page_title: Holy See–Mexico relations
section_title: High-level visits
hierarchical_section_title: Holy See–Mexico relations / High-level visits
caption_attribution_description: Pope Francis and President Enrique Peña Nieto, accompanied by First Lady Angélica Rivera, held a meeting in the premises of the Presidential hanger following the Pope's arrival in Mexico.
context_page_description: Holy See – Mexico relations are foreign relations between the Holy See and Mexico. Catholicism was introduced in Mexico in 1519 by Spain. The majority of Mexicans practice the Catholic faith, however, since the adoption of the current Constitution in 1917, Mexico is a secular nation.
context_section_description: Papal visits from the Holy See to Mexico
  Pope John Paul II (1979, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2002)
  Pope Benedict XVI (2012)
  Pope Francis (2016)
  Presidential visits from Mexico to the Holy See
  President Luis Echeverría (1974)
  President Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1991)
  President Ernesto Zedillo (1996)
  President Vicente Fox (2001)
  President Felipe Calderón (2007, 2011)
  President Enrique Peña Nieto (2013, 2014)
caption: Pope Francis and President Enrique Peña Nieto, accompanied by First Lady Angélica Rivera, held a meeting in the premises of the Presidential hangar following the Pope's arrival in Mexico.
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