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Pope Leo XVI holds a crucifix as he leads the Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord's Passion in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 3, 2026. (OSV News photo/Simone Risoluti, Vatican Media)

Good Friday liturgy underscores need to break 'this chain' of violence

Josephine Peterson|Apr 3, 2026|2 Min Read

A burned bus is seen Feb. 22, 2026, at the site of a highway in Santa Rita Tlahuapan, Mexico, that connects Mexico City with the state of Puebla. Members of organized crime in several states put up roadblocks and carried out arson attacks after a military operation in which Mexican drug lord Nemesio Oseguera, known as "El Mencho," was killed in Tapalpa in Mexico's Jalisco state. (OSV News photo/Paola Garcia, Reuters)

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Bishops urge prudence, prayer, invoke Guadalupe's protection as violence erupts in Mexico

Junno Arocho Esteves|Feb 23, 2026|2 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

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

South Africa

World

Murder of priest highlights rising violence in South Africa

Ngala Killian Chimtom|May 2, 2024|4 Min Read

Coptic Monks

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Three Coptic Orthodox monks murdered in their monastery in South Africa

Fredrick Nzwili|Mar 13, 2024|3 Min Read

Violence

New poll: Support for use of violence to restore ‘right to abortion’ increases

Joe Bukuras|Aug 3, 2023|2 Min Read

Cardinal Gregory

Cardinal Gregory: Till memorial should inspire youth to 'work for a better world'

Mark Zimmermann|Jul 25, 2023|5 Min Read

Holy Land

World

Holy Land spirals into violence amid celebrations of Passover, Easter and Ramadan

Judith Sudilovsky|Apr 11, 2023|3 Min Read

Congo

Victims of violence in Congo share their grief with pope

Cindy Wooden|Feb 1, 2023|4 Min Read

Guarani Indigenous people protest as they mark the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples in São Paulo Aug. 9, 2022. The Brazilian bishops' Indigenous Missionary Council said record violence last year against traditional peoples may have made 2021 "the worst year of the century" for Indigenous peoples. (CNS photo/Amanda Perobelli, Reuters)

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Violence against Indigenous in Brazil surges, says Catholic council

Lise Alves|Aug 18, 2022|3 Min Read

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