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Flag of Mexico. / Credit: David Ramos/ACI PrensaACI Prensa Staff, Jun 3, 2023 / 08:00 am (CNA).Recent episodes of violence against the Catholic Church, including the murder of a priest and the attempted murder of an archbishop, once again bring to the fore the persecution of the faith in Mexico and the power of organized crime.On May 22, Augustinian priest Javier García Villafañe was found shot to death in his car on the Cuitzeo-Huandacareo highway. The Michoacán state attorney general s office stated that he "was killed by several gunshots."Days before, an 80-year-old assailant tried to stab to death the archbishop of Durango, Faustino Armendáriz, in the cathedral sacristy after Mass was finished. Fortunately, the prelate was barely injured in the failed attempt.In addition, in recent weeks there have been various cases of desecration and sacrilege in different churches in the country.Is Mexico still a Catholic country?In a May 25 interview with CNA s Spanish-language ne