{"id":145724,"date":"2026-06-08T19:01:53","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=145724"},"modified":"2026-06-08T19:02:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T23:02:57","slug":"church-times-security-taking-priority-over-poverty-uspg-conference-hears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=145724","title":{"rendered":"(Church Times) Security taking priority over poverty, USPG conference hears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The security situation in Mexico is \u201cvery difficult\u201d as the World Cup approaches, the newly elected Anglican Archbishop of Mexico, the Most Revd Sally Sue Hern\u00e1ndez, has warned, in a keynote speech at last week\u2019s annual conference of the Anglican mission agency\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/uspg\">USPG<\/a>. The theme was \u201cFor Christ is our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/peace\">peace<\/a>\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tournament, hosted by Mexico,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/canada\">Canada<\/a>, and the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/topics\/united-states\">United States<\/a>, begins on Thursday. \u201cThe situation is very difficult, with challenges including the presence of drug cartels, forced disappearances, violence against girls and women, the exclusion of indigenous communities, and armed attacks to seize territory from communities that have been displaced from their lands, among others,\u201d said Archbishop Hern\u00e1ndez.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhile the World Cup will generate passion, and some economic activity, there will be no profound changes or answers to the true needs of the Mexican people.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.churchtimes.co.uk\/articles\/2026\/12-june\/news\/world\/security-taking-priority-over-poverty-uspg-conference-hears\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The security situation in Mexico is \u201cvery difficult\u201d as the World Cup approaches, the newly elected Anglican Archbishop of Mexico, the Most Revd Sally Sue Hern\u00e1ndez, has warned, in a keynote speech at last week\u2019s annual conference of USPG.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/C5yF8j9mpv\">https:\/\/t.co\/C5yF8j9mpv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Church Times (@ChurchTimes) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChurchTimes\/status\/2063962301162553525?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 8, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The security situation in Mexico is \u201cvery difficult\u201d as the World Cup approaches, the newly elected Anglican Archbishop of Mexico, the Most Revd Sally Sue Hern\u00e1ndez, has warned, in a keynote speech at last week\u2019s annual conference of the Anglican<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=145724\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,72,168,341,88,128],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-145724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-anglican-episcopal","category-anglican-latest-news","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-mexico-provinces-other-than-tec","category-poverty","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=145724"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145724\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145727,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145724\/revisions\/145727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=145724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=145724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=145724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}