"Mexican president seizes control of cathedral in Mexico City"

[IanM]

Mexican President seizes control of Cathedral in Mexico City

by Mario Diego Special Correspondent to FromRome.Info Being a proud Mexican-American Catholic born of Catholic Mexican parents who immigrated to the USA, and whose great grandfather was a Military general in the State of Michoacan who secretly defended clergy and religious from the tyrannical...

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[Victoria33]

Curious story, I am researching it now. There does appear to be some credence to this report which at first blush, yes, sounds rather outrageous.

Here is there twitter account, also twitter does have a translation function if anyone wants to read what they are saying without knowing Spanish.

https://twitter.com/Catedral_CDMX

See, in this below tweet, they are talking about the “army”, “ejercito”… I’m really curious about what all of this is about.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1305329966142324736

Tranlated:

I just want to inform all the faithful that the Army took the Plaza de la Constitución and for this reason it was difficult for those who wanted to participate in the Eucharist to enter the Metropolitan Cathedral.
I think the other days we will have the same problems.
9:18 PM · Sep 13, 2020 from Cuauhtémoc, Distrito Federal·Twitter for Android

And as the article mentions, soon, Sept. 16th is Mexico’s Independence Day when crowds meet in the Square near this Cathedral.

Could all of this have anything to do with stopping the Coronavirus? I will be checking.

The twitter has a bit more. I’m going to wait and see what else happens here before being too alarmed. I’m certainly not calling the OP false.

Also in Mexico City, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, live webcam, the modern one more in the foreground, the old one in the back with the golden-type of dome. Things do not look too worrisome here.

Good article, I will keep up with this.

There’s probably a livecam for the National Cathedral, one can look for that.

Actually, here is the big square next to the Cathedral, should it help anyone to see. It does look like they are preparing the square, plaza for the 16th of September celebrations. Fireworks, etc. It will be jam packed.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Stuff in that area gets shut down at a moment’s notice when there is concern about protests. I barely got to see the Cathedral at all and there were other buildings that were not letting people in due to recent protests when I was there.

I can also understand concern about the coronavirus and crowds, as people really crowd in Mexico, you will be in physical contact with others if it’s crowded enough and they don’t even give you your own space to stand in.

It seems like protests in Mexico City have a high propensity to turn violent or destructive. I would rather the Cathedral be closed and protected than have protesters wrecking it. The President seems very Catholic or at least wishing to appeal to Catholics (didn’t he just get lectured by Pope Francis for making political speeches quoting the Pope or suggesting the Pope was on his side?) so I don’t think he would do this as an anti-clerical gesture or to make Catholics angry.

The Guadalupe shrine is a long way away from the Cathedral. No one goes to Guadalupe area to protest. The Cathedral is right next to where all the government buildings are, where people would want to go protest. It’s like it’s across the street from the White House.

Also there are a ton of other Catholic churches all over Mexico City, I really doubt anyone won’t be able to go to a Mass or go pray.

 

[graciew]

didn’t he just get lectured by Pope Francis for making political speeches quoting the Pope or suggesting the Pope was on his side?)

Are you referring to the INE complaints?
If so,those are Mexican Commissions after two organizations complaint about violation of the Constitution .( or something like that for religious references ).
To be honest, first glance, I thought then having read the Supreme Court…
It was not the Vatican , or the Pope…unless I missed something

 

[Tis_Bearself]

It was this from last week - maybe that’s what you are also referring to? The Mexican electoral body (not the Pope, I’m correcting my post here) told him to quit using the Pope in his campaign ads. I misread it the first time and thought it was the Pope telling him, or the Pope telling the electoral body, anyway I was confused.

It’s not clear whether the president is a Catholic but it certainly seems he wants to appeal to Catholics given that he’s always quoting Scripture or showing his Sacred Heart badges and now using the Pope in his political campaign.

Mexican electoral body orders president to remove ad with papal reference | Crux

 

[graciew]

Yes, that was the one.
Tks Tis!

 

[Victoria33]

It’s interesting, a women’s rights group has been occupying one of the nearby government offices over there:

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Supporters protest along with an activist as feminist and crime victims who have been occupying the offices of the governmental Human Rights Commission celebrate an “anti-grito,” a day ahead of the traditional “Grito de Dolores,” Mexico’s annual shout of independence, in Mexico City, Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. The activists, who are demanding justice for victims of femicide, sexual assault, forced disappearances, and other violent crimes, say they will turn the offices into a refuge for victims. … less
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It is not very busy at the Basilica of Guadalupe above in the webcam. This is obviously because of COVID-19 I’d think. Very few visitors. I’m not sure how they are operating the grounds at the present moment.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Women’s rights groups are huge down there. There were very destructive protests last spring by women’s rights groups who were opposing domestic violence and exploitation of women, after a woman was murdered by her boyfriend in a very gory manner and photos of her mutilated body were run in the newspaper.

Mexico is not a very female-friendly country.