“A Shepherd Must Tend His Flock”: Examining the Complications between Cartels and Catholicism

[1]  “Gustavo Gutiérrez,” Liberation Theology: Online Resource Center, September 23, 2011, http://liberationtheology.org/people-organizations/gustavo-gutierrez/.

[2] Joseph A. Palermo, “Archbishop Oscar Romero: Thirty Years and Little Learned,” The Huffington Post, March 24, 2010, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-a-palermo/archbishop-oscar-romero-t_b_511399.html; “Gustavo Gutiérrez,” Liberation Theology: Online Resource Center, September 23, 2011, http://liberationtheology.org/people-organizations/gustavo-gutierrez/.

[3]  “Gustavo Gutiérrez,” Liberation Theology: Online Resource Center, September 23, 2011, http://liberationtheology.org/people-organizations/gustavo-gutierrez/.

[4] Burton Kirkwood, The History of Mexico, 2^nd ed., Santa Barbara: Greenwood Publishing, 2010.

[5] Malcolm Beith, “In Mexico’s Drug War, Church Caught in the Storm,” National Catholic Reporter, February 11, 2011, http://ncronline.org/news/global/mexicos-drug-war-church-caught-storm.

[6] Phillip Smith, “Latin America: Mexican Catholic Church in Narco-Dollar Embarrassment,” Stopthedrugwar.org, April 11, 2008, http://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2008/apr/11/latin_america_mexican_catholic_c.

[7] Damien Cave, “Mexican Church Takes a Closer Look at Donors,” The New York Times, March 6, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/world/americas/07church.html?_r=2&ref=drugtrafficking.

[8] Roderic Al Camp, “Foreign Policy: Church and Narcostate,” National Public Radio, August 13, 2009, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111881461.

[9] “Mexico’s Calderón Calls on the Pope to Alleviate Drug Violence,” NTD Television, May 3, 2011, http://english.ntdtv.com/ntdtv_en/news_northamerica/2011-05-03/mexico-s-calderon-calls-on-the-pope-to-alleviate-drug-violence.html.

[10] Burton Kirkwood, The History of Mexico, 2^nd ed., Santa Barbara: Greenwood Publishing, 2010.

[11] Malcolm Beith, “In Mexico’s Drug War, Church Caught in the Storm,” National Catholic Reporter, February 11, 2011, http://ncronline.org/news/global/mexicos-drug-war-church-caught-storm.

[12] Ibid.

[13] Damien Cave, “Mexican Church Takes a Closer Look at Donors,” The New York Times, March 6, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/world/americas/07church.html?_r=2&ref=drugtrafficking.

[14] Ibid.

[15] Ibid.

[16] “The Law of the Seal of Confession,” New Advent Catholic Encyclopedia, September 27, 2011, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13649b.htm.

[17] Roderic Al Camp, “Foreign Policy: Church and Narcostate,” National Public Radio, August 13, 2009, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111881461.

[18] Roderic Al Camp, “Foreign Policy: Church and Narcostate,” National Public Radio, August 13, 2009, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111881461.

[19] Malcolm Beith, “In Mexico’s Drug War, Church Caught in the Storm,” National Catholic Reporter, February 11, 2011, http://ncronline.org/news/global/mexicos-drug-war-church-caught-storm.

[20] George Grayson, Mexico: Narco-violence and a Failed State, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Transaction Publishers, 2010.

[21] Malcolm Beith, “In Mexico’s Drug War, Church Caught in the Storm,” National Catholic Reporter, February 11, 2011, http://ncronline.org/news/global/mexicos-drug-war-church-caught-storm. 

[22] Roderic Al Camp, “Foreign Policy: Church and Narcostate,” National Public Radio, August 13, 2009, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111881461.

[23] Damien Cave, “Mexican Church Takes a Closer Look at Donors,” The New York Times, March 6, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/07/world/americas/07church.html?_r=2&ref=drugtrafficking.

[24] Malcolm Beith, “In Mexico’s Drug War, Church Caught in the Storm,” National Catholic Reporter, February 11, 2011, http://ncronline.org/news/global/mexicos-drug-war-church-caught-storm.

[25] John 6:37, The New American Catholic Bible.

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