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Cuban exiles sign freedom accord for Cuba
Posted on 03/4/2026 13:50 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
With the communist government of Cuba under extreme pressure from the economic crisis of its own making and a U.S.-imposed oil embargo, exiled Cuban opposition leaders outlined the way to democracy.
Priest scrutinized for letters written on behalf of 2 notorious Mexican drug traffickers
Posted on 03/3/2026 14:20 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
A Mexican priest is at the center of controversy for sending letters on behalf of two high-profile drug traffickers in U.S. custody.
U.S. drug czar prays before image of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico
Posted on 03/2/2026 13:09 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
In Mexico for a meeting with security officials regarding combatting drug trafficking, U.S. drug czar Sara Carter visited the shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Reverse migration: Catholic shelters in Mexico serve repatriated migrants and foreigners who remain
Posted on 03/2/2026 04:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
While migration into Mexico from the south and from Mexico to the U.S. has significantly decreased, it hasn’t completely stopped, and challenges still remain for Catholic migrant shelters there.
Meet the priest who grew up in the Peruvian Andes and was confirmed by Pope Leo XIV
Posted on 03/1/2026 04:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
Newly ordained Father Erlin Pérez Vásquez shares his journey to the priesthood and the incredible blessings he received along the way.
‘Cuba will soon achieve the freedom it hasn’t had in 67 years,’ top U.S. diplomat in Havana says
Posted on 02/28/2026 07:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
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.
Abortion advocacy group in El Salvador announces its legal dissolution
Posted on 02/27/2026 12:51 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
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.
Church in Mexico invokes Our Lady’s protection amid wave of drug cartel violence
Posted on 02/25/2026 07:37 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
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.
Cuban bishop: The way people are living ‘is inhumane’; the country ‘has to change’
Posted on 02/24/2026 09:00 AM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
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.
Church in Mexico: Pray for peace as cartel reacts after military kills its leader
Posted on 02/23/2026 12:02 PM (EWTN News - Americas Catholic News)
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.