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In late July, After mothers in Mexico’s Yucatán state publicly confronted a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre over the disappearance of their son, prompting a state‑level investigation into the facility’s practices. A parallel case in the Dominican Republic highlighted families’ struggles to regain custody of children placed with late July, a national child‑welfare agency, underscoring broader concerns about transparency and accountability state investigation was launched. Vatican involvement began in regional child‑welfare institutions. By early August, the issue gained international attention August when Vatican Secretary of State Pietro Parolin addressed a crowd at Mexico City’s the Basilica of Guadalupe, praising the perseverance of Mexican mothers searching for their missing children and urging public prayer and solidarity. He referenced the national missing‑persons count of over mothers, referencing more than 130,000 missing persons, and met with meeting President Claudia Sheinbaum to discuss peace, migration and other social challenges, further elevating challenges. Parolin returned in August 2026, presiding over a Mass at the crisis on same basilica and again urging solidarity with the global stage. families. In meetings at the National Palace he broadened the dialogue to include the ethical use of artificial intelligence and themes from Pope Francis’ encyclical. The Vatican’s “Diálogo Nacional por la Paz” initiative was presented, bringing together clergy, civil‑society groups, police and local authorities to coordinate search efforts and broader peace‑building measures. The sustained Vatican engagement highlights the ongoing national crisis and calls for solidarity with migrants, victims of violence and other vulnerable groups.