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Cristero War - Wikipedia The Cristero War (Spanish: La guerra cristera), also known as the Cristero Rebellion or La cristiada [la kɾisˈtjaða], was a widespread struggle in central and western Mexico from 3 August 1926 to 21 June 1929 in response to the implementation of secularist and anticlerical articles of the 1917 Constitution [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] The
A half-forgotten holy war: the Cristero conflict that killed 90,000 . . . The Cristero War showed the power of religion to propel believers into bloodshed And it showed that attempts to suppress religion by law can trigger violent “blowback ” After Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821, democracy advocates sought to loosen the Roman Catholic Church’s grip on Mexican society
Anti-Christian sentiment - Wikipedia The Cristero War was a widespread struggle in central and western Mexico in response to the implementation of secularist and anticlerical articles The rebellion was instigated as a response to an executive decree by Mexican President Plutarco Elías Calles to strictly enforce Article 130 of the Constitution, a decision known as Calles Law
The Cristero Rebellion: Its Origins and Aftermath - Indigenous Mexico The Cristero Rebellion – also known as La Cristiada – was a popular uprising in 1926-29 of Catholic peasants in the central-western Mexican states against the secularist, anti-Catholic and anti-clerical policies of the Mexican government under President Plutarco Elías Calles
The Cristero War: Religion and the Aftermath of the Mexican Revolution The Cristero War stands as a pivotal yet often overlooked chapter in the tumultuous history of Mexico, highlighting the intense struggle between state authority and religious freedom in the aftermath of the Mexican Revolution
Images of the Cristero War (1926-29) - memoricamexico. gob. mx This photographic exhibition explores one of the most violent but perhaps lesser known episodes in Mexico’s recent history: The Cristero War (1926-1929) This conflict, also known as the “Cristiada”, erupted in 1926 when militant Catholics rose up against the anticlerical policies of the post-revolutionary government
The Cristero War: Religious Conflict in 1920s Mexico During 1926-1929, both soldiers and civilians lost their lives in the Cristero War to the extent of 90,000 fatalities The paper analyzes the Cristero War within the historical framework of Mexican society and politics in the 1920s