Posts Tagged "mexico"
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Rally in Solidarity with Justice for Mariano as Federal Court Hears Ground Breaking Case
In 2009, Mexican activist Mariano Abarca was assassinated for his role in resisting Canadian mining company Blackfire Exploration. The acts and omissions of the Canadian Embassy put his life in greater risk. In 2018, the family and allies submitted a…
Indigenous Human Rights Defender Killed in Mexico
March 23, 2012
KAIROS is saddened and deeply troubled by the recent murder of Bernardo Vásquez Sánchez, an Indigenous Zapotec community leader and human rights defender from Oaxaca, Mexico. This most recent example of the escalation of violence and increase in threats and…
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Remembering Tatic Samuel – Suzanne Rumsey
February 7, 2011
“During the day, thousands and thousands of the faithful who had come from throughout the diocese filled the cathedral in honour of the bishop who died on Monday, January 24… In a letter of farewell read at [the mid-day] celebration…
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Love Letter to an Old Man – Rev. Emilie Smith
February 7, 2011
January 27, 2011 Dear Friends, Standing close in beside me the woman cries, her tears pouring down into her purple dress. Once in a while she carries her apron to her face, and wipes it crease by crease. For a…
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Remembering Bishop Samuel Ruiz
February 7, 2011
Send us your reflections, stories, letters or photos On January 24 Bishop Samuel of Mexico died at the age of 86. He has been described as the diminutive giant of the church in Mexico. He had been Bishop for 51…
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The Life and Witness of Samuel Ruiz – Jim Hodgson
February 7, 2011
San Salvador, January 31, 2011 I write as the novena—the nine days of prayer following the death of Bishop Samuel Ruiz—is drawing to a close. The flow of moving tributes to this remarkable leader has become a flood, and this…
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