Tracy L. Barnett is an independent writer, editor and photographer specializing in environmental issues, indigenous rights and sustainable travel. As a bilingual author and journalist, she has written in English and Spanish for a wide range of magazines and newspapers including the Washington Post, BBC, USA Today, National Geographic Traveler en Español, Esquire Latin America, Thomson Reuters and Huffington Post. More details can be found here.
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In a village of tents, refugees make a life as they wait on US asylum
Among hundreds of U.S. sisters serving at the border, Sr. Mary Alice McCabe helps with asylum applications in the Matamoros refugee camp, where some 2,500 have been stalled by the "Remain in Mexico" policy.
Oaxaca Archdiocese's new Social Pastoral School goes beyond charity toward community change
There is a new wave of social pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca, where food sovereignty and community ecological empowerment is taking place through a new Social Pastoral School. About 34 parishes have organized new social pastoral groups or reactivated or reorganized old ones, and 100 people have been through the school's first course.
A time of hope for social leaders of Oaxaca Archdiocese
With Pope Francis' appointment of Archbishop Pedro Vázquez Villalobos last year and the early success of the diocesan Social Pastoral School that Fr. Martín García Ortiz helped found, things seem to be turning around for Oaxaca.
Q & A with Sr. Pilar Chagoya, rebuilding the social pastoral mission in Oaxaca
Sr. Pilar Chagoya Mingüer, of the Servants of the Holy Spirit, is a practicing dentist, licensed attorney and longtime advocate for social justice. Three years ago, she teamed up with Fr. Lionel Cárdenas in the Social Projection of Faith Program to promote interest in the Oaxaca Diocese where social programs had been a low priority.