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
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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 drug-cartel conflicts has expressed dismay with the campaigns, saying the common good isn t being pursued by politicians in his corner of the country. He also warned of winning candidates entering potentially impossible situations in which organized crime wields control not the duly elected officials.