Catholic Church Gains Influence In Mexico.After nearly a century on the political sidelines, Mexico's Roman Catholic Church Roman Catholic Church, Christian church headed by the pope, the bishop of Rome (see papacy and Peter, Saint). Its commonest title in official use is Holy Catholic and Apostolic Church. was encouraged by the Vicente Fox's victory in July's presidential election. Fox's political party, the National Action Party (PAN), has been the nation's pro-Catholic faction for some time. In fact, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. a report in The Washington Post, in some areas where PAN controls local government, officials have already banned strip clubs, disparaged homosexuals and made efforts to impose community curfews. The Archdiocese of Mexico is also trying to exert greater influence in government. The Nuevo Criterio, a publication of the church, recently advised the divorced president-elect to adhere to adhere to verb 1. follow, keep, maintain, respect, observe, be true, fulfil, obey, heed, keep to, abide by, be loyal, mind, be constant, be faithful 2. church teachings on divorce and either reunite with his ex-wife or promise never to remarry remarry Verb [-ries, -rying, -ried] to marry again following a divorce or the death of one's previous spouse remarriage n Verb 1. . Concerns over Catholic influence grew when Guanajuato's state legislature, with a PAN majority, extended an abortion ban to include cases of rape and incest. |
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