The Catholic bishop also regretted that the authorities at the airport had refused “to see all the documents and credentials that he carried and that accredited his legal identity as Apostolic Administrator in the Mexican Catholic Church.”
Bishop Khawam arrived in Mexico, among other things, to participate in the plenary assembly of the Conference of the Mexican Episcopate (CEM) that will be held from April 8 to 12.
The prelate, the statement notes, requested on several occasions that the authorities contact the Apostolic Nunciature in Mexico or with Father Alfonso Serna, legal representative of the Meltkite Eparchy in Mexico, who was waiting for him; “But the response to his request was rejected several times.”