Mexico Opinion on the New Pope
Article: World reaction to Pope Benedict
Source: BBC News UK Edition Wednesday, 20 April, 2005
The Roman Catholic Church has been playing an unique and vital role in Latin America and Caribbean. This is why Silvana Paternostro argued that men and church are the two most important elements dominate the society of Latin America. Similar to other aspect, Mexico may be an exception in this realm. Notwithstanding the leaders of Mexico tacitly approve and collaborate the infulence of church among the socierty. The PRI government had depriving the education rights and economic powers of the church. In my conservatin with my Mexican friends, they considered religion as imporatnat part of everyday life but not everything. However, the public opinion towards the news of pope Benedict let us have a glimpse on the role of religion in Mexico
According to the article written by Adam Easton, the reaction of the news was quite negative. Before the publication of the news, Mexicans, similar to other people in the Latin America, dreamed either the archbishops of Mexico City and Tegucigalpa in Honduras would become the new pope. Not Surprisingly, Mexican disappointed the chosen of the new pope, who was notoriously for opposing abortion and contraception. They considered this representing the church ignoring the increasing demand of change and the concern of the Thrid World.
This is similar to what writing in the book of Silvana Paternostro. The church is one of the part of the exploition. It strengthen the culture of male sipremacy. Abortion and contraception are not allowed according to the order of the Pope. Women still do not have right to control their own body because the traditon of machismo and the word of the pope. It increased the dangerous of spreading of AIDS, and the suffering of women. This explained why some Mexican criticized the concervative pope by writing polotical cartoon with playing on words of the new Pope's title, Benedicto XVI, with the phrase "Welcome (Benvenutti) to the XVI Century".
Source: BBC News UK Edition Wednesday, 20 April, 2005
The Roman Catholic Church has been playing an unique and vital role in Latin America and Caribbean. This is why Silvana Paternostro argued that men and church are the two most important elements dominate the society of Latin America. Similar to other aspect, Mexico may be an exception in this realm. Notwithstanding the leaders of Mexico tacitly approve and collaborate the infulence of church among the socierty. The PRI government had depriving the education rights and economic powers of the church. In my conservatin with my Mexican friends, they considered religion as imporatnat part of everyday life but not everything. However, the public opinion towards the news of pope Benedict let us have a glimpse on the role of religion in Mexico
According to the article written by Adam Easton, the reaction of the news was quite negative. Before the publication of the news, Mexicans, similar to other people in the Latin America, dreamed either the archbishops of Mexico City and Tegucigalpa in Honduras would become the new pope. Not Surprisingly, Mexican disappointed the chosen of the new pope, who was notoriously for opposing abortion and contraception. They considered this representing the church ignoring the increasing demand of change and the concern of the Thrid World.
This is similar to what writing in the book of Silvana Paternostro. The church is one of the part of the exploition. It strengthen the culture of male sipremacy. Abortion and contraception are not allowed according to the order of the Pope. Women still do not have right to control their own body because the traditon of machismo and the word of the pope. It increased the dangerous of spreading of AIDS, and the suffering of women. This explained why some Mexican criticized the concervative pope by writing polotical cartoon with playing on words of the new Pope's title, Benedicto XVI, with the phrase "Welcome (Benvenutti) to the XVI Century".
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