{"id":26636,"date":"2022-06-22T21:20:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-22T14:20:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katolikindonesia.org\/?p=26636"},"modified":"2022-06-22T21:21:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T14:21:10","slug":"two-jesuit-priests-murdered-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katolikindonesia.org\/?p=26636","title":{"rendered":"Two Jesuit priests murdered in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/katolikindonesia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-9.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"http:\/\/katolikindonesia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/katolikindonesia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-9.png 750w, https:\/\/katolikindonesia.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image-9-300x169.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Fathers Javier Campos SJ (left) and Joaqu\u00edn Mora SJ.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two Jesuit priests serving in Mexico, Javier Campos and Joaqu\u00edn Mora, were killed on Monday by an armed person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Benedict Mayaki, SJ<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two Jesuits, Fathers Javier Campos and Joaqu\u00edn Mora, were killed in Cerocahui, Tarahumara, Mexico on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both priests were murdered while they were trying to protect a man who ran into a church in search of refuge while he was fleeing from an armed individual.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tragedy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Father Luis Gerardo Moro Madrid, SJ, provincial of the Mexico province of the Society of Jesus, announced the sad news in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt is with deep pain and a sense of anguish that I inform you that in the afternoon of 20 June, in Cerocahui, Tarahumara, Jesuit Fathers Javier Campos, SJ, and Joaqu\u00edn Mora, SJ, were murdered while trying to defend a man who was seeking refuge in the church and who was being pursued by an armed person.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Provincial said that the Jesuits were also working with federal and state authorities for the safety of three other Jesuits: Esteban Cornejo, Jes\u00fas Reyes, and Jes\u00fas Zaglul; and the pastoral team of the parish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Father Madrid restated the congregation&#8217;s public condemnation of the tragedy and demanded &#8220;a prompt investigation\u201d as well as \u201csafety for the community,&#8221; as the murders happened &#8220;in the context of the violence that this country is experiencing.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI ask you to join us in prayer for them,\u201d Fr. Madrid said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Appeal against violence<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The General of the Society of Jesus, Fr. Arturo Sosa, also expressed sorrow upon hearing of the murder of the Jesuits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I am shocked and saddened by this news,&#8221; he said. &#8220;My thoughts and prayers are with the Jesuits in Mexico and the families of the men. We have to stop violence in our world and so much unnecessary suffering.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sumber https:\/\/www.vaticannews.va\/en\/church\/news\/2022-06\/jesuit-society-of-jesus-priest-murder-mexico-campos-mora.html<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two Jesuit priests serving in Mexico, Javier Campos and Joaqu\u00edn Mora, were killed on Monday by an armed person. 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