He asked not to focus on a “fight between good and evil” or a confrontation of different ideologies, but rather “learning to walk together.”
“When we talk about reconciliation, we are referring to reconciling ourselves with the events that have hurt us, that have caused suffering with wounded memories and the injustices suffered.
“We call on our president-elect, her working group and all elected politicians who will soon take office to promote during this period of transition the path to build a reconciliation with solid foundations, which will help overcome the conflicts that divide us, strengthen national unity and open the doors to dialogue and mutual listening. We are convinced that in this way we will be able to achieve social peace,” the church said in its editorial.
During the campaign, the Mexican Episcopate called on the three presidential candidates, Claudia Sheinbaum, Xóchitl Gálvez and Jorge Álvarez Máynez, to sign a commitment “with proposals to resolve the crisis of violence in the country, as well as to provide justice and reparation to the victims.
Although Sheinbaum signed the agreement, she rejected the diagnosis made by specialists, victims of violence and authorities of the Catholic Church.
