Cristiada - New movie about the Cristero War in Mexico. - Historum

**Belloc** · April 2nd, 2011, 07:26 PM

This looks interesting.

whalebreath · April 2nd, 2011, 09:40 PM

Just sent the URL to an amigo of mine-he & I were talking about the barbarity of today's drug war vs the barbarity back then.

Probably all we could agree on was that Panamanians didn't pretend to be Mexicans in those bygone days (see Ruben Blades in the movie)

**General Michael Collins** · April 3rd, 2011, 01:52 AM

I have got to get that ... can anybody fill me in on the actual history of it?

**Belloc** · April 3rd, 2011, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by General Michael Collins

I have got to get that ... can anybody fill me in on the actual history of it?

Here's a decent intro:

Cristero_War

**General Michael Collins** · April 3rd, 2011, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Belloc

Here's a decent intro:
Cristero War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thanks Belloc

**Belloc** · April 3rd, 2011, 08:37 AM

Here's also something about Bl. Fr. Miguel Pro, a martyr of the Christero War:

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On November 13, 1927, President Calles gave orders to have Pro executed under the pretext of the assassination, but in reality for defying the virtual outlawing of Catholicism. [5] Calles had the execution meticulously photographed, and the newspapers throughout the country carried them on the front page the following day. Presumably, Calles thought that the sight of the pictures would frighten the Cristero rebels who were fighting against his troops, particularly in the state of Jalisco. However, they had the opposite effect.

When the initial shots of the firing squad failed to kill him, a soldier shot him point blank. Fr. Pro and his brothers were visited by Generals Roberto Cruz and Palomera Lopez around 11 p.m. on November 22, 1927. The next day, as Fr. Pro walked from his cell to the courtyard and the firing squad, he blessed the soldiers, knelt and briefly prayed quietly. Declining a blindfold, he faced his executioners with a crucifix in one hand and a rosary in the other and held his arms out in imitation of the crucified Christ and shouted out, "May God have mercy on you! May God bless you! Lord, Thou knowest that I am innocent! With all my heart I forgive my enemies!" [5] Before the firing squad were ordered to shoot, Pro raised his arms in imitation of Christ and shouted the defiant cry of the Cristeros, "Viva Cristo Rey!" -"Long live Christ the King!" [5]. When the initial shots of the firing squad failed to kill him, a soldier shot him point blank.

Miguel Pro - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

**tjadams** · April 3rd, 2011, 08:43 AM

Just as the Catholic Church was fully against "The Da Vinci Code" & "Angels and Demons", I can see them pushing this movie.
Looks well directed, acted and engaging.

Malena2011 · November 28th, 2011, 02:46 PM

Mexicans have been hiding this side of their story for almost a century. I'm dying to see this film. The Cristero War went beyond mere religious fanatism, it was a popular uprising and even the Chuch eventually stopped supporting it because it was a struggle between the underdog and the powers that be.