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Bishop calls for ‘intense’ day of prayer and fasting for end of violence in Mexico

A bishop whose diocese is located in one of Mexico’s regions most affected by drug trafficking violence has called for an “intense” day of fasting and prayer tomorrow. Source: CNA.

North America

Ten killed, 60 injured after church roof collapses in Mexico

The collapse of a Catholic church roof during a service in northern Mexico has killed at least 10 people and injured 60, and searchers said yesterday that no further people were believed to be trapped in the wreckage. Source: NCR Online.

North America

Church in Mexico prays with relatives of ‘the disappeared’

The Church in Mexico held various prayer initiatives last week with the relatives of victims of forced disappearance, a crime that has plagued the country in recent decades. Source: National Catholic Register.

North America

Church in Mexico’s pastoral plan for mothers of disappeared persons

Faced with the lamentable growing wave of disappeared persons in Mexico and with it the formation of groups — primarily mothers – looking for their missing children, the Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico is preparing a pastoral plan to accompany them. Source: National Catholic Register.

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Mexican bishops seek Vatican approval for ‘indigenous liturgical adaptations’

The Mexican Bishops’ Conference has recently presented to the Vatican for its approval a series of indigenous liturgical adaptations for the celebration of Mass for the “original peoples” of the country. Source: CNA.