Díaz was a political pragmatist, seeing that the religious question re-opened political discord in Mexico. When he rebelled against Lerdo, Díaz had at least the tacit and perhaps even the explicit support of the Catholic Church. When he came to power in 1877, Díaz left the anti-clerical laws in place, but no longer enforced them as state policy, leaving that to individual Mexican states. This led to the re-emergence of the Church in many areas but in others a less full role. The Church flouted the Reform prohibitions against wearing clerical garb, there were open-air processions and Masses, and religious orders existed. The Church also recovered its property, sometimes through intermediaries, and tithes were again collected. The church regained its role in education, with the complicity of the Díaz regime which did not invest in public education. The Church also regained its role in running charitable institutions. Despite the increasingly visible role of the Catholic Church during the Porfiriato, the Vatican was unsuccessful in getting the reinstatement of a formal relationship between the papacy and Mexico, and the constitutional limitations of the Church as an institution remained as law.
díaz was a political pragmatist seeing that the religious question re-opened political discord in mexico when he rebelled against lerdo díaz had at least the tacit and perhaps even the explicit support of the catholic church when he came to power in 1877 díaz left the anti-clerical laws in place but no longer enforced them as state policy leaving that to individual mexican states this led to the re-emergence of the church in many areas but in others a less full role the church flouted the reform prohibitions against wearing clerical garb there were open-air processions and masses and religious orders existed the church also recovered its property sometimes through intermediaries and tithes were again collected the church regained its role in education with the complicity of the díaz regime which did not invest in public education the church also regained its role in running charitable institutions despite the increasingly visible role of the catholic church during the porfiriato the vatican was unsuccessful in getting the reinstatement of a formal relationship between the papacy and mexico and the constitutional limitations of the church as an institution remained as law