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A large crowd gathers as Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks during a rally at Zocalo Square in Mexico City March 9, 2025. (OSV News photo/Quetzalli Nicte-Ha, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Agren
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s deft handling of the mercurial U.S. president has sent her approval rating soaring, reaching 85 percent in the latest survey from the newspaper El Financiero.
Flowers and a sign reading "RIP USAID" are seen outside the headquarters of the U.S. Agency for International Development on Feb. 7 in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, file)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Robert Buckland
A scholarship program in Belize funded by U.S.A.I.D. gave me an incredible opportunity to change my life for the better. I saw it as proof that the United States was practicing love toward its neighbors.
n this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025. (El Salvador presidential press office via AP)
Politics & SocietyThe Weekly Dispatch
Kevin Clarke
“Trump [is] flexing his power and trying to push the law into areas that have not been tested before...and the challenge really is not to the people affected but to the rule of law itself.”
Protesters join a march convened by the Catholic Church in March 2017 to support a ban on mining in San Salvador, El Salvador. (CNS photo/Jose Cabezas, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Agren
The Catholic Church in El Salvador finds its voice in opposition to lifting of prohibition on mining.
FaithShort Take
J.D. Long García
Whatever conflict may exist between them, thousands of Dominicans and Haitians gather as one each year on Jan. 21 in Salvaleón de Higüey to celebrate Our Lady of Altagracia.
Politics & SocietyNews
Justin McLellan – Catholic News Service
The Cuban government announced that it would release hundreds of political prisoners, citing inspiration from Pope Francis' emphasis on mercy for prisoners during the Jubilee Year.