Claudia Sheinbaum defends migrant priest solal bind: a true Christian!

Claudia Sheinbaum defends migrant priest solal bind: a true Christian!

In Mexico, the support of President Claudia Sheinbaum ensures the controversial migrant priest Alejandro Solalinde. In a press conference, she emphasized that the 79-year-old did an important humanitarian work. Solalind, known for his commitment to migrants and sponsors of a National human rights award, throws Shadow on the statements of Francisco Garduno, the former head of the national Migration authority, who described the priest as a 'Pollero de Dios' - a statement that is considered an insult that subordinates that migration would promote migration and at the same time about the disrupts during the treatment of Migrants complain without offering solutions. The migration debate in Mexico has again fueled this argument between Garduno and Solalinde, as the Catholic press agency Kathpress reports.

controversy for future administration

Another important topic around Solalinde is his possible appointment as head of the new national migration authority, which within the Catholic community has met with violent criticism. The Bishop of Veracruz, Carlos Briseno Arch, warned in an interview with the Portal Xeu Noticias that Solalinde could not continue working as a priest in a public office. The combination of church service and political responsibility remains legally problematic. This is done in the middle of a controversial discourse on Mexico's migration policy, which died through tragic incidents such as the fire in a deportation center in Ciudad Juarez, in which 40 people and the rescue of cracked migrants from a truck in the state of Veracruz was heated, as was also reported on Kath.net.

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, meanwhile, emphasized that Solalinde could volunteer the authority in order to avoid possible legal disadvantages. Nevertheless, it is questioned whether Solalinde, visibly active in politics, can continue to act as a priest without conflict with the church laws. The admonition not to interfere in politics was already pronounced by the Diocese of Tehuantepec in 2018, but ignored. This opportunity could have far -reaching consequences for the credibility of the Church in Mexico and the light on the complex relationship between church and state.