Mexican Bishop Proposes 'Social Pact' Including Organized Crime

Bishop Sigifredo Noriega, from the state of Zacatecas (center) caught in the violence of drug trafficking, has proposed a

integrating organized crime, at a time when the Catholic Church is increasingly taking a stand in the face of the violence that is affecting part of Mexico.

“This is not a pact just with people who do evil, but a pact with all of society, including the wicked so that they can somehow enter it.

the cleric told Milenio newspaper in its Tuesday edition

"Complex problem"

Bishop Noriega was himself arrested by an armed group at a roadblock when he was going to the neighboring state of Jalisco (west).

,” he said.

The Church's criticism of the government has redoubled since the assassination of two Jesuits on June 27 in the north of the country.

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"We are faced with a complex problem that needs everyone to attack its roots"

, declared the episcopal conference while announcing a tribute during the masses of July 10

with criminals, declared President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador who also said he refused the

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