It's a reference to past. Indulgences, and all that.
The Catholic Church in Mexico is very much in that past, unlike the CC in Europe and the U.S. now. The CC in Mexico is still tied into the oligarchy in ways that would be totally unacceptable to us.
One think that is hard even for US Catholics to get is that the US is an amazingly charitable country. We support our various institutions of worship pretty well, and accomplish pretty astonishing acts of giving. In Germany they still levy a tax to support churches, which blows my mind. It would be interesting to know in how many places the carious churches are supported by voluntary giving.
The RC Church in the US still hasn't shaken off the financial paranoia of being a po' folks immigrant church. But more and more they are discovering, and I see it in this diocese, that if they don't hector and nag they get plenty of loot to pay for the clergy and schools and hospitals and outreach. Sure the places with big settlements for sexual abuse are hurting. I personally think that when the financial dust settles it will be the best thing that ever happened to them.