Posted on 06/10/2012 12:39:05 PM PDT by IbJensen
After the movie, we all said this is so very pertinent to today's attempt by Obama and his minions to supress Christianity in this country.
Interesting that upon return of control of real estate assets to the church, the church apparently gave up support for the Cristeros. I had read that somewhere else too. Also, many Cristeros fled to California, particularly Los Angeles. Made a great work out of California and LA in particular, they did.
The Mexican government was waging war on the Catholic Church. The vast majority of Christians in Mexico at the time were Catholics, but I have read that some American Protestants were happy with the anti-Catholic policies, thinking that they would give them the chance to win Mexican Catholics to Protestant churches. I don’t know whether they did in fact make any appreciable number of converts, but President Calles was an honored guest at the White House in 1924. I’ve seen a photo of him standing in front of the White House flanked by President Coolidge and former President Taft.
By October the boycott had collapsed, due mainly to lack of support from rich Catholics. (As the rebellion progressed, rich Catholics became almost as hated as the anticlerical government.) As one Guadalajara merchant put it: "I'm a businessman and I have obligations. I'm losing money because of this damn boycott." Rich Catholics also incurred anger by paying the federal army for protection and calling on police to break up the boycotters' picket lines.
From here: Click here for the source.
This atrocity completely turned public opinion against the Cristeros. In Los Altos, the rebellion's focal area, the government adopted a policy of "reconcentration," where civilians were ordered into population centers and the countryside was declared a free-fire zone. In this manner the government could confiscate food and livestock and prevent a sympathetic civilian population from feeding the rebels. By summer of 1927 the rebellion was virtually over.
Also from the above posted source: Click here to read more.
Always good to search out the WHOLE truth, and not what selectively pleases us.
I attended a Jesuit middle School in Europe in the early 50’s and we studied the terror that took place in Mexico in the 30’s.
We learned about Padre Pro, a Jesuit, who was executed together with his brother. Photos of their execution are well known. They both shouted ‘Viva Christo Rey!’ as the executioners pulled the triggers. While they were dying, they were shot in the head at close range.
It was also about that time that the Spanish Civil War took place — Franco against the Bolsheviks. There were many Americans who fought on the Bolsheviks’ side and the nazis send their Luftwaffe to support Franco.
Wife and I saw it last Sunday. It is simply one of the best movies I’ve ever watched. It has an engaging plot, complex and interesting characters, a solid historical basis, and action.
And after Franco took all that military aid from Hitler & Mussolini, he kept Spain out of the Axis and out of WWII except for the token “Blue Division”. Three years of civil war was enough.
The Loyalists on the other hand allowed the entire Spanish gold reserves to be transferred to the Soviet Union. BTW, when the Reds had run out of priests & nuns to murder, they desecrated the graves of those religious who had already passed to their reward.
F*** communism!
This movie is not just for Roman Catholics.
It is for all who love liberty regardless of religious persuasion.
Well, there’s a leftist spin on every story. Usually it is found wanting when hung in the balance.
Your citations are by Jim Tuck, who “founded the only chapter of Americans for Democratic Action outside the U.S., now named in his honor. Adelante (’Forward’ in Spanish) is the chapter’s official publication.”
The ADA is a soft leftist organization. However, “Forward” has been the traditional slogan of Marxists for almost a century.
There’s no dispute whether every action of the Cristeros was saintly. War is a horrible thing regardless of who is involved.
At least you’re honest enough to admit both sides were filthy dirty in that war. The government hung Cristeros from telephone poles for a long distance. Is not the first casualty of war, the truth?
I didn’t know about it until I read about Padre Pro about 10 years ago. They actually took pictures of his execution.
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