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Dates: during 1932-1932
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...Federal District of Mexico City, where some 400 priests were officiating in more than 200 Catholic churches last week, the new law would impose a limit of 24 priests, 24 churches. If strictly enforced it would leave Lower California with one priest, one church and Quintana Roo priestless, churchless. Thus once again THE REVOLUTION, which in Mexico means the Government plus its supporters, struck at Mother Church. Not a single Mexico City daily newspaper printed Archbishop Diaz's denunciation of what both houses of Mexico's Congress had unanimously voted. Protestant denominations did not complain. The largest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEXICO: Again, Obregon! Madero! | 1/4/1932 | See Source »

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