David Agren

Catholic leaders are calling for calm in Honduras as an unexpectedly close election careens toward a contentious outcome.

The Legionaries of Christ say a series of offshore accounts opened by its disgraced founder — and exposed by investigative journalists — have been closed.

Caritas Mexico announced it had raised more than 17.3 million pesos (US$900,000) to assist with relief and rebuilding after two earthquakes struck the country in September. 

Donations from Caritas chapters across Mexico started streaming into affected areas after an earthquake rocked central Mexico Sept. 19, claiming more than 300 lives and leaving thousands homeless. 

Mexican church leaders offered prayers and urged generosity after an earthquake struck the national capital and its environs, claiming more than 240 lives.

Colombia is attempting to reconcile a difficult past of guerrilla movements, paramilitaries and state actors inflicting disappearances, death and the dispossession of lands.

Guatemala's bishops criticized the country's president for expelling an international anti-corruption commissioner and called for public protests to remain peaceful.

The Archdiocese of Mexico City said it reported six cases of priests accused of sexually abusing minors to prosecutors between 2010 and 2017, following a change in the law requiring such crimes to be brought to the authorities' attention.