Mexico City, Mexico,
Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City will inaugurate a
series of Masses on Dec.18 that will be celebrated during the Christmas
season in various prisons in the Mexican capital.
The Apostolic Nuncio to Mexico, Archbishop Christophe Pierre, will
help celebrate some of the Masses, along with six auxiliary bishops of
Mexico City.
According to the Archdiocese of Mexico City’s News Service, Cardinal
Rivera has been celebrating prison Masses during Christmas over the
last 18 years.
This year includes a Dec. 18 Mass at a juvenile detention center.
In addition, Archbishop Pierre will celebrate Mass at the Femenil
Tepepan Prison on Dec. 20 and will launch a new outreach to juvenile
delinquents to encourage them to share the hope and joy of the faith
among their fellow inmates.
Wreaths and blankets will also be distributed to the prisoners.
“The purpose is to encourage them in this journey that they are
experiencing, especially the young people who need a lot of attention,”
said Father Francisco Javier Guzman Carreno, the director of prison
ministry.
“As the Church, we wish to bring them love, peace, joy,” he
explained, “and who better than our pastor to convey this joy of
Christmas in community as brothers and sisters?”
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