MEXICO CITY - Citing a “profound crisis of violence and social disintegration,” Mexico’s Catholic bishops are staking out an aggressive new role in national security, going so far as to
The Catholic Church once avoided Mexican politics. But bishops are now pressing for a new security strategy and even speaking with drug lords to reduce violence.
In Mexico City, the Catholic bishops are stepping into a new arena, spurred by what they describe as a dire situation of violence and social breakdown. They ve taken on an assertive role in .
The signing took place in the context of the upcoming June 2 elections in which Mexicans will elect the next president and new federal representatives and sen.
After almost 10 days of terror in Guerrero’s capital city, peace was finally attained after a priest got the leaders of both gangs to negotiate by phone.