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Killing of Jesuit priests in Mexico shakes nation afflicted by violence

June 29, 2022

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CWN Editor's Note: Pope Francis decried violence in Mexico following the June 20 murder of two Jesuits: Father Joaquín Mora, 80, and Father Javier Campos, 79.

“Crime has spread everywhere,” the nation’s bishops said in a statement. ”It manifests itself with levels of inhuman cruelty, in executions and massacres that have turned our country into one of the most insecure places on earth.”

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