The Diocese of Matamoros in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas on the border with the U.S. announced two changes in its pastoral government: Its name will change to the Diocese of Matamoros-Reynosa ...

Father Francisco Gallardo López, who heads migrant ministry for the Diocese of Matamoros located in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, decried the fact that migrants are being kidnapped in the ...

Hours later, they straggled through the door of the Diocese of Matamoros migrant shelter, beneath an image of the Virgin of Guadalupe. A plaque beside the entryway bore a dedication ...

“Organized crime gets stronger with these actions. We see it,” Father Francisco Gallardo of the Diocese of Reynosa-Matamoros told Texas Public Radio. He also warned that Mexico is not prepared ...

"It's like that every day," Fr. Francisco Gallardo, who heads migrant ministry for the Diocese of Matamoros, told OSV News of the kidnapped migrants arriving. "Everyone arrives kidnapped at the ...

Bishop Eugenio Andres Lira Rugarcia of the Diocese of Matamoros, Mexico, during a joint event with the Bishop Daniel E. Flores and Auxiliary Bishop Mario Aviles of the Diocese of Brownsville ...

One priest in the Diocese of Matamoros fled a violent region of Tamaulipas state earlier this year due to threats from drug cartels, which are disputing a region coveted for its smuggling routes ...

“We express our solidarity and offer an embrace of faith to his relatives, friends and the lay faithful of the beloved Diocese of Matamoros,” read a statement from the Mexican Bishops ...