Word: florez
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...however, the Cathedral. Three and a half centuries had weakened the structure. Its use had become dangerous. The chapter took advantage of the cessation of worship to reinforce weakened portions. Last week repairs were sufficient for safety. Archbishop Pascual Diaz, primate of Mexico, and Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Florez, Apostolic Delegate to Mexico, were ready to celebrate a high pontifical mass. They gave a signal. The bellringers boomed their bells. The worshipers flocked in, un- persuaded until that moment that their faith was really re-established in Mexico...
Bishops Pasquale Diaz of Tabasco and Jose Zarrate of Hidalgo constitute with Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Florez of Michoacan, as everyone knows, the Triumvirate of pure blooded Mexican Indians chosen by the Papacy to direct actively the struggle of Catholicism against the anti-religious Calles régime in Mexico...