MarÍa Verza

MarÍa Verza is an author at Religion News Service.

All Stories by MarÍa Verza

2 priests killed in Mexico devoted decades to remote region

By MarÍa Verza — June 23, 2022
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The two priests, age 79 and 80, respectively, were shot to death in the small church on Cerocahui’s town square Monday, along with a tourist guide they tried to protect from a local criminal boss.

Mexico’s Supreme Court rules that abortion is not a crime

By MarÍa Verza — September 7, 2021
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled Tuesday (Sept. 7) that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion, unanimously annulling several provisions of a law from Coahuila — a state on the Texas border — that had made abortion a criminal act. The decision will immediately affect only the northern border state, but it establishes […]
Page 1 of 1