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Pope offers his support to cartel-afflicted Mexican diocese A cameraman takes video of a bullet-riddled chapel near Aguililla, Mexico, April 23, 2021. Pope Francis has sent a letter of encouragement to the town's residents as they confront battling drug cartels. (CNS photo/Alan Ortega, Reuters) By David Agren • Catholic News Service • Posted July 20, 2021 MEXICO CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis sent a letter of encouragement to residents of a Mexican diocese afflicted by battling drug cartels, a conflict that has cast attention on the lawlessness covering wide swaths of Mexico and the govern...

Bishops urge Mexicans to vote in elections, but some see warning signs Friday, May. 14, 2021 By Catholic News Service MEXICO CITY  — The Mexican bishops’ conference has pledged to avoid promotion of any parties or candidates in the country’s upcoming midterm elections. The bishops also issued a statement May 6 calling on citizens to vote and support candidates promoting the common good. In a May 6 statement, the bishops said Mexicans must “show discernment with the goal of opting for the people who can bring about the authentic common good.” “If we have advanced in the democratic...

Bishops urge Mexicans to vote with 'discernment' in elections 'There's a struggle for power, a power that brings unjustifiable enrichment,' says Bishop Ascencio Updated: May 11, 2021 06:40 AM GMT Trending Archbishop Franco Coppola (center) cheers residents in Aguililla, Mexico, on April 23. (Photo: AFP) The Mexican bishops' conference has pledged to avoid promotion of any parties or candidates in the country's upcoming midterm elections. The bishops also issued a statement calling on citizens to vote and support candidates promoting the common good. But at least one bishop in a diocese with ...

Bishop Cristóbal Ascencio García of Apatzingán, Mexico, seated, looks on as Archbishop Franco Coppola, apostolic nuncio to Mexico, speaks to residents during a visit to Aguililla April 23, 2021. Ascencio has said that in politics, "There's a struggle for power, a power that brings unjustifiable enrichment." (CNS/Reuters/Alan Ortega) Mexico City — The Mexican bishops' conference has pledged to avoid promotion of any parties or candidates in the country's upcoming midterm elections. The bishops also issued a statement May 6 calling on citizens to vote and support candidat...

Nuncio assures besieged Mexican town of Church's support Drug cartels have battled each other and blocked highways in Michoacán state Updated: April 27, 2021 04:45 AM GMT Trending Archbishop Franco Coppola (center) cheers residents in Aguililla, Mexico, on April 23. (Photo: AFP) Archbishop Franco Coppola, papal ambassador to Mexico, recently traveled to a town besieged by warring drug cartels to reiterate the Church's commitment to serving populations suffering violence. The ambassador, or nuncio, also wanted to raise awareness of the situation in Aguililla, a town in western Michoacán st...