The Church of St. Luke

Mike Hammer, the top U.S. diplomat in Cuba, said there are high-level exchanges with people within the Cuban regime and expressed hope for a peaceful transition to democracy.

El Salvador passed a Foreign Agents Law requiring NGOs with foreign backing to register as such. Faced with that obligation, an abortion advocacy group decided to dissolve rather than register.

In response to the violence that broke out across Mexico following the death of a major drug lord in a confrontation with the military, the Church in Mexico has asked for the protection of Our Lady.

As living conditions in Cuba are worsening due to the U.S. oil embargo, a local bishop called for change and explained why the bishops put off their ad limina visit to Rome.

The Church in Mexico urged the faithful to pray for peace after the military killed a top cartel leader and the cartel blocked roads with burning vehicles to prevent law enforcement access to towns.

The bishops issued a statement this week emphasizing the Catholic Church’s unity and solidarity with the poor, vulnerable, and migrants.

Citing canon law, the archbishop of Corrientes, Argentina, has annulled the marriage of two transgender persons.

The Cuban bishops’ ad limina visit with Pope Leo was set for Feb. 16–20, but the urgent need to remain with the flock amid the fuel shortage crisis allowed only one bishop to make the trip to Rome.

The suffering of the Cuban people needs to be alleviated and the country needs to realize that political pluralism is an asset, said Father Ariel Suárez of the Cuban Bishops’ Conference.

The Nicaraguan dictatorship has expelled Father José Concepción Reyes Mairena of the Diocese of León, bringing the total number of religious forced to leave the Central American country to 309.