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David Agren writes for OSV News from Mexico City.

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Auxiliary Bishop Gustavo Carrara of Buenos Aires, Argentina, is pictured in an undated photo concelebrating Mass as he speaks from a microphone. He was named archbishop of La Plata on Nov. 21, 2024. Archbishop Carrara, 51, was ordained in 1998 by then-Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires -- now Pope Francis -- and began serving in the shantytowns of Buenos Aires, which are commonly called "villas miserias," or misery villages. (OSV News photo/courtesy Familia Grande Hogar de Cristo)

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'Cura villero' -- shantytown priest -- named archbishop in Argentina

David Agren|Nov 22, 2024|2 Min Read

Jesuit Father Brian Strassburger speaks with migrants Oct. 15, 2024, at the Senda de Vida shelter in Reynosa, Mexico. Migrants at the shelter have expressed worry over not being able to enter the United States after the election of President-elect Donald Trump. (OSV News photo/David Agren)

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Migrants hope, pray to enter US ahead of presidential inauguration

David Agren|Nov 18, 2024|3 Min Read

A young pro-life supporter and others hold signs as they participate in the March for Life in Mexico City May 7, 2022. (OSV News photo/Toya Sarno Jordan, Reuters)

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Bishops reject Mexico City initiative aimed at eliminating any legal protection for life in womb

David Agren|Nov 7, 2024|3 Min Read

Mourners surround the casket of Father Marcelo Pérez during his burial in San Andrés Larrainzar in the southern state of Chiapas, Mexico, Oct. 22, 2024. Father Pérez, who ministered in Indigenous regions rife with territorial conflicts and later denounced drug cartel violence, was shot dead Oct. 20 by two assailants on a motorcycle as he drove away from the Guadalupe church in San Cristóbal de las Casas. (OSV News photo/Gabriela Sanabria, Reuters)

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Remembered as prophet for the poor, dispossessed, Mexico says goodbye to slain priest

David Agren|Oct 23, 2024|4 Min Read

Father Marcelo Pérez prepares the Eucharist in Simojovel, in Mexico's Chiapas state, in this undated photo. Father Pérez, who ministered in Indigenous regions rife with territorial conflicts and later denounced drug cartel violence, was shot dead Oct. 20, 2024, by two assailants on a motorcycle as he drove away from the Guadalupe church in San Cristóbal de las Casas, according to Mexican media reports. (OSV News photo/courtesy David Agren)

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Indigenous priest shot dead in Mexico's increasingly violent Chiapas state

David Agren|Oct 21, 2024|4 Min Read

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Mexican priest considered protector of the unborn beatified

David Agren|Sep 18, 2024|3 Min Read

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, greet supporters during the opening ceremony of a highway overpass in Managua March 21, 2019. (OSV News photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

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Nicaragua extinguishes legal status for religious orders, evangelical congregations

David Agren|Aug 20, 2024|5 Min Read

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Ortega government closes Caritas chapter amid wave of arrests in Nicaraguan diocese

David Agren|Aug 13, 2024|4 Min Read

Venezuela

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'We cannot be neutral,' Venezuelan cardinals say, calling for full release of election results

David Agren|Aug 6, 2024|5 Min Read

Nicaragua

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'Parishes are on their own,' says Nicaraguan priest as regime's repression targets diocese

David Agren|Aug 5, 2024|6 Min Read

Mexico

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Mexicans flee to neighboring Guatemala to avoid being 'human shields,' bishop says

David Agren|Jul 26, 2024|4 Min Read

Mexico

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Bishops congratulate Mexico's new president, Claudia Sheinbaum

David Agren|Jun 4, 2024|4 Min Read

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