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<blockquote data-quote="Billybob" data-source="post: 2605271" data-attributes="member: 1294"><p>I'm not going to debate what constitutes a "devout follower of the faith" but money ties between the cartels and church have been noted for some time. </p><p></p><p>While officially, the Catholic Church condemns the drug trade and the overwhelming violence being perpetrated by the cartels, it is no secret that priests throughout Mexico have taken large sums of money from the drug traffickers to fund church projects and in one case, to even construct an entirely new cathedral.</p><p></p><p>In the past, many Mexican journalists have harshly criticized priests for accepting narcolimosnas, or drug-tithes, from cartel leaders.</p><p></p><p>In 2009, one Mexican bishop publicly defended his right to take the donations and even praised the cartels for their generosity.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.examiner.com/article/is-the-mexican-catholic-church-corrupted-with-drug-cartel-money-w-video" target="_blank">http://www.examiner.com/article/is-the-mexican-catholic-church-corrupted-with-drug-cartel-money-w-video</a></p><p></p><p>Catholic church grapples with donations from Mexican cartels</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/03/church-in-mexico-trying-to-confront.html" target="_blank">http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/03/church-in-mexico-trying-to-confront.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Billybob, post: 2605271, member: 1294"] I'm not going to debate what constitutes a "devout follower of the faith" but money ties between the cartels and church have been noted for some time. While officially, the Catholic Church condemns the drug trade and the overwhelming violence being perpetrated by the cartels, it is no secret that priests throughout Mexico have taken large sums of money from the drug traffickers to fund church projects and in one case, to even construct an entirely new cathedral. In the past, many Mexican journalists have harshly criticized priests for accepting narcolimosnas, or drug-tithes, from cartel leaders. In 2009, one Mexican bishop publicly defended his right to take the donations and even praised the cartels for their generosity. [url]http://www.examiner.com/article/is-the-mexican-catholic-church-corrupted-with-drug-cartel-money-w-video[/url] Catholic church grapples with donations from Mexican cartels [url]http://www.borderlandbeat.com/2011/03/church-in-mexico-trying-to-confront.html[/url] [/QUOTE]
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