Mexican Church defends right to speak on public issues after government warning
May 4, 2021 rome bureau chief
Pro-life supporters pray during a 2019 protest outside the local congress in Oaxaca, Mexico. (Credit: Jorge Luis Plata/Reuters via CNS.)
Faced with a covert warning from the government about interfering in the political arena, the archdiocese of Mexico City released a statement defending its rights to speak out on public issues.
ROME – Faced with a covert warning from the government about interfering in the political arena, the archdiocese of Mexico City released a statement defending its rights to speak out on public issues.
On April 26, Mexico’s Ministry of the Interior released a statement warning of sanctions against religious associations that intervene in partisan politics.