Mexico, a country whose population is 81% Catholic, has seen its third murder of a Catholic priest in a week. Further, since 1990, 52 priests have been killed in Mexico -- 40 of those just in the last 10 years. So, we ask not only, "Why are so many Mexican priests being killed?" but also, "Why is there seemingly so much silence around the murder of so many Mexican priests?" While prevailing wisdom is that the priests are murdered because of their solidarity with the poor, it seems that the government is attempting somewhat of a smear campaign against them. We would do well to read several reports and opinions rather than rest on what we might read from one source. One example is available in Christianity Today (here). Another is the National Catholic Register (here). Still another is the Catholic Herald (here).
Whatever the source of information, this much is true: Priests who work with the poor -- in Mexico and elsewhere -- are being murdered. Sisters who work with the poor all over the world are being murdered.
Please pray for these priests and sisters, their families, communities and countries. Pray, too, for a conversion of heart for those who perpetrate these atrocities.
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