to protest against social issues. Its bells rang to express the Archdiocese's opposition to the Supreme Court upholding of Mexico City's legalization of abortion. Probably the most serious recent event occurred on 18 November 2007, when sympathizers of the Party of the Democratic Revolution attacked the cathedral. About 150 protesters stormed into Sunday Mass chanting slogans and knocking over pews. This caused church officials to close and lock the cathedral for a number of days. The cathedral reopened with new security measures, such as bag searches, in place. See also List of colonial churches in Mexico City List of colonial non-religious buildings in Mexico City Catholic Church in Mexico History of Mexico City References External links Photos of Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral, from Have Camera Will Travel La Rehabilitación de la Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México, from the UNAM History of Mexico City’s Metropolitan Cathedral at HiSoUR.com 1534 establishments in New Spain 19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in Mexico Aztec sites Baroque church buildings in Mexico Burial sites of the House of Iturbide Colonial Mexico Gothic architecture in Mexico Historic center of Mexico City History of Mexico City National Monuments of Mexico Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mexico (city) Roman Catholic cathedrals in Mexico Roman Catholic churches completed in 1813 Roman Catholic churches in Mexico City Neoclassical church buildings in Mexico