en-us https://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/03/a-half-forgotten-holy-war-the-cristero-conflict-that-killed-90000-mexicans/ Comments from A half-forgotten holy war: the Cristero conflict that killed 90,000 Mexicans https://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/03/a-half-forgotten-holy-war-the-cristero-conflict-that-killed-90000-mexicans/#IDComment1123448185agree.Fri, 20 Sep 2024 12:12:47 +0000https://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/03/a-half-forgotten-holy-war-the-cristero-conflict-that-killed-90000-mexicans/#IDComment1123448185 https://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/03/a-half-forgotten-holy-war-the-cristero-conflict-that-killed-90000-mexicans/#IDComment1123299538No mention of Blessed Miguel Agustin Pro who was thrown in jail for performing mass and then executed by a Marxist firing squad . He died without a blind fold and stretched out his arms as a sign of the cross shouting VIVA CHRISTI REY. He should be canonized a Saint and Martyr.Wed, 28 Aug 2024 15:05:31 +0000https://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/03/a-half-forgotten-holy-war-the-cristero-conflict-that-killed-90000-mexicans/#IDComment1123299538 https://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/03/a-half-forgotten-holy-war-the-cristero-conflict-that-killed-90000-mexicans/#IDComment1123235895Thanks for correcting and clarifying this cheap propaganda article above. Anyone with a brain who is familiar with the history knows that Catholics had no choice but to rebel against the persecution by an atheist president. It is America’s shame that our government supported a cruel dictator. This revealed the anti-Catholic bias of our nation’s majority and was a forewarning of our nation’s meddling and stirring up trouble around the world for its own benefit and no one else, so common today.Mon, 19 Aug 2024 01:29:38 +0000https://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/03/a-half-forgotten-holy-war-the-cristero-conflict-that-killed-90000-mexicans/#IDComment1123235895 https://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/03/a-half-forgotten-holy-war-the-cristero-conflict-that-killed-90000-mexicans/#IDComment1065576977"Uprising by Mexican Catholics killed 90,000" - nice balanced headline. There is no doubt that atrocities were committed on both sides, but there's little mention what a brutal strongman Calles was. Also no mention of the support given to the government by the American Ku Klux Klan. Nor mention of how other Calles-affiliated political leaders flirted with the extremist political philosophies of the era. One such leader was Tobasco governor Tomás Garrido Canabal - a self-described "Marxist Bolshevik," who employed the notorious Redshirts terror squad Calles wasn't trying to find some "church-state balance," he was to eradicate freedom to worship in Mexico. Almost anyone except the RC elite could probably support significant legal reform in Mexico. But it went way too far, and took away a cornerstone of rural Mexican culture (whether or not you like that culture). The public didn't need much firing up from the Clergy (who, at the time, weren't exactly in a position of strength to rally the base)Wed, 26 Sep 2018 07:04:40 +0000https://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/03/a-half-forgotten-holy-war-the-cristero-conflict-that-killed-90000-mexicans/#IDComment1065576977 https://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/03/a-half-forgotten-holy-war-the-cristero-conflict-that-killed-90000-mexicans/#IDComment1041149354Interesting info is well-written and researched. Will save it in my documents file.Sat, 25 Mar 2017 20:51:08 +0000https://churchandstate.org.uk/2017/03/a-half-forgotten-holy-war-the-cristero-conflict-that-killed-90000-mexicans/#IDComment1041149354