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Posted on 11/15/2010 1:15:59 PM PST by Pyro7480
It was only after Franco was dead for forty years that it was safe to say you opposed him. Franco was a fascist dirt-bag the Left likes to call a ‘’right-winger’’ like they do Hitler.
We had a priest visit our parish and speak on this. It was just terrible. One photograph sticks in my mind — priests hanging from railroad poles as far as the eye could see.
They put up signs in the Catholic churches, overnight - “He is NOT here,” where the light in the tabernacle had been —and forbade priests from celebrating Mass. The priests would dress as civilians and carry the Eucharist in altars that folded up to look like suitcases, risking their lives for their sheep.
The guerillas fought long and hard, the women side by side. They also brought food and supplies to the men fighting.
Although I had studied Latin American history, I had not heard of this terrible time. Many nuns and priests left the country and moved into California during this terrible time of persecution. We have many convents and parishes here in Los Angeles — and I imagine all along the border, into Texas even — that were founded in the early 1920s by folks fleeing this dreadful persecution.
Yes, the 1920s revolution was strongly Masonic.
Eventually.
Anti-Catholicism was written into law about 30 years before, just not enforced. Then came the Revolution that wasn’t. Thousands and thousands of people died and all for nothing things got much worse.
I have only vaguely heard of it, thanks for the info.
Blessed Miguel Pro, pray for us!
For those who who desire to remedy their ignorance on these recent events in Mexico, I highly recommend Graham Greene’s novel “The Power and The Glory”
For those who don’t read there is a well known movie from the 50’s loosely based on the life of the martyr, Miguel Pro which is the basis for Greene’s famous novel.
I recently talked to someone in Hispanic ministry about that. She said that the Hispanics were naturally pro-life, but were often very poorly catechized. Her co-worker in ministry, who is from Mexico, also talked about how there were villages in Mexico who saw a priest only once every six months. The priest would come to town to baptize the new babies, say Mass and hear confessions. Ever since the Mexican slaughter of priests decades ago, there have not been enough priests to make more frequent trips to those villages. Hispanic ministry in the US often has to focus on the most basic kerygma because more advanced doctrine is simply beyond the understanding of the people because they never were catechized growing up at home.
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Better to pray for his soul.
>>She said that the Hispanics were naturally pro-life, but were often very poorly catechized...>>>
It is true that most are poorly catechized and ignorant, but it’s more complicated than that. One other factor is the long history of anti-clericalism still very evident today. With some justification, The Church was often perceived by the dreadfully poor underclass to favor the wealthy landowners. But the primary reason for their less than Catholic habits is the culture of machismo that pervades Mexican society. With some notable exceptions, only women and children are seen in Mexican churches. This common attitude results in many, if not most of the men, being chronically unfaithful to their wives. Now, more than even in the 1920’s, Mexico has become a wholly secular state.
Screw him.
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