Mexican bishops call on new president to ‘prioritize dialogue with everyone’
June 13, 2024
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CWN Editor's Note: The bishops of Mexico have offered their congratulations to Claudia Sheinbaum, a leftist candidate who won the three-way election with nearly 60% of the vote.
The nation’s bishops paid tribute to voters who turned out for the election “despite the obstacles and problems that arose during the electoral process, especially due to criminal violence and interference with legality by some authorities.”
“We raise our prayers so that, with the responsibility and wisdom that the position demands, and always seeking the common good, she can lead Mexico towards better horizons, where the Republic is strengthened, the rule of law is fully exercised, democracy allows political transition without violence, the development and justice of the entire nation is achieved more effectively and, above all, we begin a period of social reconciliation in the entire country,” the bishops continued. “We sincerely hope that you prioritize dialogue with everyone.”
Sheinbaum—the nation’s first woman president, and first from a predominantly Jewish background—pledged to “guarantee freedom of expression, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly, of concentration and mobilization ... We will also respect political, social, cultural and religious diversity. Gender and sexual diversity.”
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