https://freerepublic.com/tag/francocoppola/ en-us Thu, 15 Apr 2021 23:05:17 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3951044/posts Apostolic nuncio to Mexican bishops: ‘Look reality in the eye’MEXICO CITY (CNS) — The apostolic nuncio to Mexico urged the country’s bishops to “look reality in the eye” as the country’s non-Catholic population increases and Mexicans increasingly identify as nonreligious.Speaking April 12 at the opening of the Mexican bishops’ conference biannual gathering, Archbishop Franco Coppola also told the virtual audience to rethink their pastoral approaches as fewer people participate in parish life and don’t get married in the Church.“The decline in the Catholic population in this land of Guadalupe is extremely worrying,” Archbishop Coppola said. “We’re seeing now with ever... https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-religion/3951044/posts#comment Thu, 15 Apr 2021 23:05:17 GMT