‘For Greater Glory’: Recalling Mexico’s Cristeros War

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“Light and dark,” “faith and sin,” are not just among the lyrics of the introductory song of the movie “For Greater Glory” (“Cristiada” in Spanish), but they were the cause of the Cristero War in the early 20th century in Mexico, which led to the canonization and beatification of more than 30 martyrs.

An obscure time in Mexican history gave way to the immortalization of ordinary people whose strong faith shook the country leading to civil war (1926-1929) led by General Enrique Gorostieta (Andy Garcia) that the local government of the time tried to disguise as an insignificant revolt.

More than 90,000 people died during the violent war that ended with a “precarious peace treaty,” after the United States government helped broker an agreement between the Mexican government and the Catholic Church.

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