AZMEX POLICY2 27-4-19

AZMEX POLICY2 27 APR 2019


Pope Francis donates 500 thousand dollars to migrants in Mexico
The Holy See informed that the resources were granted to 26 projects of 16 dioceses and congregations of the Mexican Church.

EFE
Vatican / 27.04.2019 09:42:42

https://www.milenio.com/internacional/papa-francisco-dona-500-mil-dolares-migrantes-mexico

Pope Francis donated half a million dollars so that the Church can continue to help Central American migrants in Mexico,
who are heading to the United States.

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The Holy See reported that the resources are from the St. Peter's pope, which finances the Vatican's charitable works through donations from the faithful,
after the Mexican Church asked for help "to continue providing shelter, food and basic necessities" migrants

He stressed that half a million dollars (450 thousand euros) will be distributed in 26 projects of 16 dioceses and religious congregations in Mexico.

Thirteen of these projects have already been approved by the dioceses of
Cautitlan, Nogales, Mazatlan, Querétaro, San Andrés Tuxtla, Nuevo Laredo and Tijuana,
and by the congregations of the Scalabrinians, the Sacred Heart of Jesus and Mary and the Josefinas sisters.

Another fourteen projects to help migrants are still in the assessment phase because, before allocating funds,
Vatican rules demand transparent information on their use.

"Thanks to these projects, to charity and to Christian solidarity,
the Mexican bishops hope to continue helping the brothers and sisters who migrate,"
he says in the Óbolo statement.

In the same it is explained that in recent times thousands of migrants stay in Mexico
after crossing countries such as Honduras, El Sálvador or Guatemala, for "poverty and violence",
because the border of the United States "remains closed for them" .

In 2018 six caravans of migrants, consisting of a total of 75,000 people, entered Mexico.

"All these people have been blocked by not being able to enter the United States, without homes or means."
The Catholic Church welcomes thousands of them in the shelters of dioceses and religious congregations,
giving them what is necessary to live, as a roof. or clothes, "says the Vatican.

However, the Holy See stressed that "media coverage of this emergency has been decreasing and,
as a consequence, aid to immigrants has also been reduced by the Government and by the private sector."

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