Iglesias se unen en oración por la paz de México tras asesinatos de sacerdotes

On July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 By mexicoinstituteIn ReligionLeave a comment

11/07/2022

Fuente: El Sol de México

Este domingo, en medio de la Jornada de Oración por la Paz convocada por la Iglesia católica en México, el monseñor Andrés García Jasso aseguró desde la Basílica de Guadalupe que el país está enfermo, pero que es responsabilidad de todos como sociedad procurar recuperar la paz.

“Ante esta realidad de violencia y de inseguridad, siempre está la tentación de responsabilizar a terceras personas y no asumir nuestra propia responsabilidad como ciudadanos, como sociedad, como Iglesia.

Mexican bishop takes on cultish cartel in drug war battleground state

On December 3, 2013 By mexicoinstituteIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

The Washington Post, 12/1/2013

Their names hang from a wooden cross at the altar of a Catholic cathedral, the dead and missing of the diocese: Manuel Alaya. Octavio Contreras. Sergio Madrigal.

This has been the bloodiest year since 1998 when it comes to drug violence here in the state of Michoacan. For Miguel Patiño Velazquez, a 75-year-old bishop with a white frock and dark circles under his eyes, it is time to speak out.

The bishop has criticized drug gangs by name, supported village vigilantes and demanded that the government restore order. Where other church fathers have spoken in generic terms about the violence, the bishop has been bold, leading the Catholic Church into the heart of the public debate.

Op-ed: Cities of God

On June 14, 2013 By mexicoinstituteIn Media and Society, Security and the Rule of LawLeave a comment

By Carlos Puig, The New York Times, 6/13/2013

Saturday was a beautiful day in Monterrey, northeastern Mexico, and in the Plaza Zaragoza, just a few meters from City Hall, it was a cheerful one, too. Standing at a clear plexiglass podium, a woman of about 40 is making a speech. Human participation alone, she says, “does not have the ability to reverse the darkness”; only the light from faith in God can. “Which is why we are gathered here today, and I, Alicia Margarita Arellanes Cervantes, give Monterrey, Nuevo León, to our Lord Jesus Christ, so that his kingdom of peace and blessings may be established.”

“I open the doors of this municipality to God as the ultimate authority,” she adds. “Lord Jesus Christ, welcome to Monterrey, the house that we have built. This is your home Lord Jesus, Lord of Monterrey.” The people in the square say amen, applaud and cheer. There is just one problem: Alicia Margarita Arellanes Cervantes may be the mayor of Monterrey, but clearly the city — Mexico’s third-largest and its wealthiest per capita — isn’t hers to give away.

Mexico Catholics want abuse acknowledged (Video)

On March 1, 2013 By mexicoinstituteIn Media and Society, Mexican CultureLeave a comment

Al Jazeera, 2/28/2013

Nearly 90 million Mexicans profess to being Catholic and will be closely watching who is chosen to lead the Church. Catholics in the country who allege they were sexually abused by members of the clergy, say they are still waiting for the Vatican to acknowledge their suffering.

Millions of Mexicans and people throughout Latin America have abandoned the church in the past decade. Many are demanding a change in the Church’s attutude towards sexual-abuse victims when the new pope succeeds Benedict XVI. Al Jazeera’s Rachel Levin, reporting from Mexico, spoke to one victim.