Mexico: Father Jose Guadalupe Rivas 58, and another unidentified person have been found dead on a ranch in Tecate, on the US Mexico border. Father Jose ran the Casa del Migrante de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in Tecate (Baja California). He was a member of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal MovementContinue Reading
Mexico City: The Dominican Nuns of the St. Catherine of Siena Monastery in Mexico City sent an urgent request for “fervent prayers” to local and international Catholics after 10 of their 24 religious fell ill with Covid-19 early this week. The superior of the community sent a letter to supportersContinue Reading
Mexico City: A Mexican priest has been stabbed to death in his parish, the latest attack on clergy in the heavily Catholic country. Father Ruben Alcantara Diaz, 50, was attacked April 18, just prior to the 6:30 p.m. Mass at Our Lady of Carmen Parish in Cuautitlan Izcalli, the DioceseContinue Reading
Acapulco:The Archdiocese of Acapulco, Mexico, reported that two priests were murdered early Monday morning, Feb 5. Fr. Iván Añorve Jaimes, pastor of Holy Family Parish in the town of Las Vigas, and Fr. Germain Muñiz Garcia, the pastor of Mezcala; were killed in an attack by unidentified individuals in TaxcoContinue Reading
Juarez, Mexico : An increase in adoration chapels in Mexico are reportedly leading to a stunning decline in crime rates. The change is most significant in Ciudad Juárez, one of the most dangerous cities in Mexico, where in the space of five years — from 2010–2015 — murder rates droppedContinue Reading
Saltillo, Mexico: The body of Father Joaquín Hernández Sifuentes, a priest in northern Mexico who had been missing since Jan. 3, was found on Thursday, his diocese announced. “We confirm with profound sadness that our brother Joaquín Hernández Sifuentes, a diocesan priest for whom we tirelessly searched, with the great hopeContinue Reading
Body of Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen found in Michoacan following the abduction and murder of two priests in VeracruzContinue Reading
Mexico: Church officials are pleading for the life of a priest who was kidnapped from his parish residence just one day after two other priests were abducted and killed in another part of Mexico. The Archdiocese of Morelia said priest Jose Alfredo Lopez Guillen was abducted on Monday from hisContinue Reading