Cristero War - Background to rebellion - Article Index

Encyclopedia - Cristero War: Encyclopedia Ii - Cristero War - Background To Rebellion
When the anti-Catholic measures were enacted in 1917, the President of Mexico was Venustiano Carranza. Carranza was overthrown by the mac...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cristero War: Encyclopedia Ii - Cristero War - The Cristero War
The formal rebellion began with a manifesto sent by Garza on New Year's Day, titled A la Nación (To the Nation). This declared that "the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cristero War: Encyclopedia Ii - Cristero War - Diplomacy And The Uprising
Before and after the successes had by the rebels and the support of Bishop Orozco y Jiménez, the Mexican bishops supported the Cristeros...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cristero War: Encyclopedia Ii - Cristero War - Cristero War Saints
Main Article: Saints of the Cristero War The Catholic Church has recognized several of those killed in connection with the Cristero rebel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cristero War: Encyclopedia Ii - Cristero War - Escalation Of Violence
In Guadalajara, Jalisco, on August 3, 1926, some 400 armed Catholics shut themselves up in the Church of Our Lady of Guadalupe in that ci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cristero War: Encyclopedia Ii - Cristero War - Peaceful Resistance
In response to these measures, Catholic organizations began to intensify their resistance. The most important of these groups was the Nat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cristero War: Encyclopedia Ii - Cristero War - The 1917 Constitution
Five articles of the 1917 Constitution of Mexico were particularly aimed at reducing the influence of the Roman Catholic Church in Mexica...   » Read the article