Pope Francis asked Mexicans to privilege a respectful dialogue and stop evoking the past in order to heal wounds and build the longed-for universal brotherhood.
“We do not evoke the pains of the past to stay there, but to learn from them and continue taking steps to heal wounds, to cultivate an open and respectful dialogue between differences, and to build the long-awaited fraternity, prioritizing the common good above of particular interests, tensions and conflicts ”, stated the Pope.
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In a letter sent by the Supreme Pontiff to Monsignor Rogelio Cabrera López, president of the Conference of the Mexican Episcopate (CEM), within the framework of the commemoration of the 200 years of the Consummation of the Independence of Mexico, he stated that the Catholic Church has apologized for past mistakes for wrongs committed during evangelization.
“On various occasions, both my predecessors and myself, have asked forgiveness for personal and social sins, for all actions or omissions that did not contribute to evangelization,” he commented.
Since the beginning of his mandate, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has requested that the Catholic Church as well as the Spanish Crown offer an apology for the wrongs committed against the original Mexican cultures during the invasion in 1521 and during the Colony.
“The anniversary they are celebrating invites us to look not only to the past to strengthen our roots, but also to continue living the present and to build the future with joy and hope, reaffirming the values that have constituted them and identify them as a people, values for which that many of your predecessors have fought so hard and even given their lives, such as independence, union and religion, ”Pope Francis stressed.
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