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MEXICO CITY (OSV News) A parish priest was shot dead as he drove on a rural Mexican highway May 22, marking yet another attack in what has become the most murderous country for Catholic clergy.Augustinian Father Javier García Villafaña was killed at around 7 p.m. (local time) in the municipality of Huandacareo in Michoacán state to the west of Mexico City. Father García was found dead with gunshot wounds.The Archdiocese of Morelia acknowledged Father García’s death, but provided little ....
Archbishop Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez at a press conference on May 21, 2023. / Credit: Video capture/Archdiocese of DurangoACI Prensa Staff, May 23, 2023 / 15:40 pm (CNA).An 80-year-old man wielding a knife tried to kill Archbishop Faustino Armendáriz of Durango, Mexico, on May 21. The attack took place in the cathedral sacristy after the Sunday noon Mass.The man was later arrested by municipal authorities.After the failed murder attempt, Armendáriz on Twitter thanked "God, the Most Holy Virgin, the Immaculate Conception, and the Holy Martyrs, who today on their feast day, have protected me from this aggression against my physical integrity in the sacristy of the Cathedral of Durango.""God bless everyone for their words of solidarity and their prayers," he said.Speaking later with local media, the prelate explained that after finishing Mass he went to the sacristy, where occasionally people come "to say hello, to consult, to chat."While he was speakin ....
An elderly man wielding a knife tried to kill Archbishop Faustino Armendáriz of Durango, Mexico, on May 21. The attack took place in the cathedral sacristy af. ....