LAS FLORES, Mexico — Franz Kauenhofen was once a pious member of his Mennonite community in this tropical stretch of southern Mexico. He read the Bible, tended to his fields and reared his three ...

The Mennonite population being affected by a measles outbreak in West Texas is part of a larger, loosely affiliated group of churches worldwide with varied beliefs and leadership structures — and with ...

At least 327 measles cases have been confirmed in Texas. When the first measles cases were confirmed in western Texas, health officials said the infections primarily affected the Mennonite community.

Simone Pauls with her parents Brian and Nikki Pauls, sister Yiyi and her grandmother visiting KCK's Rainbow Mennonite Church from central Kansas. Photo courtesy of Ruth Harder Attention Kansas City ...

Mennonites are part of the wider Anabaptist family of churches, which emerged in 1525 as the radical wing of the Protestant Reformation in Central Europe. Other Anabaptist branches today include the ...