Title: Cristero War - Wikipedia
Headings: Cristero War
Cristero War
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Contents
Background
Conflict between church and state
Crisis
1917 Mexican Constitution
Background
Rebellion
Peaceful resistance
Escalation of violence
Diplomacy
US involvement
Knights of Columbus
Ku Klux Klan
Aftermath
Cárdenas era
Cristeros' crimes against school teachers
Today
Cristero War saints
"Battle Hymn of the Cristeros"
Spanish
English translation
Other views
In popular culture
See also
References
Sources
Historiography
In fiction
In Spanish
External links

Content: Calles sought to eliminate the power of the Catholic Church and all organizations which were affiliated with it and to suppress popular religious celebrations in local communities. The massive popular rural uprising in north-central Mexico was tacitly supported by the Church hierarchy, and it was also aided by urban Catholic supporters. US Ambassador Dwight W. Morrow brokered negotiations between the Calles government and the Church. The government made some concessions, the Church withdrew its support for the Cristero fighters, and the conflict ended in 1929. The rebellion has been variously interpreted as a major event in the struggle between church and state that dates back to the 19th century with the War of Reform, as the last major peasant uprising in Mexico after the end of the military phase of the Mexican Revolution in 1920, and as a counter-revolutionary uprising by prosperous peasants and urban elites against the revolution's agrarian and rural reforms. Contents
1 Background
1.1 Conflict between church and state
1.1.1 Crisis
1.2 1917 Mexican Constitution
1.3 Background
2 Rebellion
2.1 Peaceful resistance
2.2 Escalation of violence
2.3 Diplomacy
2.4 US involvement
2.4.1 Knights of Columbus
2.4.2 Ku Klux Klan
3 Aftermath
3.1 Cárdenas era
3.1.1 Cristeros' crimes against school teachers
4 Today
4.1 Cristero War saints
5 "Battle Hymn of the Cristeros"
6 Other views
7 In popular culture
8 See also
9 References
10 Sources
10.1 Historiography
10.2 In fiction
10.3 In Spanish
11 External links
Background
Conflict between church and state
A modern reproduction of the flag used by the Cristeros with references to " Viva Cristo Rey " and " Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe "
The Mexican Revolution remains the largest conflict in Mexican history. The overthrow of the dictator Porfirio Díaz unleashed disorder, with many contending factions and regions. The Catholic Church and the Díaz government had come to an informal modus vivendi in which the state formally maintained the anticlerical articles of the liberal Constitution of 1857 but failed to enforce them. Having a change of leadership or a wholesale overturning of the previous order was a potential danger to the Church's position. In the democratizing wave of political activity, the National Catholic Party ( Partido Católico Nacional) was formed.