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December 21, 2015

Mexico's Michoacan: Where priests tell people it's OK to fight back

A man cleans the sidewalk Dec. 17 in Morelia, Mexico, in preparation for Christmas. Pope Francis is scheduled to visit Morelia, as well as other Mexican cities, during his Feb. 12-17 visit.

COALCOMAN, Mexico - Fr. Emiliano Mendoza Magana, pastor of the St. James the Apostle parish in this town of timber cutters, recalls parishioners coming to confessions in past years with questions about grabbing guns and fighting back against a marauding drug cartel.

Published in International