Word: lent
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Lent began with the birth of a new Holy Apostolic Catholic Church−in Mexico. Lent came to a close with the apparent demise of a Holy Apostolic Catholic Church−in Mexico...
...there have been days when tobacconalia really lent a fragrance to letters. Wrote Charles Lamb...
...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...
...Holy Apostolic Catholic Church−born and buried in Lent...