David Agren covers Mexico as a freelance correspondent for Catholic News Service. His reporting also regularly appears in the Guardian, USA Today and the Washington Post. A native of Canada, he has lived in Mexico City for the past 11 years.
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Nicaragua president calls church a dictatorship, bishops 'murderers'
Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega blasted Catholic leaders as a "gang of murderers," in comments amping up persecution of the church and scorning Pope Francis' call for dialogue in the Central American country.
In predawn raid, Nicaraguan police remove bishop; his whereabouts unknown
The arrest of Nicaraguan Bishop Rolando Álvarez marks another escalation in the repression against the Catholic Church in the Central American country.
24 members of Congress write Biden about Jesuit murders, Mexico violence
U.S. members of Congress have sent a letter to President Joe Biden, urging him to "work closely with the Mexican government to sure there is full accountability for the murders" of two Jesuits in their parish and a tour guide they were protecting.
Two Jesuits murdered defending person in Mexican parish
Two Jesuit priests were murdered in a rugged region of Mexico rife with violence as they provided refuge to a person being pursued by a gunman, according to the Society of Jesus and state officials.
