Mexico Priests, Christians Fighting Pessimism in Wake of Disappeared Students Stoyan Zaimov - CP World
go to original December 11, 2014

Ezequiel Mora, father of Alexander Mora Venancio sits in front of an altar with pictures of his son at his house in El Pericon, in the southern Mexican state of Guerrero. (Agence France-Presse)

Mexican priests and the Christian faithful are trying "not to fall into pessimism" as the country struggles to deal with the presumed murder of 43 students involving corrupt police officers, which has sparked nationwide protests and heavy police reform.

"The country is experiencing difficult times, perhaps a crisis of confidence in society, in the authorities, there are many doubts. However, there are priests and faithful who are looking for solutions, in order not to fall into pessimism," said The Apostolic Nuncio in Mexico, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, according to Fides News Agency.

Pierre spoke of the need to create a new commission in Mexico focused on justice, peace and reconciliation, and argued that "protesting without proposing anything is sterile."

He added, "I like to see that the Catholic Church is part of society, expresses its solidarity with those who suffer, but must also feel the responsibility to find solutions to offer a way out."

Forty-three students were kidnapped in September and handed over to the Guerreros Unidos drug cartel by corrupt police officers. Families have refused to give up hope that some of the students are still alive, but Mexican authorities have said that they are most likely dead, and have discovered burned bodies near the scene of the kidnapping.

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