As part of the Ordinary Jubilee 2025, a delegation from the state of Chihuahua, headed by Governor María Eugenia Campos, is participating as a special guest in the event “Mexican Christmas at the Vatican.”
The event is organized by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, through the Embassy of Mexico to the Holy See (the Vatican), a sovereign nation since 1929 and the administrative center of the Catholic Church, where the Pope serves as head of state and government.
With this participation, Chihuahua becomes the 17th Mexican state to attend this cultural and spiritual gathering, which takes place during one of the most significant periods for the Catholic Church.
A press release detailed that the activities began with a Mass officiated by Monsignor Pietro Bongiovanni, parish priest of the Basilica of San Salvatore in Lauro, who welcomed the delegation from Chihuahua, as well as the Mexican ambassadors to the Holy See, Alberto Barranco, and to Italy, Genaro Lozano.
Governor María Eugenia Campos thanked Monsignor Bongiovanni for receiving them, as well as Ambassador Barranco and his wife, Teresa Loera, for the invitation to host this year’s Mexican Christmas celebration.
The governor noted that for the first time, the Mexican Christmas delegation officially includes members from its indigenous communities, and she expressed her pride in presenting the Yermo y Parres Shelter Girls’ Choir from Carichí, composed of Rarámuri girls.
“Carichí is located deep within our Sierra Tarahumara, a region known for its beauty, home to some of the deepest canyons in the world, but also the ancestral culture of the Rarámuri people who are with us today,” she said.
Accompanied by the Bishop of the Tarahumara, Juan Manuel González, the state governor explained that this indigenous community represents the purest and most luminous aspect of Chihuahua, the Sierra Tarahumara, where people travel great distances.
“The girls’ song seeks precisely to rekindle our hope; may this concert and this Mass remind us that diversity enriches us and that together, it is indeed possible to build the peace and hope that nations, communities, and individuals need today,” Campos Galván stated.
Along with the Carichí girls’ choir performing the concert “Roots, Sounds, and Emotions,” the event also included Christmas and traditional songs sung in Spanish and Rarámuri. Rarámuri pianist Romeyno Gutiérrez and the group Conjunto Primavera also participated. At the end, attendees enjoyed a posada (traditional Mexican Christmas celebration) with sweets, food, and the traditional Mexican piñata.
It is worth mentioning that this year in Mexico is dedicated to Indigenous women, and within this context, Chihuahua included the participation of girls from its native communities in the activities held at the Vatican.
Source: oem
