Posts Tagged ‘religion’

Helpless & Hopeless

Monday, May 4th, 2009

After 300 years in storage, the icon of the <B><I>Christ of Health</B></I> was placed on the altar of Mexico City`s  Metropolitan CathedralIf the economic downturn, cartel wars, & rampant street crime were not enough, now the people of Mexico are also suffering from the effects of the Swine Flu epidemic. I recently received a vivid reminder of just how all of these problems converge & add to the helplessness & hopelessness Mexicans feel daily.

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Día de los Muertos

Saturday, November 1st, 2008

Skeletons & kids parading from the Cathedral in ChihuahuaYesterday was October 31st. Americans know it as Halloween, but Mexicans know it as the kick-off day for celebrations of Día de los Muertos, or the Day of the Dead.

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