An Allegory of the Catholic Church in Mexico during the Persecution of the Revolutionary GovernmentT
An Allegory of the Catholic Church in Mexico during the Persecution of the Revolutionary GovernmentThis picture was produced and distributed during the presidency of Plutarco Elías Calles and the Cristero War.It reads “Escena de Viernes Santo en pleno siglo XX” (A scene of Good Friday in the 20th century.)Our Lord Jesus Christ represents the Mexican clergy, as He wears a priest’s cassock.To the left of Our Lord we can see Luis Morones, socialist union leader and Secretary General of the corrupt CROM, the most important federation of labor unions whose militants served as anti-catholic thugs in big cities.Next we have Álvaro Obregón and Plutarco Elías Calles, tying Our Savior and his Church with crude ropes. Both men took the fiercest anti-catholic principles of the Mexican Revolution, wrote them into laws, and started the bloodiest persecution our nation has lived.Finally we have José Manuel Puig wearing a masonic apron; he was a politician that had different roles during the 1920s presidencies, but contributed to the persecution mostly in the field of Education: he wrote the decrees that prohibited religious education in public and private schools, outlawed priests and nuns working as teachers, and forbid any public expression of catholicism, like crucifixes in classrooms or naming institutions in honor of Saints.¡Viva Cristo Rey y Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe! -- source link
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