Mexico performs first Mass in indigenous Nahuatl language

[Judi Lynn]

Mexico performs first Mass in indigenous Nahuatl language
Oct 13, 9:28 PM EDT

MEXICO CITY (AP) -- The first Mass conducted in Mexico's most prominent indigenous language has been held in the country's most important church.

Roman Catholic Bishop Felipe Arizmendi said during his homily Tuesday at the Basilica of Guadalupe in Mexico City that rather than accept and respect the culture of the country's original peoples, they have been scorned.

He pointed out that Nahuatl was the language of Juan Diego, the first indigenous saint, who Catholic tradition says saw the Virgin of Guadalupe nearly 500 years ago. Pope John Paul II canonized Juan Diego in the same basilica in 2002.

Arizmendi spoke in Spanish and his words were translated to Nahuatl.

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[MisterP]

1. there was an attempt at this in the 1530s--a new hypostasis of two cultures

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colegio_de_Santa_Cruz_de_Tlatelolco
alas it fell victim to modernization (and thus centralization) of the Crown (Philip II shut down any research 1555) and distraction with European affairs, the rise of the peninsulares against the encomenderos' descendants, terrifying waves of disease, national mismanagement and brutality, exhaustion of Native society, Dominican caution dominating Franciscan enthusiasm, and probably a thousand other things