“Now I’m a proud member of this group and feel that my mission is to show my fellow Brazilians the Jewish roots we have — which were taken out from us.”

Federal officials are releasing thousands of asylum seekers in Texas. A Catholic Charities facility is taking up the challenge of providing temporary food and shelter after grueling journeys.

Many took to social media to denounce the May 18 killing of a Salvadoran priest while urging authorities to look at the crime as a possible retaliation for Father Cecilio Perez Cruz's criticism of the cutting of trees near the western town of Juayua.

Thousands attended the May 20 funeral of a Salvadoran priest found by his parishioners in what some presume is a gang killing.

As the situation in Venezuela worsens, government and opposition leaders are heading to Norway at that government's invitation to enter into negotiations in order to find a way out of the impasse.

According to Catholic relief agencies, indigenous families, such as the Warao, have been forced to flee to Venezuala from Brazil, because of environmental and economic hardships.