{"id":78278,"date":"2026-03-21T08:05:42","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T08:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/?p=78278"},"modified":"2026-03-21T08:05:42","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T08:05:42","slug":"what-impact-has-the-cristero-war-had-on-religious-freedom-in-mexico-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/what-impact-has-the-cristero-war-had-on-religious-freedom-in-mexico-today\/","title":{"rendered":"\u514b\u91cc\u65af\u7279\u7f57\u6218\u4e89\u5bf9\u5f53\u4eca\u58a8\u897f\u54e5\u7684\u5b97\u6559\u81ea\u7531\u4ea7\u751f\u4e86\u4ec0\u4e48\u5f71\u54cd\uff1f"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cppw-protected cppw-protected--overlay\"><div class=\"cppw-excerpt cppw-excerpt--overlay\"><p>The story of the Cristero War in Mexico reached theaters a little over a decade ago with \u201cFor Greater Glory,\u201d a film titled \u201cCristiada\u201d in Spanish. Alongside the film, an official book was published to delve deeper into the history of the war, a spontaneous uprising by Catholics in response to religious persecution in the first part of the 20th century.Available in Spanish and English, the book is authored by Rub\u00e9n Quezada, a Catholic of Mexican origin living in California,\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall paywp-paywall\" data-required-level=\"25\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"cppw-lock-mark\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n\t\t\t<h2>Continue reading with a subscription<\/h2>\n\t\t\t<p>Get unlimited access to all our premium content and exclusive features.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cppw-paywall__actions\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-button\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/become-a-member\/\">Subscribe Now<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"cppw-login-link\" href=\"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/login\/\">Already a subscriber? 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Alongside the film, an official book was published to delve deeper into the history of the war, a spontaneous uprising by Catholics in response to religious persecution in the first part of the 20th century.Available in Spanish and English, the book is authored by Rub\u00e9n Quezada, a Catholic of Mexican origin living in California,\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[100],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-78278","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-christian-news"],"mb":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69501,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/christ-is-king-not-the-oppressive-state-mexicos-bishops-recall-cristero-legacy\/","url_meta":{"origin":78278,"position":0},"title":"\u2018Christ is King, not the oppressive state\u2019: Mexico\u2019s bishops recall Cristero legacy","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"26 12 \u6708, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Following the example of the 20th-century martyrs of the Cristero Resistance, the Mexican bishops called for an \u201cexamination of conscience and a renewed commitment\u201d: \u201cAre we willing to defend our faith with the same radicalism?\u201d \/ Credit: Photo courtesy of Mexican Episcopal Conference Puebla, Mexico, Nov 15, 2025 \/ 09:00 am (CNA). As the centenary of the Calles Law, which precipitated the bloodiest wave of religious persecution against Mexican Catholics, approaches in 2026, the Mexican Bishops\u2019 Conference (CEM, by its\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cChristian News\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"\u2018Christ is King, not the oppressive state\u2019: Mexico\u2019s bishops recall Cristero legacy","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/%E2%80%98Christ-is-King-not-the-oppressive-state-Mexicos-bishops-recall-Cristero-legacy.webp?fit=800%2C531&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/%E2%80%98Christ-is-King-not-the-oppressive-state-Mexicos-bishops-recall-Cristero-legacy.webp?fit=800%2C531&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/%E2%80%98Christ-is-King-not-the-oppressive-state-Mexicos-bishops-recall-Cristero-legacy.webp?fit=800%2C531&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/%E2%80%98Christ-is-King-not-the-oppressive-state-Mexicos-bishops-recall-Cristero-legacy.webp?fit=800%2C531&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":37337,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/report-attacks-on-catholics-increasingly-common-and-tolerated-in-europe-and-latin-america\/","url_meta":{"origin":78278,"position":1},"title":"Report: Attacks on Catholics increasingly common and tolerated in Europe and Latin America","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"16 5 \u6708, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Polonia Castellanos, founder of the Spanish Association of Christian Lawyers. \/ Credit: Women World Platform, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Puebla, Mexico, Apr 2, 2025 \/ 17:46 pm (CNA). Attacks against Christians, especially Catholics, are on the rise in both Europe and Latin America, according to various reports from specialized organizations.During 2023, the Observatory on Intolerance and Discrimination against Christians in Europe documented 2,444 anti-Christian hate crimes in 35 European countries. 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The Metropolitan Cathedral\u2019s communications office in Mexico City expressed its dissatisfaction with the projection of pro-abortion messages on the fa\u00e7ade of the church during a show organized by the capital city\u2019s government. The show, titled \"Luminous Memory. Mexico-Tenochtitlan 700 Years,\" takes place every night July 11-27 in the capital's Z\u00f3calo (central square). 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Pope Leo XIV carries on his pectoral cross, among others, a relic of an Augustinian martyr bishop, Anselmo Polanco, who was executed during the 1936\u20131939 Spanish Civil War.&nbsp;In addition to bearing bone fragments of St. Augustine and\u2026","rel":"","context":"\u5728\u201cChristian News\u201d\u4e2d","block_context":{"text":"Christian News","link":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/category\/christian-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Pope Leo XIV\u2019s connection to Spanish Civil War martyrs, Valley of the Fallen","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pope-Leo-XIVs-connection-to-Spanish-Civil-War-martyrs-Valley-of-the-Fallen.webp?fit=800%2C530&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pope-Leo-XIVs-connection-to-Spanish-Civil-War-martyrs-Valley-of-the-Fallen.webp?fit=800%2C530&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pope-Leo-XIVs-connection-to-Spanish-Civil-War-martyrs-Valley-of-the-Fallen.webp?fit=800%2C530&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/christianpure.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Pope-Leo-XIVs-connection-to-Spanish-Civil-War-martyrs-Valley-of-the-Fallen.webp?fit=800%2C530&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":59594,"url":"https:\/\/christianpure.com\/zh\/learn\/remembering-the-irish-college-in-salamanca-spain-and-the-evacuation-of-seminarians\/","url_meta":{"origin":78278,"position":5},"title":"Remembering the Irish College in Salamanca, Spain, and the evacuation of seminarians","author":"Christian Pure Team","date":"31 8 \u6708, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"From the Irish College building in Salamanca, the Colegio Arzobispo Fonseca. \/ Credit: Patrick J. Passmore Dublin, Ireland, Aug 5, 2025 \/ 12:28 pm (CNA). On Aug. 4, 1936, the last seminarians at the Irish College in Salamanca, Spain, were put on a British Navy destroyer from the Irish College\u2019s summer coastal retreat in Pendueles in Asturias, northern Spain. The Spanish Civil War had escalated, and for their safety, the students were evacuated, never to return. 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