Articles by Diego López Colín
Church in Mexico launches citizen accord to fight ‘dynamics of violence and destruction’
Sep 27, 2023 / 19:00 pmThe accord, as well as the creation of a National Peace Network, came as the National Dialogue for Peace was held Sept. 21–23 in Puebla state, Mexico.
Church warns that southern Mexico is ‘torn by violence’
Sep 26, 2023 / 18:00 pmSept. 23 videos that went viral on social media show a convoy of pickup trucks driving through the streets of towns in Chiapas as hundreds lined the street.
Truck circulates in Mexico City with message against indoctrinating schoolchildren
Sep 22, 2023 / 18:30 pmThe campaign demands that educational institutions stop using the controversial school textbooks developed for the 2023-2024 school year.
Mexican diocese denounces hacking of several of its social media accounts
Sep 21, 2023 / 18:30 pmDifferent social media accounts related to the Diocese of Irapuato in the Mexican state of Guanajuato were hacked and inappropriate content was posted.
Lightning strike destroys monumental statue of Christ in Mexico
Sep 14, 2023 / 16:20 pmChrist the Fisher was erected by Peruvian sculptor Pedro Víctor Cuya Ramos. Its construction began in 2014 and six years later the work was completed.
Was abortion decriminalized in Mexico? What you need to know about the recent ruling
Sep 13, 2023 / 16:00 pmAsked if the country's Supreme Court decriminalized abortion with its recent ruling, Francisco Vázquez-Gómez Bisogno told ACI Prensa “the answer is no, very clearly.”
Mexican bishops respond to pro-abortion ruling by Supreme Court: Every life has worth
Sep 11, 2023 / 08:30 amA Sept. 6 ruling of the court declared “unconstitutional the legal system that criminalizes abortion in the Federal Penal Code.”
Mexican Supreme Court rules criminalization of abortion in Federal Penal Code unconstitutional
Sep 6, 2023 / 18:50 pmThe court’s First Chamber ruled the criminalization unconstitutional “since it violates the human rights of women and persons with the capacity to gestate.”
Map shows the Catholic Church’s migrant shelters in Mexico
Sep 5, 2023 / 16:15 pmThe map was developed in order for migrants to have a more efficient way to find the centers and shelters where they can receive help.
In front of the tomb of St. Óscar Romero, bishops pledge to care for migrants
Aug 31, 2023 / 16:30 pmMeeting in El Salvador Aug. 21-25, representatives of bishops’ conferences analyzed the various migratory scenarios at an international meeting.
Church in Mexico prays with relatives of disappeared persons
Aug 29, 2023 / 16:00 pmCardinal Francisco Robles Ortega offered Mass on Sunday at the Shrine of the Martyrs of Christ the King for thousands of disappeared persons.
Parents in Mexico deliver over 100,000 signatures opposing textbooks with gender ideology
Aug 25, 2023 / 16:30 pmThe new school textbooks developed by the Mexican government have been at the center of criticism because of content biased by gender ideology.
Parishioners begin to repair church riddled with bullets in Mexico
Aug 24, 2023 / 16:20 pmFighting between organized crime members in June caused serious damage to both outside and inside the village church in Santa Anita, Mexico.
Bishops of Mexico call for prayers for peace: ‘We live surrounded by violence’
Aug 18, 2023 / 16:00 pmSince President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office on Dec. 1, 2018, 131,507 first-degree murders have been recorded in Mexico to date.