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by bcadmin | Mar 8, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, faith and sports, Mexican bishops, Mexico, News, Soccer, sports | 0 |
Mexican church leaders condemned a horrific brawl between fans at a professional soccer match, images of which horrified the country and raised uncomfortable questions about rising violence further permeating Mexican life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Dec 11, 2021 | Accidents, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, illegal immigration, Mexican bishops, Mexico, Migrants, News, U.S.-Mexico border | 0 |
A tractor-trailer carrying more than 150 migrants crashed in Mexico’s southern Chiapas state, claiming at least 53 lives and leaving dozens more injured — an accident highlighting the dangers of human smuggling through the country.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 5, 2021 | Abortion, Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Mexican bishops, Mexico, News, the pro-life movement | 0 |
Thousands of protesters took to the streets across Mexico in marches promoted as “pro-woman and pro-life” and repudiating a recent Supreme Court decision decriminalizing abortion.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 27, 2021 | Featured, Haitians, Mexican bishops, Migration, News, Open arms, U.S. & World News, U.S. border | 0 |
The Mexican bishops’ migrant ministry has called on the federal government to return to a policy of “open arms” as the country experiences heavy waves of migration — most visibly with Haitians, who recently traveled the length of Mexico to the U.S. border in large numbers.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 15, 2021 | Cardinal Michael Czerny, Catholic Voices, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, immigrants and refugees, Mexican bishops, Mexico, News | 0 |
A Vatican official urged Mexican bishops to prioritize migrant ministries — even in dioceses without significant migrant flows — saying, “No diocese exists in Mexico that can avoid this call.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 10, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Mexican bishops, Mexico, News | 0 |
The Mexican Supreme Court has invalidated a clause in a state constitution that provided protection of life “from the moment in which an individual is conceived … until their death.”
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 9, 2021 | Abortion, Abortion law, Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Mexican bishops, Mexico, News | 0 |
The Mexican bishops’ conference expressed sorrow over a unanimous Supreme Court decision to decriminalize abortion, while other church leaders called on Catholics to “not to be indifferent” on issues of life.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 7, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Drug cartels, Drugs, Marijuana, Mexican bishops, Mexico, News | 0 |
Mexico’s bishops have expressed dismay with a Supreme Court decision to declare “unconstitutional” laws prohibiting the use of recreational marijuana.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 28, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Gang violence, Mexican bishops, Mexico, News, Pope Francis, Shootings | 0 |
Pope Francis prayed for the victims of violence in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, where seemingly random attacks on innocent individuals claimed 19 lives.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 8, 2021 | 2021 capitol riots, 2021 US Capitol riots, Free Access, Mexican bishops, News, US News, Violence | 0 |
Bishop Alfonso Miranda Guardiola said that the Mexican bishops “regret the events and the deaths occurred at the United States Capitol,” and added that “democracy and the rule of law need to prevail over the acts of violence.”
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Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 29, 2020 | Associated Press, Catholic Church, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Coronavirus, Mexican bishops, Mexico, News | 0 |
The Catholic Bishops Conference in Mexico said in a statement Friday that Mass-goers should substitute verbal for physical greetings when exchanging the ritual expressions of peace, and that communion should be placed in parishioners’ hands rather than their mouths, both as preventive measures.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 25, 2020 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Mexican bishops, Mexico, News, violence against women | 0 |
Mexico’s bishops called for action after a spate of slayings of women and girls — crimes known as femicide — that have provoked anger and protests, but also highlighted the country’s machismo culture and deep-seated problems such as impunity.
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