{"id":1180285,"date":"2022-01-02T13:04:20","date_gmt":"2022-01-02T18:04:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1180285"},"modified":"2022-01-02T13:04:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-02T18:04:22","slug":"report-mexico-is-a-dangerous-country-to-be-a-catholic-priest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-mexico-is-a-dangerous-country-to-be-a-catholic-priest\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Mexico Is a \u2018Dangerous Country\u2019 to Be a Catholic Priest"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-mexico-is-a-dangerous-country-to-be-a-catholic-priest%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1180285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">The Catholic Multimedia Center (CCM) in Mexico published its annual report this past week on violence and the Catholic Church, concluding that Mexico is \u201ca dangerous country to exercise the priesthood in Latin America.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mipuntodevista.com.mx\/mexico-sigue-siendo-un-pais-peligroso-para-ser-sacerdote-catolico-revela-nuevo-informe\/\">enumerates<\/a> 79 violent attacks perpetrated against members of the Catholic Church in Mexico between 1990 and 2021, including attacks on \u201c1 cardinal, 61 priests, 1 deacon, 4 religious, 9 lay people and a Catholic journalist,\u201d along with the unresolved disappearance of 2 priests.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>To date, there is no news of the whereabouts of Father Santiago \u00c1lvarez Figueroa of the Diocese of Zamora who disappeared on December 29, 2012; and Father Carlo \u00d3rnelas Puga from the Diocese of Ciudad Victoria, who disappeared on November 3, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/secureservercdn.net\/50.62.89.79\/pz0.036.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Reporte-2021-ALTA-OK.pdf\">report<\/a> indicates that four priests have been murdered so far under the present administration of President Andr\u00e9s Manuel L\u00f3pez Obrador, three of them in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>The vast majority of the attacks recorded \u201chave had threats, extortion, uprising, torture, and murder as their <em>modus operandi<\/em>,\u201d it declares.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_19331178\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1229772143.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19331178\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1229772143-1024x652-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"630\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>A priest wearing a face mask is seen blessing the faithful outside the Basilica of Guadalupe, in Mexico City. (CLAUDIO CRUZ\/AFP via Getty)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe crimes of extortion, fraud against priests and religious, as well as attacks on Catholic churches have been on the rise during the current administration,\u201d it adds.<\/p>\n<p>In its 2021 World Watch List, the Christian charity Open Doors <a href=\"https:\/\/odusa-media.com\/2021\/01\/WWL2021_Booklet-digital.pdf\">placed<\/a> Mexico at number 37 of the 50 countries in the world where it is most dangerous to be a Christian, more dangerous than Kenya, Democratic Republic of Congo, and Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>The source of the anti-Christian persecution in Mexico, the Watch List asserts, is \u201corganized corruption and crime.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cChristians who are outspoken about the hope of Jesus in the face of drug-trafficking and violence are often targeted by gangs to remove any obstacle in their quest for control,\u201d the List states. \u201cIn indigenous communities, anyone who decides to abandon the community\u2019s religious beliefs or syncretistic practices often faces rejection and punishment.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cFinally, there has been an increase in violent and discriminatory acts against Christians by people who believe Christians are bigoted,\u201d it declares.<\/p>\n<p>According to the CCM report, three priests were murdered in Mexico during 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Father Gumersindo Gonz\u00e1lez Cort\u00e9s was found dead the night of March 27 in the community of Guadalupe Cerrito, in the state of Guanajuato.<\/p>\n<p>Father Juan Antonio Orozco Alvarado, a parish priest in Santa Luc\u00eda de la Sierra in the state of Zacatecas, was on his way to celebrate Mass on June 12 and was killed after being caught in the crossfire between criminal gangs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19331202\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1216814274.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-19331202\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/GettyImages-1216814274-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Catholic priest Jorge Echegollen prays before a blessing tour for COVID-19 patients and their relatives outside hospitals, at the San Miguel Arcangel temple in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico. (GUILLERMO ARIAS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Father Jos\u00e9 Guadalupe Popoca was murdered on the morning of August 31 inside the San Nicol\u00e1s de Bari parish in the town of Galeana in the state of Morelos.<\/p>\n<p>The CCM also asserts that \u201cneither the state prosecutors or the Attorney General\u2019s Office have given clear answers to this phenomenon, on the contrary, the investigations are irregular and with large gaps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMore than 80 percent of the cases of murders, extortions, attacks and robberies against Catholic churches have not been solved,\u201d the report states.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tdwilliamsrome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @tdwilliamsrome<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Catholic Multimedia Center (CCM) in Mexico published its annual report this past week on violence and the Catholic Church, concluding that Mexico is \u201ca dangerous country to exercise the &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":1893969,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1180285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1180285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1180285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1893969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1180285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1180285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1180285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}