Word: joaqu
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...short-lived troubles produced a bit of a hero, Joaquín Pérez, styled "Patriarch...
...this particular episode dates from the triumphant election of Calles as President−itself a symbol of two ideals: Socialism, Nationalism. Here, thought Joaquín Pérez, an ex-Roman Catholic priest, was the opportunity for a new church, a nationalistic church, but nonetheless an apostolic church. With the aid of the "Knights of Guadalupe" and apparently with the approval of some of President Calles' cabinet ministers, Joaquín Pérez founded the Holy Apostolic Catholic Church of Mexico. He fixed his eyes on a church edifice in Mexico City, La Soledad. With the permission...
...first Sunday in Lent, mass was celebrated before great crowds. At the church steps, Patriarch Joaquín shook thousands of Mexicans by the hand, gave the needy alms, told all to "go home and tell your friends you now belong to the Holy Apostolic Catholic Church of Mexico." Some did. There was fighting for churches in Chilpancingo, Orizaba, Vera Cruz, Morelia, Tabasco. In some places, Government troops defended the Roman Catholics in the possession of their churches; in others, good Catholic (Roman) laymen came stoutly to the defense...
...Soledad, the crisis became acute. The nationalist Mexican Church was not proving an overnight success. President Calles observed all, entered upon the scene, padlocked La Soledad. As Lent ended, Patriarch Joaquín had no church...