tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323951.post5754577576947873437..comments2023-10-25T05:44:57.832-05:00Comments on ad altare dei: Un Corrido de Los Cristeros: El martes me fusilanAlan Phippshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12007722006477331382noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323951.post-799667535391979572012-06-04T10:29:25.704-05:002012-06-04T10:29:25.704-05:00Yes, Alejandro, you are right. It seems many Mexi...Yes, Alejandro, you are right. It seems many Mexican citizens aren't aware of this important history. My understanding is that there are still anticlerical elements in the Mexican constitution tracing back to 1917, but many of these laws are simply unenforced today.<br /><br />Incidentally, my wife discovered that she may be related to some of those who fought in the Cristero movement, and her paternal grandmother's family is from the town of San Miguel el Alto in Jalisco, which is where many other Cristeros lived, including Victoriano Ramirez ("el Catorce"). She's going to investigate further to see what it yields.Alan Phippshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12007722006477331382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5323951.post-34223265015012202322012-06-03T23:06:10.976-05:002012-06-03T23:06:10.976-05:00Alan, imagine my shock when I found out about this...Alan, imagine my shock when I found out about this terrible period in Mexican history. I was born in Mexico and raised in an authentically Mexican family and I found out when I was in my mid-20s that a country that I thought was thoroughly Catholic since the apparition of our Blessed Mother in the 1500s could be the setting for such an anti-Catholic persecution. May God spare us, but I have a feeling many traditionally Christian countries may be heading that same way.Alejandro Valenciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00370133052670852785noreply@blogger.com