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Mexican bishop backtracks on running for political office
Bishops conference says canon law does not allow prelates to participate in politics
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Bishop Onesimo Cepeda Silva of Ecatepec, Mexico. (Photo: The Saxon)
A Mexican bishop announced his intentions to run as a candidate in the country s upcoming elections, then backtracked a decision creating confusion and reviving debate in Mexico over the role of priests and pastors in the country s politics.
Bishop Onésimo Cepeda Silva, 84, revealed plans April 5 to run as a candidate for the legislature of Mexico state the state surrounding Mexico City with a new political party known as Fuerza por México. But the bishop backtracked the same day after both the Mexican bishops conference and Diocese of Ecatepec which Bishop Cepeda previously led disavowed his candidacy.
Mexico City A Mexican bishop announced his intentions to run as a candidate in the country s upcoming elections, then backtracked a decision creating confusion and reviving debate in Mexico over the role of priests and pastors in the country s politics.
Bishop Onésimo Cepeda Silva, 84, revealed plans April 5 to run as a candidate for the legislature of Mexico state the state surrounding Mexico City with a new political party known as Fuerza por México. But the bishop backtracked the same day after both the Mexican bishops conference and Diocese of Ecatepec which Cepeda previously led disavowed his candidacy. The (conference) disavows all political acts that Bishop Cepeda is carrying out in a personal capacity. (He) is not exercising them, not in his words or action, as an official representative of the Catholic Church, the bishops conference said in an April 5 statement.
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