This week, the Primatial Archdiocese of Mexico announced in a statement that Mexican Cardinal Carlos Aguiar Retes — the highest authority of the church in Mexico — met with Pope Leo XIV, to whom he reiterated the invitation to visit our country. According to the information released, Aguiar invited the Supreme Pontiff again, as he did a few days after the conclave. During the audience, the Pope expressed his joy for the pilgrimage of the Archdiocese...
«We will wait, I believe it is very good that he comes,» the pontiff to our country, added Sheinbaum Pardo, who also highlighted that the Pope has expressed his concern about migration and international pacification, as well as «other issues in which we coincide with a humanistic vision, not only of Mexico, but of the entire world».
Francisco Javier Acero, Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Mexico, also held a meeting with Pope Leo XIV. The aforementioned meeting took place last Wednesday at the Apostolic Palace of the Vatican, shortly before the General Audience. In response, Robert Prevost, who «showed gratitude», stated that it is «his desire and interest to be soon in our country to entrust his pontificate to the Virgin of Guadalupe,» and therefore visit the Basilica of Guadalupe in the Gustavo A. Madero mayor's office.
This Thursday, during the morning press conference, President Claudia Sheinbaum informed that the visit of Leo XIV to Mexico has not yet been officially confirmed, although «the idea is already there,» so she said she instructed the Secretary of the Interior, Rosa Icela Rodríguez, to communicate with the representation of the Vatican in the country.
The geographies and calendars are not fortuitous, assure the same sources, as it would be a special moment for the country (the month of patriotic fiestas) after the World Cup (which will take place from June to July), where it is anticipated that the results of the Mexican national team will be disappointing.
In the case of the presence of Leo XIV in Mexico City and Michoacán, it would also seek, on the National Palace's agenda, a reconciliation in society after the environment had become tense in recent years due to the electoral battle that crushed the opposition and conservative opinions, on the one hand, and on the other, the already enigmatic case of Carlos Manzo.
«I have always believed in an axiom: you can leave the PAN, but it is very difficult for the PAN to leave you».
This editorial consulted operators from the Segob who are handling the issue and who coordinate with the Secretariat of Foreign Relations, who, under the strict requirement of not being cited by name, accepted that the proposal launched by the Government of Mexico places the visit in the month of September and will be concentrated in the country's capital, awaiting the Vatican's acceptance to make it official.
A trip to Michoacán is also contemplated, as was the case with Pope Francis in his time.
