US ‘medical tourists’ seek cheap healthcare abroad
By AFP – Oct 14,2019 -JORDAN TIMES TIJUANA, Mexico — When Veronica Merrill decided to undergo stomach surgery for weight loss, she found two options: pay $12,000 at home […]
Why Latinos Are Converting to Islam
Editor’s pick: The Best Collection to Introduce Islam to the Fellow Christians By Jessica Hoppe Thirty four percent of American Christians are Latino. Recently a large portion of that contingent are converting […]
Pope sends aid to migrants stranded at the US border
Thousands of Central American migrants in Mexico are in need of assistance. By Vatican News Pope Francis has donated 500,000 dollars to assist migrants in Mexico. The funds, from the […]
Most white evangelicals support Trump’s plan for a U.S.-Mexico border wall, poll shows
BY Lindsay Schnell, USA TODAY President Donald Trump’s support among white evangelicals has dropped nearly 10 percentage points since taking office in January 2017, according to new data from the Pew Research Center released […]
Mexican Church suspended 152 priests across 9 years for alleged abuse: bishop
Source: Reuters BY Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – At least 152 Catholic priests in Mexico have been suspended in the past nine years for sexual abuse against minors, Mexico’s […]
What are Muslim prayer rugs?
Source: The Conversation In a recent tweet, President Trump stated that ranchers have been finding prayer rugs scattered along the U.S.-Mexico border. Late last year, he tweeted that “criminals and unknown Middle Easterners” […]
El Chapo ‘paid $100m bribe to former Mexican president Peña Nieto’
Source: BBC News Former Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto accepted a $100m (£77m) bribe from drug cartel kingpin Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán, a witness has testified. Alex Cifuentes, who says […]
Pre-Aztec ‘Flayed god’ temple uncovered in Mexico
Source: BBC News Archaeologists in Mexico say they have made an important discovery, uncovering a temple to Xipe Tótec – the pre-Hispanic “Flayed lord”. Historically, throughout the region, priests paid […]
Guatemalan boy detained at border dies in US custody
Source: BBC News An eight-year-old boy from Guatemala has died in US government custody, officials say, the second migrant child to die in US detention this month. The border agency […]
Native artisans fight to survive in ‘the town of the Nativities’
Source: Religion News Service By Irving Cabrera Torres AMOZOC, Mexico (RNS) — It’s known as the town of the Nativities, or los nacimientos. For more than a century, Amozoc, in central […]
New Mexico archdiocese to file for bankruptcy over sex abuse
Source: Associated Press By SUSAN MONTOYA BRYAN ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The Archdiocese of Santa Fe announced Thursday it will soon be filing for bankruptcy protection, as the Catholic church […]
LGBT+ rights take center stage in Mexico’s new Congress
Source: Reuters By Oscar Lopez MEXICO (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – A bill passed this week in Mexico’s Senate granting same-sex couples equal social security benefits as heterosexuals now moves to […]
In A Marathonlike Dash, 7,200 Central Americans Stream Into Southern Mexico
A dozen buses of Mexican riot police waited along the highway but took no action to stop the caravan. Karla Zabludovsky BuzzFeed News Reporter Reporting From Tapachula, Mexico Posted on […]
Catholic priest killed in northern Mexico
Source: Associated Press By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN MEXICO CITY (AP) — Authorities in the northern Mexican state of Baja California are investigating the apparent slaying of a Roman Catholic priest in […]
Vanishing in the Wild, These Salamanders Found Refuge in a Convent
Source: The New York Times By Geoffrey Giller PÁTZCUARO, MEXICO — Atop the highest hill in this lakeside town sits the Basílica de Nuestra Señora de la Salud, built in […]
Ahmadiyya Muslim Community Presence is the largest.
Source: Samad Ghori of Albania One of the Muslim groups with a large presence in the state of Chiapas is the Ahmadiyya Muslim community. Ibrahim Chechev, an imam from San Cristóbal, told Sputnik of the community’s origin and prospects. Today the Ahmadiyya community is made up of 60 families and […]
Islam on Lands of Ancient Maya: Closer Look at Muslim Community in Mexico
Source: Sputnik International Few would be surprised at seeing a girl wearing a hijab in Mexico’s San Cristóbal, as for more than 20 years there have been Muslim communities living […]
Mexico election: why is the leftwing frontrunner so quiet on social issues?
Source: The Guardian By David Agren in Mexico City In both of Mexico’s last two presidential elections, Julieta Brambila voted for Andrés Manuel López Obrador because she supported his plans to tackle corruption, curb […]
Entire police force of Mexico town detained after mayoral candidate’s assassination
Source: CNN By Emanuella Grinberg and Fidel Gutierrez The entire police force of a Mexican town in the state of Michoacán is being questioned in the assassination of a mayoral candidate, the […]
US border agents halt migrant family prosecutions
Source: BBC News A US border security chief says he has temporarily stopped launching criminal prosecutions of migrants who illegally enter the country with children. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) […]
