Presidential candidate speaks of religion and the soul

Monday, June 18th, 2018

Mexico’s Presidential candidate has spoken about religion in his campaign.

“The time has come to present a proposal based on the aim that when we obtain the presidency, we must not only seek to achieve material well-being, we must also seek well-being for the soul,” Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador says.

The favourite to win July’s election told voters: “Just as we already have a political constitution, we are going to elaborate a moral constitution.” Read more

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