Mexico will send a protest note to the Vatican over purported comments by Pope Francis worrying about a possible "Mexicanization" of his native Argentina due to rising drug trafficking activity there, authorities announced Monday.
Mexican Foreign Secretary Jose Antonio Meade said he had met with the Vatican's diplomatic emissary to the country, Christophe Pierre, to inform him about the note.
"We express sadness and concern with respect to the communications that apparently were made, referring to a private letter from Pope Francis," Meade said.
The pontiff apparently touched on drug activity in Argentina in a weekend letter to Argentine . . .
