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Weapons seized from criminal gangs are displayed before being destroyed by military personnel at a military base in Tijuana, Mexico, on August 12, 2016. Photo courtesy of REUTERS/Jorge Duenes
Politics & SocietyNews
Religion News Service
Injustices have been piling up and have prompted questions about whether the church is under attack.
A Healing Embrace. Pope Francis in San Cristobal de las Casas: Photo by Kevin Clarke
FaithDispatches
Kevin Clarke
His presence was a message to the indigenous communities here: Pope Francis has heard of your suffering and he has said, “Enough.”
A man adjusts the crown on a statue of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 6 outside the basilica named for her in northern Mexico City. The national patroness remains important in Mexico as source of spiritual inspiration, but even nonoreligious people identify with her. (CNS photo/David Agren)
FaithNews
David Agren - Catholic News Service
Millions of Mexicans descend annually on the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, especially for the feast day Dec. 12, with many making pilgrimages on bike or arriving on foot from the surrounding states. The devotion shows few signs of fading while growth in the United States, through immigrant communities, is strong.
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John A. Coleman
Mike Davis is a lively and gifted writer of the left with the flair—even if often polemical—of a born journalist.