Mexico’s Catholic Church has launched new offensives against the administration of President Enrique Peña Nieto. The target is his flagship project – a series of reforms his party and the country’s main opposition groups support. The criticism from the Church comes as a surprise given that its leaders – despite their turbulent history in the country – had maintained a cordial relationship with the last few administrations. The first sign of trouble came in late April when the Episcopal Conference unexpectedly issued a sharp official message that shattered any idealization of life in Mexico and, one by one, questioned the . . .
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