Mexico City, Mexico, Feb 28, 2012 / 16:12 pm
Pope Benedict will visit Mexico as a messenger of peace and hope “amid the state of insecurity, violence and drug trafficking” in the country, says a spokesman for the local bishops' conference.
Father Antonio Camacho Munoz, executive secretary for the Mexican bishops' communications committee, told CNA that the Pope is coming to encourage the faithful “to continue journeying, to have faith in Jesus that everything is going to be okay.”
The pontiff's March 23-25 trip will “confirm his brethren in the faith,” the priest added. “He is coming to support us, to encourage us and to tell us that he is with us, that we are not alone.”
Fr. Camacho said the bishops and priests of Mexico hope that Benedict XVI will breathe new life into the Great Continental Mission, and that his visit is not only for Mexico but for all the Americas.