South America

Anti-Christian violence on the rise in Colombia

Eduardo Campos Lima · July 9, 2025

For almost three weeks, Colombian authorities have been searching for Fr. Carlos Jaimes Guerrero, a 30-year-old Augustinian friar who went missing on June 17, and they still have not identified potential reasons for his disappearance.

Mexican priest shot, gravely injured in the Diocese of Tabasco

David Agren · July 2, 2025

A Mexican priest remains in serious condition after being shot four times while traveling to minister to a sick person—an attack reinforcing Mexico's reputation as one of the world's most dangerous for clergy, despite its large Catholic population.

Mexican bishops urge truce as country celebrates feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe

David Agren · December 12, 2024

Mexico's Catholic clergy have called for a truce on Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, and on Christmas Day as criminal violence wracks swaths of the country and clergy working in conflictive regions come under threat.