Amid the tensions in Mexico — which include the president’s opponents camping out in the heart of the capital — the Archdiocese of Mexico City published an editorial Oct. 11, saying, “It appears the pope is speaking directly to Mexico when he says politics is being used as a mechanism to exasperate and polarize in many countries.”
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Mexican archdiocese says phony priests proliferate during pandemic
“Pandemics and disasters are like springtime for phony priests,” said Rodolfo Soriano-Núñez, a sociologist who studies the Mexican church.
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Trump’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy has thousands of asylum seekers still stuck at the border
“Asylum on the border is pretty much impossible,” a legal advocate with the Catholic Legal Immigration Network, said. “Covid is being used as an excuse to close the border.”
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At Mexican camp near U.S. border, asylum-seekers grow more desperate
Sister Norma Pimentel says that migrants that come for help ask for safety as well as sustenance.
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Catholic community split over ‘amicable agreement’ for 1997 massacre of Indigenous peoples
The attack on a pacifist community during prayer and the sheer cruelty — with the assailants chasing victims through a cloud forest for hours and not even sparing four pregnant women — highlighted the struggles of Indigenous communities in Chiapas.
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The arrest of a Mexican cartel leader reveals a complicated relationship with the Catholic Church
No sooner had federal forces arrested José Antonio Yépez Ortiz — a crime boss known as “El Marro” — than stories surfaced of his supposed generosity with the Catholic Church and devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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Catholic leaders call for action on decade-old massacre of migrants in Mexico
Catholic church authorities are demanding an investigation into one of Mexico’s most notorious crimes: the murder a decade ago of 72 migrants by drug cartel gunmen.
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Domestic violence epidemic hits Mexico during coronavirus lockdown
Mexico has long been plagued by often brutal violence against women and children. Just under 11 women are killed on average each day in Mexico because of gender-based violence.
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Trump and López Obrador forge a new friendship but neglect asylum seekers
President Trump seemed to acknowledge the problematic beginning of his relationship with President López Obrador when he said their friendship developed “against all odds.”
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As coronavirus numbers rise in Mexico, López Obrador offers moral prescription
The Mexican president has made morality a pillar of his pandemic response, emphasizing clean living and moral rectitude in frequent messages to the nation.