cristero war

The cause of the cristero war was that Government through the Calles law was intended to limit the number of priests per capita and have a greater interference in the internal affairs of the Catholic Church that is le reonocia its own legal personality, acts of worship could only be in the temples and a permit from the Governmentalso banned any kind of religious education.

In response, the Mexican bishops took the decision to suspend worship in temples and authorized cults could be held in private homes, which in turn resulted in the believers rose in arms in protest against the Government.

The Government pursued the cristeros and deemed illegal the acts of worship performed outside temples to imprison and protects the transgressors.

The bishops came to an arrangement with the Government in the sense of resume services, calm the rebels and in return the Government would interfere in the internal affairs of the Church that not recognizing him anyway legal personalidada any and not (at least officially) permitted the existence of denominational schools.

The cristero war resulted in the death of more people that during the Mexican Revolution and a deep division among the population.