The last post was on how Mexican leftists stormed the Cathedral in Mexico City. In fact persecution of the Church there by the “leftist” liberators is not new. In the first part of the 20th Century the Mexican socialist government outlawed being a priest. All public celebration of the mass and other sacraments were halted. California Catholic Daily discusses one of the priests martyred by the Mexican government during that period.
Father Miguel Agustín Pro, a Jesuit priest, was executed on Nov. 23, 1927, without due process, by direct and personal orders from Mexican dictator Plutarco Elías Calles, who falsely accused Pro of involvement in an assassination attempt 10 days earlier against former president Álvaro Obregón.
