Posted on 12/06/2019 6:42:47 PM PST by marshmallow
CUERNAVACA, Mexico - The Diocese of Cuernavaca has suspended evening Masses due to insecurity in the city and surrounding state of Morelos, a reflection of the violence raging in parts of Mexico and its impact on the Catholic Church.
Bishop Ramon Castro Castro of Cuernavaca said church services would not be celebrated after dark because people in the region just south of Mexico City did not want to venture out of their homes after dark.
“These are situations where people are scared. It’s a fear that paralyzes them,” Castro told local media Dec. 4, according to the newspaper El Universal.
“There are many people I know who have nothing to do with organized crime, but find themselves affected by this violence and have changed their lifestyle,” he said, adding church attendance in the southern and eastern parts of Morelos - a small state that borders the national capital - has dropped due to insecurity.
The bishop also said he had registered four cases of extortion committed against women religious in the diocese.
Mexico has had high rates of violence and homicide over the past 13 years as the country launched a crackdown on drug cartels and organized crime.
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RETIRE TO MEXICO!
HGTV International never mentions this...
Very sad for Mexican Catholics.
What might happen is that individuals might start having Masses in their homes.
That happened when England drove the Catholic priests into hiding...in "priest-holes." Oliver Cromwell did what he could to murder as many priests and Catholics as he could.
It all started with Ann Boleyn's obsession to be queen.
Henry's six wives:
Divorced.
Beheaded (Boleyn)
Died.
Divorced.
Beheaded.
Survived.
During Mexican revolutions the priests carried pistolas, hombre.
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