Buenos Aires, Argentina, Dec 30, 2020 / 09:38 am (CNA).- After the Senate in Argentina legalized abortion in the early hours of Wednesday, December 30, the Argentinean Bishops Conference released a statement accusing the country’s political leadership of being far away from the sentiment of the people and vowed to continue working “with firmness and passion in the care and service of life”.
The long-debated bill to legalize abortion presented by President Alberto Fernandez to fulfill a campaign promise was finally approved in the Senate with 38 votes in favor, 29 against, 1 abstention, and 4 absences after 12 hours of debate. The bill was previously cleared by the House.
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.
Bishop Cristóbal Ascencio García of Apatzingán, Mexico, seated, looks on as Archbishop Franco Coppola, apostolic nuncio to Mexico, speaks to residents during a visit to Aguililla April 23, 2021. Ascencio has said that in politics, There s a struggle for power, a power that brings unjustifiable enrichment. (CNS/Reuters/Alan Ortega)
Mexico City 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 May 6 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.
Nuncio assures besieged Mexican town of Church s support
Drug cartels have battled each other and blocked highways in Michoacán state
Updated: April 27, 2021 04:45 AM GMT
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Archbishop Franco Coppola (center) cheers residents in Aguililla, Mexico, on April 23. (Photo: AFP)
Archbishop Franco Coppola, papal ambassador to Mexico, recently traveled to a town besieged by warring drug cartels to reiterate the Church s commitment to serving populations suffering violence.
The ambassador, or nuncio, also wanted to raise awareness of the situation in Aguililla, a town in western Michoacán state, where drug cartels have battled each other and blocked highways, leaving residents unable to travel freely and causing shortages of everything from food to fuel.
The Tablet April 27, 2021
A bust of Christ hangs from a wall next to a bullet impact at an abandoned home near Aguililla, Mexico, April 23, 2021. Drug cartels have battled each other and blocked highways in the town, leaving residents unable to travel freely and causing shortages of everything from food to fuel. (Photo: CNS/Alan Ortega, Reuters)
By David Agren
MEXICO CITY (CNS) Archbishop Franco Coppola, papal ambassador to Mexico, recently traveled to a town besieged by warring drug cartels to reiterate the church’s commitment to serving populations suffering violence.
The ambassador, or nuncio, also wanted to raise awareness of the situation in Aguililla, a town in western Michoacán state, where drug cartels have battled each other and blocked highways, leaving residents unable to travel freely and causing shortages of everything from food to fuel.