Roman Catholic priest killed in Mexico; 9th under current administration
A Roman Catholic priest has been killed in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, the ninth killed under the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The church’s Catholic media center identified the priest as Reverend Javier García Villafaña, who had been assigned to Capacho parish in Huandacareo a month earlier.
The murder came a day after the Mexican Episcopal Conference expressed its solidarity and condemnation of an attack on Bishop Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez, archbishop of the state of Durango in the north of the country.
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A priest has been killed in the western Mexican state of Michoacan a day after the Mexican Episcopal Conference expressed condemnation of another attack on an archbishop. (FoxNews)
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On Sunday, an elderly man attempted to stab Armendáriz in Durango Cathedral. The archbishop escaped unscathed.
The conference confirmed García’s murder and said it was preparing to release a statement.
The Catholic Multimedia Center said in the statement that García was shot while driving near Capacho on the shores of Lake Cuitzeo.
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