{"id":38778,"date":"2025-05-27T07:07:23","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T07:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=38778"},"modified":"2025-05-27T07:07:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T07:07:23","slug":"catholic-church-strives-to-reduce-violence-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/catholic-church-strives-to-reduce-violence-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"La Iglesia Cat\u00f3lica se esfuerza por reducir la violencia en M\u00e9xico"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>Bishop Francisco Javier Acero with the mothers of the disappeared and priests. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of Bishop Acero Puebla, Mexico, May 23, 2025 \/ 08:00 am (CNA). Amid a wave of violence that has shaken Mexico, including the murder this week of two high-ranking officials in the capital, the Catholic Church is redoubling its efforts to restore peace.Through the National Dialogue for Peace and more than 300 initiatives across the country, bishops, priests, and laypeople are working to train\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Amid a wave of violence that has shaken Mexico, including the murder this week of two high-ranking officials in the capital, the Catholic Church is redoubling its efforts to restore peace.Through the National Dialogue for Peace and more than 300 initiatives across the country, bishops, priests, and laypeople are working to train\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":39684,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-38778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66133,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/priest-reported-missing-in-mexico-is-found-dead\/","url_meta":{"origin":38778,"position":0},"title":"Priest reported missing in Mexico is found dead","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"diciembre 1, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Father Bertoldo Pantale\u00f3n Estrada. \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of San Crist\u00f3bal Parish Puebla, Mexico, Oct 9, 2025 \/ 16:53 pm (CNA). The body of Father Bertoldo Pantale\u00f3n Estrada was found on Oct. 6. The Mexican priest had been reported missing on Saturday, Oct. 4, in the state of Guerrero.The Mexican Episcopal Conference (CEM) and the Diocese of Chilpancingo-Chilapa confirmed that, according to authorities, the priest\u2019s remains were found around 2 p.m. local time. 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As the centenary of the Calles Law, which precipitated the bloodiest wave of religious persecution against Mexican Catholics, approaches in 2026, the Mexican Bishops\u2019 Conference (CEM, by its\u2026","rel":"","context":"En \u00abChristian News\u00bb","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"\u2018Christ is King, not the oppressive state\u2019: Mexico\u2019s bishops recall Cristero legacy","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/%E2%80%98Christ-is-King-not-the-oppressive-state-Mexicos-bishops-recall-Cristero-legacy.webp?fit=800%2C531&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/%E2%80%98Christ-is-King-not-the-oppressive-state-Mexicos-bishops-recall-Cristero-legacy.webp?fit=800%2C531&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/%E2%80%98Christ-is-King-not-the-oppressive-state-Mexicos-bishops-recall-Cristero-legacy.webp?fit=800%2C531&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/%E2%80%98Christ-is-King-not-the-oppressive-state-Mexicos-bishops-recall-Cristero-legacy.webp?fit=800%2C531&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":66803,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/es\/learn\/u-s-mexico-bishops-call-for-a-vigil-for-migrants\/","url_meta":{"origin":38778,"position":2},"title":"U.S., Mexico bishops call for a vigil for migrants","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"enero 2, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The bishops issued their appeal in San Luis R\u00edo Colorado, in the Mexican state of Sonora, pictured here. \/ Credit: AyuntamientoSLRC, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons ACI Prensa Staff, Oct 16, 2025 \/ 17:13 pm (CNA). 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