Pope Francis at Angelus: prayers for Mexican Church,
nation
(Vatican Radio) Pope Francis
offered prayers for slain Mexican priests on Sunday, and put his support behind
the ongoing pro-family and pro-life efforts of the Mexican Bishops.
Speaking with the faithful
gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, following Mass to mark the Jubilee of
Catechists celebrated as part of the Extraordinary Jubilee Year of Mercy, and
ahead of the traditional noonday Angelus prayer, Pope Francis
said, “I am very happy to associate myself with the Bishops of Mexico, in
supporting the commitment of the Church and of civil society in favor of the
family and of life, which in this time require special pastoral and cultural
attention in all the world.”
The Holy Father went on to
say, “I assure my prayer for the dear Mexican people, that the violence, which
has in recent days reached even several priests, might cease.”
Two priests were abducted and
murdered in Poza Rica, Veracruz state.
Their abductions and murders
took place at a time in which Church leaders have been calling for increased
protection for clergy, as the Church in Mexico advocates in defence of
traditional marrigage while the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto
pushes for a change in the law to allow legal recognition of same-sex unions as
marriages.
14 priests have been killed
since Peña Nieto took office in 2012, along with scores of thousands of
kidnappings and homicides since that same year, most of which are related to
the ongoing violence between rival drug cartels in the country.
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