<P> Greene 's novel tells the story of a renegade Roman Catholic ' whisky priest ' ( a term coined by Greene ) living in the Mexican state of Tabasco in the 1930s , a time when the Mexican government was attempting to suppress the Catholic Church . That suppression resulted in the Cristero War , so named for its Catholic combatants ' slogan Viva Cristo Rey ( long live Christ the King ) . </P>
<P> Greene 's novel tells the story of a renegade Roman Catholic ' whisky priest ' ( a term coined by Greene ) living in the Mexican state of Tabasco in the 1930s , a time when the Mexican government was attempting to suppress the Catholic Church . That suppression resulted in the Cristero War , so named for its Catholic combatants ' slogan Viva Cristo Rey ( long live Christ the King ) . </P>
where does the power and the glory take place
where does the power and the glory take place
in the Mexican state of Tabasco
in the Mexican state of Tabasco