AMERICA/MEXICO – The Church convenes a National Dialogue for Peace in view of a viable proposal to the authorities and the country

AMERICA/MEXICO – The Church convenes a Nationwide Dialogue for Peace in view of a viable proposal to the authorities and the nation

Mexico Metropolis (Agenzia Fides) – “As a way to accumulate all of the potential contributions for peace in justice and to make a viable proposal to our authorities and to the nation, we’ve got convened the Nationwide Dialogue for Peace, which is able to happen from 21 to 23 September on the Ibero-American College of Puebla, with the purpose of creating a Nationwide Agenda for Peace and articulating native peace initiatives”. That is introduced within the message “to the Mexican folks” signed by the Mexican Episcopal Convention (CEM), the Convention of Main Superiors of Spiritual of Mexico (CIRM), the Mexican Province of the Society of Jesus and the Episcopal Dimension of Religion and Laity.
The textual content of the message, despatched to Fides, remembers within the first place the homicide of the Jesuit fathers Javier Campos and Joaquín Mora, which occurred within the Sierra Tarahumara in June 2022 (see Fides, 22 and 24/6/2022), who’s added ” to the lengthy checklist of harmless martyrs who misplaced their lives within the nation, thus representing an emblematic case of the violence and social breakdown during which we dwell”.
This felony act denotes “the blindness of those that really feel almighty with a weapon, the institutional corruption and impunity which have allowed the escalation of crime and the lack of group methods able to regulating habits”.
The truth that the principal answerable for the assassination of the 2 Jesuit monks has been discovered useless “exhibits that the territories are ruled by felony economies ensuing from the negligence of the federal government in any respect ranges, that the issue of insecurity prevails within the Sierra Tarahumara and all through the nation, and that there’s subsequently an pressing must overview the justice and safety system, as requested by many certified voices of civil society, given the indolence of the political authorities and the shortage of leads to the federal government’s methods”.
The signatories of the message emphasize that these felony dynamics “endanger social coexistence, democracy, the financial system, the surroundings and well-being within the territories”, therefore the urgency of “in-depth reflection in inside the framework of a dialogue together with all sectors of society”. This grave state of affairs additionally challenges the Church to work with others to construct circumstances of peace. “It’s time to carry collectively specialists, to study native greatest practices, to take heed to the victims, the indigenous peoples, the migrants, to consider those that have succeeded in conserving the crime price low within the territories, the Church buildings, and people taking part in peace talks and justice and safety boards.”
As a way to promote the development of peace, the Church in Mexico is finishing up a number of initiatives: month-to-month prayer on the third Sunday of the month (see Fides, 27/3/2023); the digital platform “Activate a light-weight for Mexico” praying for the lacking brothers and sisters and tells their tales of ache and hope; participation in peace talks and justice and safety boards. Added to that is now the convening of the Nationwide Dialogue for Peace subsequent September.
“Violence places us earlier than the crucified Jesus to denounce all human injustices”, underlines the message, citing the latest tragedy of the migrant brothers who died within the fireplace in Ciudad Juárez (see Fides 30/3/2023), due to “the irresponsible omission by the authorities”. “Jesus himself invitations us to position our belief within the power of God that’s born of ache and tears – concludes the message -, to stroll with the communities and to think about horizons of hope within the resurrection. Might this Holy Week be a chance to have a look at our actuality from the thriller of the loss of life and resurrection of Jesus, to rework so many deaths right into a group name to work for peace and justice within the completely different territories”. (SL) (Agenzia Fides, 4/4/2023)

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