by Marv Knox | Mar 23, 2020 | News
Lorenzo Ortiz, a Texas pastor who operates three immigrant shelters in Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, stayed behind when the U.S. and Mexican governments closed the border to all “nonessential” travel at midnight Saturday, March 21. Mutual concern about the transmission of the...
by Marv Knox | Aug 7, 2019 | Opinion
Gunshots that slaughtered at least 22 people in El Paso, Texas, last Saturday echoed around the world. They particularly reverberated in the hearts of residents of the American Southwest. The murderer (Let’s refuse to placate the perversion of mass murderers by...
by Sue Smith | Mar 18, 2019 | Opinion
In Chiapas, the rural southwest state in Mexico, issues surrounding migration are a little different than what we hear about on the news. Communities aren’t controlled by gangs. You don’t witness acts of violence on the streets, and you cannot assume that pretty much...
by Jesse Rincones | May 5, 2017 | Opinion
Have you considered how a celebration like Cinco de Mayo could help you connect with this country’s largest ethnic minority? If you haven’t, you should. With its population reaching more than 56.6 million, the Hispanic community could be key to your...
by Alessandro Speciale | Dec 13, 2011 | News
VATICAN CITY (RNS) Pope Benedict XVI confirmed on Monday (Dec. 12) that he will travel to Cuba and Mexico next year. “Supported by divine Providence, I have the intention to make an apostolic trip to Mexico and Cuba before Easter,” he said at the end of his homily...
