Pope Leo XIV sent this September 18 “a word of breath, solidarity and hope” to Mexico, within the framework of the hearing held this Thursday, September 18 with the Presidency Council of the Mexican Episcopate Conference (CEM).
In a communicationthe CEM indicated that the Presidency Council, headed by Mons. Ramón Castro Castro, president of the Mexican Episcopate, shared with the Pope “in the name of all the bishops of Mexico, the hopes and pastoral challenges that the Church lives in our country.”
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Pope Leo XIV received the Presidency Council of the Mexican Episcopate at the hearing @Iglesiamexicoto share the joys and challenges of the Church in Mexico. The Holy Father offered a message of hope and communion, and granted his apostolic blessing to all the people … pic.twitter.com/uiVlfVexNB
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“During the meeting, the bishops expressed to the Pope the realities that mark the ecclesial and social life of Mexico, underlining both the pain of the community and the signs of hope that flourish in the midst of difficulties,” reads the message.
The statement also indicates that Leo XIV “offered a word of breath, solidarity and hope, encouraging the Church in Mexico to always walk in communion, as a single church called by Christ to build peace and testify hope, particularly through young people and families.”
The Trip of the CEM Presidency Council to Rome also includes a series of meetings with Vatican dicasteries.
On Tuesday, September 16, Mexican Bishops visual the State Secretary of the Holy See and the Dicasteries for Bishops and for the Service of Integral Human Development
“These meetings had the purpose of strengthening communion ties with the Universal Church and renewing the commitment to work in pastoral unity,” they said on social networks.
Bishops have also visited the Pontifical Mexican College, Residence and Priestly Community for the presbyters of Mexico who carry out studies in the Italian capital, and They have celebrated the Mass in the tomb of the apostle Peter in the Basilica of San Pedro.
David Ramos
Graduate in Communication Sciences by the Private University of the North in Trujillo, Peru. With more than 12 years of experience in Catholic journalism working in ACI Press, I am based in Mexico since 2018. I have covered the trips of Pope Francis to Ecuador, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Peru and Panama.