Central America
In Guatemala, public schools turn to Bible study to boost reading and resist gang culture
By Catherine Pepinster — March 4, 2024
MIXCO, Guatemala (RNS) — Some teachers were reluctant to bring a Bible program into classrooms but have come to accept it.
Nicaraguan government bans Jesuit order and says all its property will be confiscated
By Associated Press — August 24, 2023
MEXICO CITY (AP) — It was the latest in a series of increasingly authoritarian actions by the Nicaraguan government against the Catholic Church and opposition figures.
Surviving persecution and a civil war, Maya spirituality finds new footing
By Emily Neil — August 3, 2023
(RNS) — Practitioners of the ancient Central American faith are hopeful that young Maya Guatemalans will continue to seek out and embrace their spiritual heritage.
Led by ‘Father Revolutionary,’ Indigenous Guatemalans turn to Orthodox Christianity
By David I. Klein — September 27, 2021
(RNS) — Spurred by the conversion of a beloved former Catholic priest, Orthodox Christian communities have popped up in some 120 villages across northern Guatemala and southern Mexico.
In Central America, Kamala Harris ignored our best hope: Catholic bishops
By Thomas Reese — June 23, 2021
(RNS) — Vice President Kamala Harris made a huge mistake by not meeting with Catholic bishops during her visit to Central America. The bishops could be the administration’s strongest ally in fighting the corruption, crime and poverty that cause people to flee to the United States.
As policies shift, Protestants and other faith groups join Catholics in helping immigrants at the border
By Jack Jenkins and Alejandra Molina — April 13, 2021
(RNS) — As the number of arrivals increases, Catholic groups are often relying on an array of faith-based ecumenical partners to handle the influx of people hoping to cross the border.
As hurricanes belt Honduras, Christian aid group fights not just water but corruption
By Alejandra Molina — November 20, 2020
(RNS) — As Honduras also grapples with the economic impacts of COVID-19, the Association for a More Just Society expects that the aftermath of the storms will send residents further into poverty.
Evangelical asylum-seekers stuck in Mexico hold prayer vigil for the US election
By Bob Smietana — November 6, 2020
(RNS) — 'Their lives and the lives of the children depend on the outcome of the election,' said Alma Ruth, founder of the Texas-based Practice Mercy Foundation.
Science, facts and truth matter most when human lives are at stake
By Thomas Reese — August 21, 2019
(RNS) — When the facts are uncertain, when the research is incomplete, we must lean toward the solution that is safest for the people affected. Gambling with people's lives is not acceptable.
Learning how to mourn among the Maya
By Julia Lieblich — April 11, 2019
(RNS) — The Maya have taught me how to honor the dead, naming and remember the people some politicians would have them forget.
At least 30 faith leaders arrested in border protest
By Jack Jenkins — December 11, 2018
(RNS) — As demonstrators knelt in the sand, they sang, 'Rise up my people, my condors, my eagles! No human being will ever be illegal!'
Bishops bloodied, churches besieged in Nicaragua crackdown
By Christopher Sherman — July 29, 2018
The church finds itself increasingly targeted by Ortega and his backers, reviving a hostility between the Sandinista base and the church establishment that burned hot during the 1980s but seemed to have been overcome in recent years.
Oklahoma City priest declared first American martyr by Pope Francis
By Josephine McKenna — December 2, 2016
VATICAN CITY (RNS) An American missionary priest killed in Guatemala in 1981 has moved a step closer to being named a Catholic saint after Pope Francis declared him the first-ever American martyr.
What would Oscar Romero say today about El Salvador? (COMMENTARY)
By Timothy Kesicki — May 19, 2015
(RNS) “On this point there is no possible neutrality. We either serve the life of Salvadorans or we are accomplices in their death. … We either believe in a God of life or we serve the idols of death.”
Survey: Most Americans say U.S. should shelter, not rush to deport, child migrants
By Cathy Lynn Grossman — July 29, 2014
WASHINGTON (RNS) Most Americans can make a "pretty clear distinction between the problem of the children arriving from Central America and the problem of illegal immigration in general," PRRI's Robert P. Jones said.
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