ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióCharbel Joseph Antoun, 37, has makeup applied before portraying Jesus in a Good Friday reenactment at the Maronite Church of St. George in Quraye, near the southern port city of Sidon, Lebanon, Friday, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendició“It feels like the whole world is crushing down on me. It’s like everything is stopping,” said Isha Len, a 29-year-old from Cameroon. “I risked everything, my life, everything, crossing the Darién Gap, just to be sent back.”ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióHere are the stories that some of the deportees told The Associated Press:
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióIsha Len, a migrant of Cameroon, poses for a photo in Panama City, Monday, March 10, 2025, after being deported from the U.S., detained for weeks in a Panamanian immigration camp, and released on a temporary humanitarian visa allowing a 30‑day stay. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióIsha Len, a migrant of Cameroon, poses for a photo in Panama City, Monday, March 10, 2025, after being deported from the U.S., detained for weeks in a Panamanian immigration camp, and released on a temporary humanitarian visa allowing a 30‑day stay. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióAfter conflict broke out in her small town, Len crossed Cameroon by car and minibus, then a fisherman friend carried her four hours by boat to Nigeria.
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióLen, a schoolteacher, flew to Sao Paulo, Brazil, where she said authorities detained her for a month in the airport. From there, she wound north through South America by bus, following other migrants until they reached the Darién Gap.ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióShe walked days through the dangerous jungle that divides Colombia and Panama before boarding buses that carried her through Central America. After being kidnapped for days by a gang in Guatemala, she crossed into southern Mexico, where she took a boat along the Pacific coast to evade authorities. After she landed, she rode eight hours to Mexico City, continuing on by bus and car to Tijuana.
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióShe crossed the U.S. border and presented herself to American authorities.
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióArtemis Ghasemzadeh, a migrant from Iran, poses for a portrait in Panama City, Monday, March 10, 2025, after being deported from the United States, detained for weeks in a Panamanian immigration camp, and released on a temporary humanitarian visa allowing a 30‑day stay. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióBy then, conservatives had already
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióFrancis, betrayed after he opened debate on allowing remarried Catholics to receive the sacraments if they didn’t get an annulment — a church ruling that their first marriage was invalid.ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendició“We don’t like this pope,” headlined Italy’s conservative daily Il Foglio a few months into the papacy, reflecting the unease of the small but vocal traditionalist Catholic movement.
ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióThose same critics amplified their complaints after Francis approved church blessings for same-sex couples, and a controversial accord with China over nominating bishops.ólicoenunauniversidadsecularpuedeserundesafíootroslovencomounabendicióIts details were never released, but conservative critics bashed it as a sellout to communist China, while the Vatican defended it as the best deal it could get.