Catholic News – Americas
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Open Doors: Nicaraguan Christians ‘increasingly silenced’ by dictatorship
Open Doors, an international organization dedicated to supporting Christians who suffer discrimination and persecution around the world, noted in its…
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Exiled Bishop Báez of Nicaragua: ‘For the Church, this is not a time for silence’
Silvio Báez, the exiled auxiliary bishop of Managua, Nicaragua, said in a homily on Jan. 25 that “freedom and democratization…
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Bishops condemn massacre at soccer field that left at least 11 dead in Mexico
The Mexican Bishops’ Conference (CEM, by its Spanish acronym) condemned the massacre that claimed the lives of at least 11…
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Spanish priest calls for ‘more missionaries’ in ‘perilous’ southern Mexico
Spanish missionary Father Christopher Hartley remains neither complacent nor afraid as he brings the Gospel to the materially and spiritually…
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Lent 2026: 5 programs to help you grow in your faith
This year Lent begins on Feb. 18 with Ash Wednesday. As we quickly approach this time of prayer, fasting, and…
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Nuns leave Nicaragua after years of evangelization, deny expulsion
The Capuchin Tertiary Sisters of the Holy Family announced they are leaving Nicaragua after a period of “discernment by the…
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Jesse Jackson, civil rights activist who urged Vatican to address humanitarian crises, dies at 84
Jesse Jackson, whose decades of activism included work in the Civil Rights Movement, two runs for the White House, and…
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What impact has the Cristero War had on religious freedom in Mexico today?
The story of the Cristero War in Mexico reached theaters a little over a decade ago with “For Greater Glory,”…
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Pope Leo’s pro-life and pro-family legacy as bishop in Peru remembered
The defense of life from conception, marriage defined as the union between one man and one woman, and the development…
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