Catholic Church

Pope warns of Mexico, Church before Resignation

Pope Francis has addressed to priests and religious in Mexico, appeals, not to become despondent. You should not be by violence, drugs, and Menschenverachtung of your tasks as a pastor, to dissuade.

The Resignation was “one of the favorite weapons of the devil,” said Francis at a mass in the stadium of Morelia in the state of Michoacan. In his homily, in front of around 22,000 people called Francis to the society, in the face of violence and corruption, not to surrender. The local Catholic Church encouraged Francis, not in their vestries to “hide”.

The “temptation of Resignation” was great in places, the “of the violence, the corruption, drug trafficking, contempt of human dignity and indifference to suffering and uncertainty to be dominated,” said the head of the Roman Catholic Church.

In the stadium of Morelia cheered thousands of Francis to

Sign against violence set

With his visit in Morelia, a stronghold of the drug trade will the Argentine be a sign against violence. Some 300 miles West of Mexico city and the nearby state are ruthless criminal syndicates, such as the so-called knights Templar or the cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación active. There are estimated to be in the last ten years, around 100,000 people in Mexico in connection with the Drogengewalt killed.

On the way to his mass with priests, religious and Priesteramtsanwärtern had around a Million people to the Pontiff a rapturous reception preparing. Later, a Meeting with young people on the program.

uh/qu (kna, dpa)