... 374-77). Attendance in public school was made mandatory and atheism was taught. Many churches were confiscated or destroyed and religious medals were forbidden. Priests were fined for wearing clerical clothing, and in reprisal, the church suspended all religious ceremonies and approved, and possibly sponsored, a rebellion in western Mexico known as the Cristeros (Mabry 2). It is during this time that Greene ... ...

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