Millions mark Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe Day but calls for a truce in drug violence go unheeded
Mexico City, Mexico AP Millions of faithful gathered to mark Mexico’s Virgin of Guadalupe Day, honouring the country’s patron saint. But calls by the Roman Catholic Church for a truce in Mexico’s ongoing cartel violence apparently went unheeded as more dead bodies were found in the country on Thursday. Enormous crowds gathered early in the […]
Abducted retired Catholic bishop who mediated between cartels in Mexico is located, hospitalised
Mexico City AP A retired Roman Catholic bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico was located and taken to a hospital after apparently being briefly kidnapped, the Mexican Council of Bishops said Monday. The church leadership in Mexico said in a statement earlier that Monsignor Salvador Rangel, a bishop […]