Abstract

GONZALEZ MORFIN, Juan. The Commission of Bishops in Rome and its Support for Armed Conflict. Relac. Estud. hist. soc. [online]. 2017, vol.38, n.152, pp.147-178. ISSN 2448-7554.  https://doi.org/10.24901/rehs.v38i152.357.

In September 1926, three Mexican bishops went to Rome to report on recent events that had occurred Mexico involving the suspension of worship and the law promulgated by President Calles that criminalized certain religious practices. But this Commission of Bishops soon became an autonomous entity that, far from informing Rome accurately about the situation in Mexico, devoted its time and efforts to sending Mexican bishops highly-personalized assessments presented as if they had been issued by the Holy See; this because they sought to strengthen an intransigent posture in response to the measures implemented by Calles. After a year, the Holy See dissolved the Commission to prevent additional misinterpretations and misunderstandings. This paper discusses how the Commission came to see itself as practically a key author of the conflict, especially between 1926 and 1927.

Keywords : commission of bishops; intransigence; suspension of worship; armed defense; religious conflict.

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