Francisco Robles (left), yesterday received ownership of the Guadalajara Archdiocese from the hands of Juan Sandoval (right).

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The fifth cardinal who runs the Church of Guadalajara took possession of the headquarters in a ceremony in which it requested unit against the onslaught of crime

GUADALAJARA, JALISCO (FEB/08/2012)-the new Archbishop of Guadalajara, Cardinal José Francisco Robles Ortega, was open to dialogue with all persons of any religious creed, even with those who have withdrawn from the Catholic faith. This highlighted in his first message, in the Metropolitan Cathedral, upon receipt of the welcome greeting from Cardinal Juan Sandoval Íñiguez, together with priests, religious and laity.

To an Assembly that filled the episcopal see of Guadalajara, the new hierarch had in mind in his greeting to all the priests, youth, families, the elderly, all civil authorities and adherents of other faiths, “given that positive and fraternal relations with believers of other religions should be established to work for the good of society”.

Attendees included the Governor Emilio González, tapatío Mayor Francisco Ayon and Raul Fernando Guzmán, Aristóteles Sandoval Diaz.

Robles Ortega stated that “they should be taken ties of understanding and cooperation with civil authorities to work for the community”. At the ceremony, in the presence of several politicians, he clarified that the welcome given to his person was a “non-political and ecclesial Act”.

It considered that the community of the Guadalajara Archdiocese “is quite rich in human, supernatural and material gifts.” “The great challenge is to pull that variety in the task of evangelizing the world today”, and argued that it does not “with a slogan or intention preconceived”, before a possible territorial division of ecclesiastical jurisdiction, an issue which opposed Cardinal Sandoval.

On his arrival in this city, said “feel serene and calm, given that it is the expression of the will of God”.

On violence in the country, asserted that unfortunately is widespread throughout the national territory, as stated in major cities such as Guadalajara and Monterrey, with accents in certain areas. “We must further strengthen us as a society and live more as a society not us win ground crime”.

He delivered then because open follow the investigation into the murder of Cardinal Juan Jesus Posadas, “insofar as the elements that the present reality and according to the legal framework”, because justice has not been done at the time.