March 28, 2012 By Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service HAVANA (CNS) – A few hours before they planned to attend an outdoor Mass celebrated by Pope Benedict XVI, members of a Catholic dissident group were reportedly arrested by Cuban police.  

March 27, 2012 By Catholic News Service EL COBRE, Cuba (CNS) – Entrusting people to Mary’s maternal care is a normal Catholic practice, but when Pope Benedict XVI prayed that Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre would wrap her golden mantle around the people of Cuba, it was particularly …

March 26, 2012 By David Agren, Catholic News Service LEON, Mexico (CNS) – Priests from the Legionaries of Christ celebrate Mass every Sunday at the cathedral in this conservative Catholic city, which Pope Benedict XVI visited March 23-26.  

March 26, 2012 By David Agren, Catholic News Service GUANAJUATO CITY, Mexico (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI greeted Mexicans who lost loved ones in some of the country’s most notorious crimes, events that horrified Mexico and generated international headlines.  

March 26, 2012 By Francis X. Rocca. Catholic News Service SILAO, Mexico (CNS) – Celebrating Mass in the Catholic heartland of Mexico, Pope Benedict XVI told a nation and a continent suffering from poverty, corruption and violence, to trust in God and the intercession of Mary to help them bring …

March 26, 2012 By Wallice de la Vega, Catholic News Service SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Cuba (CNS) – Santiago de Cuba was ready for Pope Benedict XVI.  

March 27, 2012 By Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service LEON, Mexico (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI thanked Latin America’s bishops for their hard work in a troubled region and urged them to continue the evangelization campaign he launched with them at their first meeting five years earlier.  

March 27, 2012 By Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service SILAO, Mexico (CNS) – Visiting Latin America for the second time in his pontificate, Pope Benedict XVI offered a message of hope for social progress rooted in a revival of Catholic faith.  

March 27, 2012 By Francis X. Rocca, Catholic News Service SILAO, Mexico (CNS) – Arriving in Mexico on his second papal visit to Latin America March 23, Pope Benedict XVI said he came as a “pilgrim of faith, of hope, and of love,” promoting the cause of religious freedom, social …

March 27, 2012 By David Agren, Catholic News Service SILAO, Mexico (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI bade Mexico a warm “adios,” emphasizing he meant, “Remain with God,” concluding a trip marked by outpourings of faith and affection from people in the world’s second-most populous Catholic country.