La Cristiada
April 16, 2012
By: Gina Yoryet Roman
“México es Guadalupano,” the priests from my temple said to me when I had lunch with them and the people at the church the other day.
“México es Guadalupano,”means that the town of Mexico has always been a true believer of the Virgin of Guadalaupe and devout of Catholicism, or so thought everyone who is unacquainted with the “Cristero War,”- the persecution of a group of rebels known as “Los Cristeros,” by the Government in which Mexico went through from about 1926 through 1929.
The name “Cristeros” was adopted after “Cristo Rey” – Christ King, who they were battling for, against the Mexican Government after the strictly constraining anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution which triggered their persecution.
“La Cristiada,” or The Cristero War was ended “peacefully” and The Constitution of México has been ratified since: The first sections of article 3 state that: I. "According to the religious liberties established under article 24, educational services shall be secular and, therefore, free of any religious orientation. II. The educational services shall be based on scientific progress and shall fight against ignorance, ignorance's effects, servitudes, fanaticism and prejudice.[7] The second section of article 27 states that: All religious associations organized according to article 130 and its derived legislation, shall be authorized to acquire, possess or manage just the necessary assets to achieve their objectives."
Many positive changes favouring religion took place in México since, so now a great number of Mexicans are Catholic and this episode will be revived in “La Cristiada,”or “For Greater Glory,” a film (starring Andy García, Eva Longoria, Eduardo Verastegui, Karime Lozano and other Mexican actors) to release throughout México that will mirror the turmoil lived by our “Cristero” brethren in the 1920’s.
This explains the reason why I am a born and raised Catholic and it helps me look at the whole picture and understand it further so I will definitely go see the movie this weekend so I can at least witness the story on screen.
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2 comments:
You know the common denominator between all the Catholic martyrs?
The blessed Sacrament through the Traditional Latin Mass.
This is the mass that up until 50 years ago, all of the Catholic faithful used to attend.
Viva Cristo Rey!
Hi Gina, this is Pepe. As you know I'm from Highlands in Jalisco, one region where cristera ideology is still live. I think that revolution is an important factor of identity of our town, although a big shadow of mistery, mithology and misrepresentations of cristero war.
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