The Catholic Register Thu, 23 Jan 2025 01:48:16 -0500 Website design by Concerto Designs concertodesigns.ca en-gb Mexican priest proposed as possible human rights chief /home/international/item/27350-mexican-priest-proposed-as-possible-human-rights-chief /home/international/item/27350-mexican-priest-proposed-as-possible-human-rights-chief MEXICO – The front-runner in Mexico's presidential election said, if he wins July 1, he would appoint an activist priest as his human rights director.
]]> cns@catholicregister.org (Catholic News Service) International Thu, 10 May 2018 08:51:43 -0400 Bishop denies murdered Mexican priest had gang ties /home/international/item/26792-bishop-denies-murdered-mexican-priest-had-gang-ties /home/international/item/26792-bishop-denies-murdered-mexican-priest-had-gang-ties ACAPULCO, Mexico – The Bishop of Chilpancingo-Chilapa, Mexico denied that Fr. Germain Muñiz Garcia, who was murdered on a Mexican highway Feb. 5 along with Fr. Iván Añorve Jaimes, had any connection to organized crime, as the Guerrero State Prosecutor's Office has recently claimed.
]]> International Fri, 09 Feb 2018 13:06:12 -0500 Murders of Mexican clergy won’t stop missionary work, says Canadian priest /item/24171-murders-of-mexican-clergy-won-t-stop-missionary-work-says-canadian-priest /item/24171-murders-of-mexican-clergy-won-t-stop-missionary-work-says-canadian-priest

As Mexican priests watch the death toll among clergy rise in their country, their first concern remains the ordinary people who suffer through the murderous reign of drug gangs, according to a Canadian priest who has seen the effect of the killings first-hand.

]]> mikes@catholicregister.org (Michael Swan, The Catholic Register) Canada Thu, 26 Jan 2017 06:00:00 -0500