Cuernavaca, Mexico, Jun 3, 2019 / 23:33 pm
On Saturday, an estimated 40,000 people attended the fifth Walk for Peace in Mexico, organized by the Diocese of Cuernavaca, with the goal of stopping the growing wave of violence caused by the country's major crime gangs.
The tens of thousands of attendees, most of them dressed in white, began the walk around 9:00 a.m. local time from Our Lady of Miracles parish in Tlatenango, Cuernavaca, to the Plaza de Armas, where Mass was celebrated.
"The reality of the suffering of our people demands of us, without a doubt, an attitude of co-responsibility for this reality that we are facing…Before this bloody holocaust of violence we must not be filled with fear. Even though it is a complicated reality, a prophetic Church is required," said Bishop Ramón Castro of Cuernavaca in his address to the large crowd.
The prelate also called the main crime gangs to conversion and to remember that the violence also affects their families.