AP: Mexican land donation to church draws fire

A government donation of land to the Roman Catholic church to build a chapel in the Mexican resort city of Cancun is drawing fire in a country sensitive to religious favoritism.

Local officials in other Mexican cities have drawn fire recently for publicly "dedicating" their cities to Jesus Christ and God at religious events, despite the country's long history of religious conflicts, including the 1920s Cristero war in which tens of thousands died.

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Source: http://www.pewforum.org/Religion-News/Mexican-land-donation-to-church-draws-fire.aspx

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