The Roman Catholic Church began a special round of prayers for peace in Mexico on Sunday after two Jesuit priests and a tour guide were slain June 20.
A woman attends a memorial of all priests and religious men and women who have been murdered in Mexico, in Mexico City, Sunday, July 10, 2022. In the wake of the murders of two Jesuit priests two weeks ago in Chihuahua, the Society of Jesus and other religious institutions called for a day of prayer and peace.
Jesuits held a moment of silence for the priests, who were alledgedly killed by a local drug gang leader as they tried to protect the guide.The Jesuits said they won’t be intimidated into leaving the Tarahumara mountains, where the order has ministered to the Rarámuri Indigenous community for centuries. Two priests have already been assigned to replace their fallen brothers, said the Rev. Jorge Atilano González.
The church’s Catholic Multimedia Center said seven priests have been slain under the current administration, which took office in December 2018, and at least two dozen in the six years of the previous president.“The over 100,000 disappeared and the 122,000 killed during this administration is a source of pain, of strength, of anger and courage to build justice, reconcilation and peace,” González said.
The bishops’ council also called on the faithful to pray on July 31 for the conversion or redemption of the killers.
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