On Sunday, September 28th, the Diocese of San Cristóbal convened a pilgrimage calling for peace in Palestine and a ceasefire in Gaza. Acción Palestina Chiapas read the following statement in the Church of Guadalupe.
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Convened by the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas, thousands across the state of Chiapas marched against the genocide.
A statement by collectives in solidarity read, “During these two years of incessant genocide, it has become clear that it will be the mobilized peoples, and not the governments at the service of economic power, who will stop the colonial barbarism we are witnessing today across the globe.”
The local diocese also called on “our brothers and sisters of other religious denominations and all men and women who fight for peace with justice and dignity to continue their actions in support of the Palestinian people or to join in Sunday’s actions in accordance with their beliefs and what their hearts inspire them to do.”
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The Southeast Team of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de las Casas denounces the rising violence in their communities and “The lack of sincerity and honesty in recognizing, on the part of the government and authorities, the reality of violence and insecurity that we are experiencing, as if denying the problem were the best way to solve it.”
“We pray to the divine Spirit to convert hearts of stone into hearts of flesh, so that, among all of us, we may build a kingdom of peace, justice, love and fraternity.”
However, he left a seed of hope, commitment, action and struggle through peaceful means…On July 5, one year after his murder, members of different parishes of the Diocese of San Cristobal and Las Abejas de Acteal held public demonstrations to vindicate the struggle for life and justice through peaceful means.
