Martyrs or Rebels? Rome Conference Debates 100-Year Legacy of Cristero Movement

October 8, 2026 World News

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Daniel Casillas, a speaker at the “Viva Cristo Rey! Centenary of the Cristero Epic” conference, holds a Mexican flag in St. Peter’s Square during a weekly general audience with Pope Leo XIV on Oct. 7, 2026.

A century after the Cristero War began in 1926, scholars gathered to discuss the church-state relationship in Mexico and Latin America.

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