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David Agren writes for Catholic News Service.

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A city government worker places a poster with information next to homeless people in Mexico City March 31, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Gustavo Graf, Reuters)

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Mexican bishops announce 'families without hunger' plan during pandemic

David Agren|Apr 27, 2020|4 Min Read

Guatemalans deported from the U.S. board a bus outside La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City March 19, 2020. Guatemala's bishops have criticized continued deportations during the COVID-19 pandemic, saying the practice has "no sense of humanity" during a health crisis. (CNS photo/Fabricio Alonso, Reuters)

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Guatemalan bishops: Deporting people during pandemic lacks humanity

David Agren|Apr 16, 2020|2 Min Read

A mother and daughter wearing protective masks who are seeking asylum in the U.S. are seen at a migrant camp in Matamoros, Mexico, April 1, 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic. (CNS photo/Go Nakamura, Reuters)

Migrant ministries call for end to deportations during pandemic

David Agren|Apr 13, 2020|3 Min Read

This 2016 file photo shows the original image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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Bishops dedicate Americas to Our Lady of Guadalupe during pandemic

David Agren|Apr 13, 2020|3 Min Read

A man wearing a protective mask prays at the Metropolitan Cathedral in Managua, Nicaragua, March 22, 2020, amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

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Nicaraguan officials stop church program to prevent COVID-19

David Agren|Apr 6, 2020|2 Min Read

Pilgrims rest beside an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 11, 2018, the eve of her feast day at the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico City. The Latin American bishops' council, CELAM, and the Mexican bishops' conference announced plans to consecrate Latin America and the Caribbean to Our Lady of Guadalupe on Easter, April 12, 2020. (CNS/Carlos Jasso, Reuters)

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CELAM calls for act of consecration to Our Lady of Guadalupe on Easter

David Agren|Apr 1, 2020|2 Min Read

Joanely Martinez displays a sign during the women's march March 8, 2020, in Mexico City. She also participated in a national women's strike the following day. She said the government "does nothing" to protect women, who are demanding the authorities do more to stop the murder of women and girls. (CNS photo/David Agren)

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'Marking a milestone,' Mexican women strike for equality, end of violence

David Agren|Mar 10, 2020|4 Min Read

Sister Norma Pimentel, director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley in Texas, speaks with a young resident of a tent camp housing some 2,500 asylum seekers in Matamoros, Mexico, Feb. 29, 2020. Sister Norma leads teams providing support for the camp, which is occupied by people forced to stay on the Mexican side of the border while their asylum claims are heard in U.S. courts. (CNS photo/David Agren)

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Churches work to alleviate suffering of people who 'Remain in Mexico'

David Agren|Mar 4, 2020|5 Min Read

Father Ernesto Cardenal, Nicaraguan poet and Reina Sofia Prize winner, speaks during an Aug. 29, 2008, meeting at his house in Managua, Nicaragua. Father Cardenal died March 1, 2020, at the age of 95. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

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Father Ernesto Cardenal, poet and revolutionary, dies in Nicaragua

David Agren|Mar 2, 2020|3 Min Read

A woman holds a candle as she protests against gender violence and femicide at Angel de la Independencia monument in Mexico City Feb. 22, 2020. Mexico's bishops voiced outrage over a spate of slayings of women and girls. (CNS photo/Gustavo Graf, Reuters)

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Mexican bishops call for action, boosting families as femicide increases

David Agren|Feb 24, 2020|2 Min Read

Migrants from Central America trying to reach the United States react as police approach them near Frontera Hidalgo, Mexico, Jan. 21, 2020. At least 138 Salvadorans have been murdered after being deported back to country from the United States, according to a report released Feb. 5 from Human Rights Watch. (CNS photo/Andres Martinez Casares, Reuters)

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Human Rights Watch says deportees killed after return to El Salvador

David Agren|Feb 6, 2020|2 Min Read

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador attends a news conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico Dec.10, 2019. Lopez Obrador has expressed disapproval of a proposal that would scrap some of the restrictions separating church and state, but also could mean breaking the seal of confession. (CNS photo/Henry Romero, Reuters)

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Mexican president says church-state separation should be left alone

David Agren|Dec 19, 2019|2 Min Read

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