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Pope arrives to the heart a conservative, Catholic Mexico that is emboldened despite setbacks (sun-sentinel)

SILAO, Mexico (AP) -- The last time a pope visited Mexico, more than 1 million
believers cheered and wept in the streets of the capital. Aztec dancers shook
rattles and blew conch shells inside the cathedral where John Paul II
canonized the first Indian saint in the Americas.It's been a decade since
those ecstatic scenes capped the beloved pope's final trip to the country, and
his successor arrives Friday to a much more subdued welcome.Benedict XVI comes
to a church battling to extend its political and social gains while overcoming
painful setbacks that include legalized abortion and gay marriage in the
capital of the most Catholic country in the Spanish-speaking world. It is also
a nation grappling with a rampant drug war that has spread fear into once-
tranquil regions such as this state of Guanajuato."There is a very immense
peace that we need in Mexico because of the insecurity," said Marcela
Arguello, a 26-year-old housewife who said she plans to join the throngs along
the route of the papal motorcade through the city of Leon, the state's largest
city.Mexico has been traumatized by the deaths of more than 47,000 people in
drug-related violence in ...

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