As Mexicans go to the polls Sunday to vote for a new president, the country is facing its most violent election campaign in its history with more than 225 candidates and officials killed.
A mayoral candidate in the border city of Matamoros, Tamaulipas, canceled her final campaign event after a recording artist headlining her event received a series of threats believed to come from the Gulf Cartel.
The first phase of the first session of the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops drew to a close on October 7 as each of the 35 working groups submitted its report to the Synod’s general secretariat, led by Cardinal Mario Grech.