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Papal telegram for murdered Mexican priest
December 31, 2014
Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, has sent a papal telegram of condolence to Bishop Maximino Martínez Miranda of Ciudad Altamirano, Mexico, following the murder of a diocesan priest.
Father Gregorio Lopez Gorostieta was kidnapped from a seminary and murdered after he preached against organized crime, Vatican Radio reported.
The papal telegram expressed “firm condemnation” of the “unjustifiable violence.”
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Further information:
- Pope Francis calls murder of Mexican priest "unjustifiable violence" (Vatican Radio)
- Priest murdered in Mexico (CWN, 12/30)
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