Posted on 05/30/2023 6:49:47 PM PDT by marshmallow
DURANGO, Mexico (LifeSiteNews) — A Mexican Archbishop was attacked by a man armed with a knife as he greeted parishioners after Sunday Mass.
On May 21, Archbishop Faustino Armendáriz of Durango, Mexico survived an attack by an 80-year-old man armed with a knife, following the murder of nine priests in Mexico since current Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office at the end of 2018, as reported by the Catholic News Agency.
“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,” Armendáriz tweeted after the incident.
“God bless everyone for their words of solidarity and their prayers,” he added.
Armendáriz was speaking to parishioners in the sacristy after Sunday Mass when his attacker “violently pulled me over on my left side” to ask if he was the local bishop.
“With that I managed to see that he extended his arm full length, and I managed to see a weapon, a knife, in his hand. And he managed to get me here, at the top of the ribs, and I felt the sting, but I bent over so he couldn’t hurt me and pushed his arm down,” the archbishop recalled.
Armendáriz was not fatally injured from the attack as, “There was no such penetration of the piercing weapon, only the blow.” He viewed the attack as “attempted murder,” but professed belief “that something transcendent protected me.”
Armendáriz expressed forgiveness for his would-be murderer, saying, “It seems to me that it’s also an opportunity to show solidarity with the people who are suffering.”
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Murdering of priests and burning of churches is what ignited the Spanish Civil War.
And, a decade earlier, the Cristero War in Mexico (1926-29).
“Gun Violence” with knives. Awesome!
And guess who was behind the violence then?! The commies!
It happened in Mexico, too.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cristero_War
It’s shameful how little we know about the history of our neighbor to the South.
No mention of whether the 80 year old attempted murderer was arrested. House arrest wouldn’t be good enough.
Did you grow up in Texas? I learned quite a lot of Mexican history (in Texas history classes, relatively unbiased), in a small West Texas town. This was 50s-60s
No, I didn’t. We were never taught anything about Mexican history in any classes that I am aware of.
Well, at least you got here as soon as you could :-).
At 80 years of age the guy could have dementia and be acting on some delusion, which may be why he wasn’t able to deliver a serious injury.
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