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Compositions from students enrolled in schools supported by the Public Education Ministry in opposition to the church and religion

Magdalena’s chapter of the National League to Defend Religious Liberty´s Manifesto protesting against the religious persecution in Jalisco and calling for the public’s support of the Religious Defense Committee

The Nogales’ chapter of the Mexican Youth Catholic Organization’s (ACJM) Manifesto against the suspension of local Catholic ministry and calling for the collaboration between civil society and the church

Letter from the National League to Defend Religious Liberty’s regional delegate to José Valenzuela addressing his disagreements with the local clergy, the organization’s status, and his pending resignation

Letter from Bishop Juan Navarrete to Isidro in which he expresses his opinion about the legality, but ill-judged, aggressive action in Sonora and the reorientation of work for the National League to Defend Religious Liberty within the state

Report about the National League to Defend Religious Liberty´s activities in Sonora one year after being appointed regional delegate. The report presents the lack of coordination between the insurgent groups that took up arms against the government…

Excerpts from the album about the life and death of Fidel Muro. Includes photos of Fidel Muro, María and Luis de la Torre and the Archbishop of San Luis Potosí, poems by Amado Nervo, a dedication by María de la Torre; a stamp from San Luis…

Cartoon representing the priest, town, governors (as a dog), state governments (as a bone) and President Plutarco Elías Calles. Calles orders the dog to attack the priest or else he will be left without a “bone” (a colloquial expression in…

Letter from Alfonso De la Torre to his mother María Uribarren regarding the Mexican Youth Catholic Organization’s (ACJM) protests against religious persecution, the Bishop’s position on the matter and the “civic courage” that was instilled…

Article in which the news about the possible construction of a U.S. embassy in front of the Santa Sedea Cathedral is discussed and viewed by the seminary as an attempt to develop U.S. imperialism within the religious realm. The article includes the…

Issue 4 of the National Association for Teaching Freedom Newsletter proclaiming parent's rights to educate their children and repudiating state claims of this right in response to President Plutarco Elías Calles’ August 27th, 1932 speech

Administrative map of Mexico showing the restriction or expulsion of priests from each state of the republic. In case state law mandates a limit, the total number of officiating priests is indicated

Telegram from Jalisco’s governor, José Guadalupe Zuno, to Foreign Secretary, Alfonso de la Torre, in response to the National League to Defend Religious Liberty Tampico chapter’s protest stemming from the closure of the Jesuit Science Institute…

A copy from a series of flyers printed by the National League to Defend Religious Liberty promoting a boycott in 1929. The boycott comprised various actions such as not purchasing lottery tickets, attending playhouses or movie theaters. Its…

Broadsheet with an appeal to Catholic parishioners by Bishop of Aguascalientes Ignacio Valdespino’s calling for their signatures to support the Mexican Episcopate’s popular initiative to amend articles 3 (education), 5 (freedom of work), 27…

Mexican Youth Catholic Association’s broadsheet distributed by the Tampico chapter in which the organization protests against the attacks on religious freedom as well as the coming enactment of “Calles Law,” praises Christ as King of the World…

Photo of five Cristeros. To the right, with his leg crossed and a cartridge belt around his waist, sits Luis E. Ibarra who fought in Jalisco. After the 1929 amnesty as part of President Calles and the Church’s arrangements, Ibarra moved to Sonora.…

Photo of four unidentified Cristeros in Jalisco

Letter of Francisco De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre in which he announces his decision to become a priest and stay living in Sonora

Francisco De la Torre’s responses to the Society of Jesus’ admission questionnaire