The movie was excellent, but one thing that struck me was that so few people in the US even know that Mexico went through a Communist revolution in the early part of the 20th century (and is still suffering from the economic problems created by this). Even fewer even realize that the anti-Catholic laws were officially revoked only about five years ago.
They ceased to be enforced, but they remained on the books. In fact, I remember that as late as the 1990s, Catholic clergy were officially prohibited from wearing clerical dress on the street in Mexico.
The Catholic Church is always the one that the State sees as its great enemy and will always be the first target of its attacks. In the US, the Church is already very fragmented because of the left-wing subversion of Vatican II, so the State clearly thinks it will be a weaker opponent. That may be true, and I don’t think we’re going to get to the point of killings and torture because simple economic threats will probably be enough to bring most of the US bishops into line.
My husband and I saw the movie yesterday. I came away totally shocked that this happened as recent as the late 1920’s. I also realized why Pope. Benedict’s recent trip to Mexico was so emotionally well-received by millions.
Do you have any more information on this like a link that would get me up to speed?
And I am sure that even fewer know that the US Government supplied the Mexican Government with weapons, ammo, pilots, and air support against the Cristeros.