Nov. 17 for their decades of ministry and social justice work in Latin America. (CNS photo/Julie Bourbon, courtesy Sisters of Mercy of the Americas)

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Carmelite priest, Mercy sister to be honored for social justice work

David Agren|Nov 11, 2020|3 Min Read

Rescue personnel using a search dog work at an area hit by a mudslide in Queja, Guatemala, Nov. 7, 2020, caused by the remains of Hurricane Eta. (CNS photo/Esteban Bilba pool via Reuters)

World

Eta deluges Central America, Mexico, leaving scores dead, thousands homeless

David Agren|Nov 9, 2020|3 Min Read

A resident walks through a flooded street as Hurricane Eta approaches Tela, Honduras, Nov. 3, 2020. (CNS photo/Jorge Cabrera, Reuters)

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Church responds as Hurricane Eta pounds Central America

David Agren|Nov 5, 2020|3 Min Read

Arturo Rodriguez, wearing a protective mask, poses with a statue St. Jude Thaddeus in Mexico City in late September during the COVID-19 pandemic. Rodriguez credits the saint with curing an injured relative and brings the statue to a monthly celebration in Mexico City, where devotion is strong. (CNS photo/David Agren)

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St. Jude Thaddeus draws immense devotion from Mexico's downtrodden

David Agren|Oct 22, 2020|4 Min Read

Relatives hold pictures during a 2019 news conference in Managua to demand the release of the demonstrators detained during 2018 protests against the government. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

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Nicaraguan Catholic leaders decry government's repressive measures

David Agren|Oct 8, 2020|3 Min Read

A caravan of migrants from Central America trying to reach the United States is seen in late January crossing a river near Ciudad Hidalgo, Mexico. Catholic migrant ministries in Guatemala are attending to a caravan of about 3,000 migrants who entered Guatemala Oct. 1 after setting out the night before from San Pedro Sula, Honduras. (CNS photo/Andres Martinez Casares, Reuters)

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New caravan of 3,000 migrants forms in Honduras; first during pandemic

David Agren|Oct 2, 2020|2 Min Read

Salvadoran Col. Inocente Orlando Montano is pictured during a 2000 news conference denying involvement in the 1989 deaths of six Jesuit priests, their housekeeper and her daughter. (CNS photo/Reuters)

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Spanish court convicts ex-Salvadoran colonel of 1989 murders of 5 Jesuits

David Agren|Sep 11, 2020|2 Min Read

Migrants line up for a free meal provided by volunteers at a makeshift encampment near the U.S. port of entry at the Gateway International Bridge in Matamoros, Mexico, Aug. 24, 2019. (CNS photo/Loren Elliott, Reuters)

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At Mexican camp near U.S. border, asylum-seekers grow more desperate

David Agren|Sep 9, 2020|4 Min Read

An Indigenous woman from the Tzotzil tribe is pictured in a file photo burning incense outside a church in Acteal, Mexico. The hamlet was the scene of a 1997 massacre that claimed the lives of 45 Indigenous residents. (CNS photo/David Agren)

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Catholic community split over 'amicable agreement' for 1997 massacre

David Agren|Sep 1, 2020|4 Min Read

People wait to receive free meals outside Our Lady of the Assumption Church in Mexico City Aug. 17, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic hit Mexico hard, and priests say many more people than usual need food aid. (CNS photo/David Agren)

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Mexican parishes refocus aid responses as pandemic drags on

David Agren|Aug 21, 2020|5 Min Read

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