Catholic Leaders Mourn Slain Mexican Cardinal
GUADALAJARA — More than 40 Roman Catholic dignitaries from Mexico and around the world attended a funeral Mass on Thursday for slain Mexican Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas Ocampo, who was shot to death Monday in a drug-related gun battle.
Posadas, who was archbishop of Guadalajara, was laid to rest in a crypt below the main altar of the city’s majestic colonial cathedral.
Pope John Paul II, in a message delivered by Argentine Cardinal Eduardo Pironio, his special envoy, pleaded for an end to drug violence.
Among those present was Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles, who met Posadas in the 1970s when he was a bishop in Tijuana.
Sign up for Essential California
The most important California stories and recommendations in your inbox every morning.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
