Representatives of the Catholic Church in Mexico, as well as citizens, began the Day of Prayer for Peace in memory of priests Javier Campos and Joaquín Mora, murdered in the community of Cerocahui, Chihuahua.
“We make this prayer convinced that in this shed blood and the more than 122,000 murders of this six-year term they have the pain and strength to build justice and reconciliation,” said the Society of Jesus in Mexico.
1/2 🧵Today we begin the Day of Prayer for #Paz at the national level, “it is the opening of a month to remember our brothers #jesuitas, to pray for the people #desaparecidas, for #periodistas killed, for the victims #feminicidios. pic.twitter.com/qnwDDZ9UGH
— Society of Jesus in Mexico (@Jesuitas_Mexico) July 10, 2022
The act to start these days started at 11 in the morning in the Stela de Luz. Representatives of the Society of Jesus and the Conference of the Mexican Episcopate met there.
“From today until the last day of the month, the Church, and anyone who wishes to join this initiative, will be asking God for the victims of violence, as well as for our rulers, our pastors and all those who inhabit this beautiful country, including those who do evil, so that they may be converted to the Lord.” he recalled in his editorial Desde la Fe, the Mexican Episcopate.
Prior to this day of prayers, priests and activists from search collectives marched on the pilgrimage of peace, on July 6, which took place in Mexico City and other states, to demand that the government of Mexico change the security strategy.
After the opening rally of the pilgrimage for peace, which had ‘mirror marches’ in other entities such as Chiapas or Morelos, the religious left for the roundabout of La Palma, renamed ‘the roundabout of the disappeared’.
What is the Day of Prayer for Peace?
After the murder of two Jesuit priests, as well as that of a tourist guide in the town of Cerocahui, Chihuahua, representatives of the Catholic Church proposed a day of prayers throughout the country.
Therefore, from this July 10, in all the masses the memory of the priests, men and women religious who have been killed will be honored.
Community prayers will be held in significant places representing all persons who have disappeared or suffered a violent death, be they intentional homicides or femicides.
The Eucharists of July 31 will be asked by the perpetrators: “Let us pray for their lives and the conversion of their hearts.”
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