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    2000, Pope John Paul II canonized a group of 25 saints and martyrs who had died in the Mexican Cristero War. The vast majority are Catholic priests who were...
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    The Cristero War (Spanish: La Guerra Cristera), also known as the Cristero Rebellion or La Cristiada [la kɾisˈtjaða], was a widespread struggle in central...
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  • of people and angels whom the Catholic Church has canonized as saints. According to Catholic theology, all saints enjoy the beatific vision. Many of the...
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    José Sánchez del Río (category Cristero War)
    consistory on March 15, 2016, and he was canonized a saint on October 16, 2016. The Cristero War began when the government began eliminating church privileges...
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  • (through canonization) from the Catholic Church: Christianity portal Saints portal Biography portal History portal Christianity in the 20th century Vatican beatifies...
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    the anti-clerical persecutions of the Cristero War. Beatified and later canonized by Pope John Paul II along with 24 other saints and martyrs of the Cristero...
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    Cristóbal Magallanes Jara (category Cristero War)
    martyr who was killed without trial on the way to say Mass during the Cristero War. He had faced trumped-up charges of inciting rebellion. Cristóbal Magallanes...
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  • Manuel Moralez (category Cristero War)
    Paul II on 21 May 2000 as one of 25 Saints of the Cristero War. Moralez was born on 8 February 1898 in the village of Mesillas 22 kilometers south from...
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    directed by Dean Wright and written by Michael Love, based on the events of the Cristero War. It stars Andy García, Eva Longoria, Oscar Isaac, Rubén Blades...
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    submitted to the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, quoted some of the conversations with Jesus regarding the Divine Mercy devotion. At the age of 20 years...
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