Word: tabasco
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have no connection with the See of Rome. Though many of the Roman Catholic prelates of Mexico are pure-blooded Mexicans (some are even Mexican Indians), the Episcopate has hitherto repudiated all proposals of this sort. None the less Mexican news organs reported last week that Bishop Diaz of Tabasco "Generalissimo of the Episcopate" had been recalled hastily from a tour of the provinces by the Archbishop of Mexico to confer as to a compromise with officials of the Mexican Government...
Throughout Mexico the deadlock between Church and State continued total. Bishop Pascual Diaz of Tabasco, active generalissimo for the Mexican Episcopate, said: "We can see no hope of betterment of the situation. . . . Perhaps months and years may pass, but we are disposed to wait patiently and to work through whatever legitimate means we can employ...
While many a U. S. maid and matron dived beneath tea tables, shrieked, the embattled Deputies potshot at each other from opposite sidewalks. Onetime Governor Garillo of the state of Tabasco fell at once, mortally wounded in the face. Col. Andres Garcia was killed outright. Others were wounded...
Next day Bishop Diaz of Tabasco, active spokesman for the Mexican Episcopate was granted an audience with President Calles. Though the Government was reported to have stood firm on the letter of the present anti-religious laws, Bishop Diaz hinted guardedly to newsgatherers that a formula might be found under which the holding of Catholic services would be tolerated, though discouraged by the State...
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...