Mexico City Mayor Unleashing "New Religious Persecution" says Archdiocese

August 23, 2010

MEXICO CITY, August 19, 2010 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The spokesman for the Archdiocese of Mexico City, Hugo Valdemar, is coming out swinging against the socialist political establishment, which is threatening him, the city's cardinal archbishop and the cardinal archbishop of Guadalajara, with punitive measures following comments condemning the city's new pro-abortion and gay "marriage" legislation.

Denouncing the "new religious persecution" begun by Mexico City Chief of Government Marcelo Ebrard, which is motivated by "intolerance, hatred, and viscerality," Valdemar warned that the actions of the mayor could "unleash a war in the country."  Read More...