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South China Morning Post
25-05-2025
- General
- South China Morning Post
Peru's 17th-century miracle hopes for Vatican recognition under Pope Leo
In the small town of Eten, Peru, people gather every year to celebrate a 17th-century miracle involving images of the child Jesus. This event has not been recognised by the Vatican. But the recent election of Pope Leo , who served as a missionary in Peru for years, has rekindled hopes of official recognition. It was in an ancient Peruvian village founded by the Spanish in the 16th century that the so-called Eucharistic Miracle of Eten was said to have taken place. In 1649, a picture of a young Jesus with three small hearts was said to have appeared to many people during a Catholic ceremony where bread and wine are blessed to represent Christ's body and blood. A second image reportedly appeared weeks later during another festival. The events inspired a passionate local devotion that continues today. Locals believe official recognition of the miracle could attract more devotees.
Arab News
20-05-2025
- Arab News
Gunmen kill seven in central Mexico
CELAYA: Gunmen have shot dead seven people, including some minors, in Mexico's most deadly state, where violence between warring drug cartels has triggered condemnation by the Catholic Church. The attack in the central state of Guanajuato occurred at around 2:00 am Monday in a plaza in the city of San Felipe where local police found seven bodies, all male, and a damaged van after reports of gunfire, the local government said in a statement. The officers also found two banners with messages alluding to the Santa Rosa de Lima gang, which operates in the area, the statement said. Guanajuato is a thriving industrial hub and home to several popular tourist destinations, but it is also Mexico's deadliest state, according to official homicide statistics. The violent crime is linked to conflict between the Santa Rosa de Lima gang and the Jalisco New Generation cartel, one of the most powerful in the Latin American nation. Mexican leaders of the Catholic Church condemned the shooting on Monday, calling it 'an alarming sign of the weakening of the social fabric, impunity and the absence of peace in vast regions' of the country, which is majority Catholic. 'We cannot remain indifferent in the face of the spiral of violence that is wounding so many communities,' the Episcopal Conference of Mexico, an organization of Mexican bishops, added in a statement. The shooting was 'one more among so many that are repeated with painful frequency,' it said. In December, the Church in Mexico called on warring cartels to declare a truce. Guanajuato recorded the most homicides of any state in Mexico last year, with 3,151, 10.5 percent of murders nationwide, according to official figures. Since 2006, when the military launched an anti-drug operation, Mexico has tallied about 480,000 violent deaths.
Reuters
08-05-2025
- Politics
- Reuters
Argentine cardinal hopes Pope Francis' vision lives on
BUENOS AIRES, May 8 (Reuters) - Argentine cardinal Angel Rossi, one of the 133 now gathered at the Vatican to elect a new pope, told Reuters before the conclave that he hoped the next leader of the global Catholic Church - whoever he is - will maintain intact the vision of Pope Francis, a fellow Jesuit and his former teacher. Rossi, 66, archbishop of the central Argentine province of Córdoba, is one of four cardinals from the South American country in the conclave that began on Wednesday at the Vatican to elect the pope who will succeed Francis. Francis, a reformer who sought to open up the Church despite criticism from more conservative groups, died on April 21 at the age of 88. He pushed interfaith dialogue and focused on defending the poorest in society. "He left clearly defined lines of belief: service, not being a court church, looking out for the poorest, sharing among the wealthy, calling for the charity of nations," Rossi said in an interview last week. Rossi, who was made a cardinal by Pope Francis in 2023, said that the 23 Latin American cardinals at the conclave would not necessarily be pushing for another pope from the region, but would want one who would continue the reforms made by Francis. "I think the solution isn't for him to be Latin American, but rather for the person to have the sentiments of Pope Francis," said Rossi, who had a close relationship with the former pope, who was previously Jorge Bergoglio, the Archbishop of Buenos Aires. "It seems to me there is a shared view we should borrow Pope Francis' vision so we can look at the world from our own land and not from outside, but with our feet in Latin America." A column of black smoke rose from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican on Wednesday and again on Thursday morning, signaling that the cardinals gathered in the secret conclave have so far been unable to elect a new pope.
