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by bcadmin | Apr 21, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Drug cartels, Drug violence, Gang violence, Mexico, News | 0 |
Local crime bosses were the first to greet Bishop Salvador Rangel Mendoza when he arrived in the oft-violent Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa for his 2015 installation.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 22, 2022 | Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Drug cartels, Gang violence, Mexico, Mexico bishops, News | 0 |
The Mexican bishops’ conference asked all Mexicans to become peace builders, noting they have even made it their top pastoral priority in the country besieged by drug cartels and criminal gangs.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 4, 2022 | Argentina, Buenos Aires, Catholic News Service, Church in the Americas, Drug cartels, Drug trafficking, News | 0 |
The president of the Argentine bishops’ conference expressed sorrow and called for action on addiction after the consumption of contaminated cocaine claimed at least 23 lives and hospitalized dozens more in the low-income suburbs of Buenos Aires.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 27, 2022 | Associated Press, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Drug cartels, Drug violence, Gang violence, Mexico, News | 0 |
Father Gregorio López, a Catholic priest once known for wearing a flak vest while celebrating Mass, said drug cartels now essentially control parts of Michoacan state in Mexico.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 14, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Drug cartels, Drug violence, Mexico, News | 0 |
Even for the violence-wracked Mexican state of Michoacan, it was surprising when a priest called from the pulpit for parishioners to arm themselves against warring drug gangs.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Nov 8, 2021 | Associated Press, Church in the Americas, Drug cartels, Drug violence, Mexico, News | 0 |
Mexicans angry as army refuses to combat cartels.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 15, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Catholics and politics, Church in the Americas, Drug cartels, faith and politics, Honduras, News | 0 |
Honduran bishops urged voters to avoid supporting candidates “stained” by drug cartels in the November elections — an admonishment in a country where illegal money has long flowed into political campaigns and delegitimized the political class.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 18, 2021 | Blocked highways, Drug cartels, News, U.S. & World News, Warring drug cartels, Western Mexico | 0 |
A parish priest in western Mexico has warned of a dire situation in which warring drug cartels have caused hardship for the population, including widespread shortages of basics and blocked highways.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Aug 18, 2021 | Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Drug cartels, Gang violence, Mexico, News | 0 |
A parish priest in western Mexico has warned of a dire situation in which warring drug cartels have caused hardship for the population, including widespread shortages of basics and blocked highways.
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 | Apr 27, 2021 | Apostolic Nuncio, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in Mexico, Church in the Americas, Drug cartels, Gang violence, Mexico, News | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 26, 2021 | Archbishop Franco Coppola, Drug cartels, Featured, Mexico, News, Papal ambassador to Mexico, U.S. & World News | 0 |
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.
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