Samuel Ruiz García (born 3 November 1924) is a Mexican Roman Catholic prelate who served as bishop of San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, from 1959 until 1999. Events 644 - Umar ibn al-Khattab, the second Muslim Caliph, is killed by a Persian slave in Medina. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United Mexican States ( or commonly Mexico (ˈmɛksɪkoʊ () is a federal constitutional Republic in North America. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight San Cristóbal de las Casas is a municipality ( municipio) and City in the central highlands of the Mexican state of Chiapas is the southernmost state of Mexico, located towards the southeast of the country This zone in Mexico is characterized by its poverty and its indigenous population. Some 40,000 indigenous Mexicans received some kind of help from this bishop for over 10 years. For indigenous peoples in the United States other than Hawaii and Alaska see also Native Americans in the United States. Samuel Ruiz offered his help in conflicts in Central America and defended indigenous populations in Mexico and in Central and South America. He contributed largely to calm the difficult situation between the Mexican government and the Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional (Zapatista Army of National Liberation). The Zapatista Army of National Liberation ( Ejército Zapatista de Liberación Nacional, EZLN) is an armed Revolutionary group based in Chiapas He also presided over the funeral of 45 members of the civil society group Las Abejas after the 1997 massacre in Acteal. Las Abejas, or "The Bees" is a Christian Pacifist civil society group of Tztotzil Maya formed in Chenalho Chiapas in 1992 following The Acteal Massacre was a massacre of 45 people attending a prayer meeting of Roman Catholic indigenous townspeople including a number of children and
In 1996, Ruiz was awarded the Pacem in Terris Award. The Pacem in Terris Peace and Freedom Award has been awarded annually since 1964 in commemoration of the 1963 Encyclical " Pacem in Terris It was named after a 1963 encyclical letter by Pope John XXIII that calls upon all people of good will to secure peace among all nations. An encyclical was originally a circular letter sent to all the churches of a particular area in the ancient Christian church Pope John (numberingBlessed Pacem in Terris is Latin for 'Peace on Earth. Pacem in Terris was a papal Encyclical issued by Pope John XXIII on 11 April 1963. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. '
He won the Simon Bolívar International Prize from UNESCO in 2000 due to his efforts to fight poverty, exclusion, corruption, violence and for his help in the mutual understanding of Latin Americans. The International Simón Bolívar Prize serves to recognise activities of outstanding merit that in accordance with the ideals of Latin American independence hero Simón United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization ( UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established on November 16
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