Enrique Pena Nieto

Archbishop Franco Coppola, the apostolic nuncio to Mexico, gives a rosary to a child during a visit to Aguililla April 23. Drug cartels have battled each other and blocked highways in the besieged town, leaving residents unable to travel freely and causin

Nuncio tells besieged Mexican town: The church is with you

Archbishop Franco Coppola, papal ambassador to Mexico, recently traveled to a town besieged by warring drug cartels to reiterate the church's commitment to serving populations suffering violence.

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