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José Luis Sánchez del Río (March 28, 1913 – February 10, 1928) was a Mexican Cristero who was put to death by government officials because he refused to renounce his Catholic faith. His death was seen as a largely political venture on the part of government officials in their attempt to stamp out dissent and crush religious freedom in the ...
Flag carried by the Cristeros in the film. Translation: Long live Christ the King – and Our Lady of Guadalupe. For Greater Glory: The True Story of Cristiada, also known as Cristiada and as Outlaws, is a 2012 epic historical war drama film [1] directed by Dean Wright and written by Michael Love, based on the events of the Cristero War.
The war had claimed the lives of some 90,000 people: 56,882 federals, 30,000 Cristeros, and numerous civilians and Cristeros who were killed in anticlerical raids after the war had ended. [ 101 ] [ 123 ] [ 22 ] [ 10 ] As promised by Portes Gil, the Calles Law remained on the books, but there were no organized federal attempts to enforce it.
On May 21, 2000, Pope John Paul II canonized a group of 25 saints and martyrs who had died in the Mexican Cristero War.The vast majority are Catholic priests who were executed for carrying out their ministry despite the suppression under the anti-clerical laws of Plutarco Elías Calles after the revolution in the 1920s.
February 10 – José Sánchez del Río, Mexican Cristero (b. 1913) February 25 – Toribio Romo González, Roman Catholic priest (b. 1900) April 22 – José Mora y del Río, Archbishop of Mexico, died in exile in San Antonio, TX; (b. 1854 in Michoacan) [4] July 1 – Atilano Cruz Alvarado, Saint of the Cristero War (b. 1901) [5]
The war had claimed the lives of some 90,000: 56,882 on the federal side, 30,000 Cristeros. [citation needed] Numerous civilians and Cristeros were killed in anticlerical raids, while Cristeros killed atheist teachers and people suspected of supporting the government, and also blew up a passenger train. [17] [18]
Pope Benedict XVI allowed Martins to remain as Roman Postulator for the Cause for José Sánchez del Río, a 14-year-old Mexican youth and Cristeros who died a martyr. Martins had conducted the beatification ceremony in Mexico City for the young boy as a stand-in for Pope Benedict XVI.
The Cristero War (1926 to 1929) — an uprising and counter-revolution against the Mexican government.. It was set off by religious persecution of Catholics, specifically the strict enforcement of the anti-clerical provisions of the Mexican Constitution of 1917 and the expansion of further anti-clerical laws.