Neglect haunts a conqueror’s tomb


A service at the mostly empty Church of Jesus the Nazarene, which houses Cortes’ tomb, in Mexico City. — Luis Antonio Rojas/The New York Times

MASS at the Church of Jesus the Nazarene in Mexico City rarely lures enough congregants to fill more than a few pews.

Trash piles up outside under broken stained-glass windows. The unhoused of the city’s old centre perform their bodily functions in its shadows.

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