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Análisis de la novela Rescoldo, del escritor duranguense, Antonio Estrada.
Resumen: Este ensayo traza las tensiones ideológicas que subyacen al relato " Luvina " de Juan Rulfo y que muestran el legado secularizante de la Revolución mexicana enfrentado a las ruinas del proyecto colonial hispano: la iglesia... more
During the last quarter of the nineteenth century and first thirty years of the twentieth, the Catholic laity was encouraged to pray and meditate on the mysteries of the Rosary to remedy perceived evils caused by the ideology of... more
In the summer of 1926, an army of Mexican Catholics launched a war against their government. Bearing aloft the banners of Christ the King and the Virgin of Guadalupe, they equipped themselves not only with guns, but also with scapulars,... more
Between the decades of 1910-1940, a number of Catholic priests were executed by Mexican revolutionary troops. Quite often, these characters were reminded in the following decades as martyrs of the "religious persecution". The best known... more
Análisis crítico historiográfico sobre el conflicto cristero.
Publicado en Replicante, Vol III, Núm 9, octubre de 2006, pp. 104-108
The conflict between the secular Mexican state and the Catholic Church, which reached its heights with the Cristero war of 1926-1929, remains one of the least known chapters of Achille Ratti’s pontificate. Since the beginning of the... more
La recente riforma dell’art. 24 della Costituzione messicana, approvata dal Senato federale il 28 marzo 2012, rappresenta l'ultimo capitolo della storia dei rapporti tra lo Stato e la Chiesa cattolica nel Paese, più volte segnati nel... more
La promulgación de la nueva Constitución mexicana, ocurrida el 5 de febrero de 1917, despertó reacciones muy negativas en el Vaticano, en el que el progreso de la situación de la Iglesia local había sido observado con creciente... more
The Church-State conflict in revolutionary Mexico was one of the most relevant issues in Pius XI' pontificate. The paper focused on some aspects of Vatican diplomacy in regard to this, particularly on the intervention on behalf of Mexican... more
Extraits de l'introduction et de la problématique du premier dictionnaire historique consacré à la Contre-Révolution du XVIIIe au XXe siècle, en France et dans le monde (notamment Espagne, Italie, Allemagne, Amérique du sud, Russie)
La guerra cristera (o Crìstiada) rappresenta un evento drammatico non solo per il Messico ma per il cattolicesimo universale, protagonista dal 1926 al 1929 di uno sforzo di mobilitazione senza precedenti a sostegno dei cattolici messicani... more
This essay aims to illustrate the role played by the Holy See in the explosion of the Cristero war in Mexico (1926-1929). Unpublished documents from the Vatican Archives (Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, Apostolic... more
This chapter presents empirical and theoretical challenges to the theory that secularization begets toleration while society’s movement away from secularity leads to intolerance. Contradicting that theory, Soviet secularization ended the... more
A fronte dell'ampia letteratura esistente sul rapporto tra “Chiesa” e “guerra” - in particolare per quanto riguarda la c.d. dottrina della “guerra giusta” - la guerra cristera (o Cristiada), che ha insanguinato il Messico dal 1926 al... more
Abstract: With the release of the films Padre Pro/Father Pro (Miguel Rico Tavera, 2007) and Desierto Adentro/Desert Within (Rodrigo Plá, 2008), and the debates regarding the traditional dress for the Miss Mexico beauty pageant in 2007,... more
Texto a propósito del libro colectivo "La iglesia contra México"
The establishment of the Feast of Christ the King on New Year’s Eve, 1925, can be understood as a political statement aimed at censuring political changes in Europe and the Western hemisphere wrought by World War I (1914– 1918). The... more
Spanish (Article in Spanish. For English, see below): Este ensayo explora la forma en que las mujeres de la Juventud Católica Femenina Mexicana (JCFM), utilizaron los medios de comunicación – en específico la prensa – para producir y... more
Resumo: Entre 1916 e 1917, revolucionários mexicanos se reuniram em Querétaro para decidir os rumos do novo regime criado a partir da Revolução Mexicana. Um dos aspectos mais importantes emanados do texto constitucional foi a limitação da... more
Who was the “Mysterious Sofía,” whose letter in November 1934 was sent from Washington DC to Mexico City and intercepted by the Mexican Secret Service? In The Mysterious Sofía Stephen J. C. Andes uses the remarkable story of Sofía del... more
Who was the “Mysterious Sofía,” whose letter in November 1934 was sent from Washington DC to Mexico City and intercepted by the Mexican Secret Service? In The Mysterious Sofía Stephen J. C. Andes uses the remarkable story of Sofía del... more
El artículo expone de manera sintética el recorrido y los principales hallazgos de la tesis doctoral dedicada al estudio de la narrativa de tema cristero y su relación con los hechos históricos.
"The conflict between the secular Mexican state and the Catholic Church, which reached its heights with the Cristero war of 1926-1929, remains one of the least known chapters of Achille Ratti’s pontificate. Nevertheless, the conflict is of... more
En el apartado siguiente, analizo brevemente su figura, representada por cuatro historiadores norteamericanos. Luego la contrasto con mi recuento de las acciones de Burke y su papel durante el conflicto cristero. Para concluir, presento... more