BISHOPS IN GAOL

New Zealand Times, Volume L, Issue 11435, 3 February 1923, Page 6

BISHOPS IN GAOL

UNDER MEXICAN LAW OPEN-AIR RELIGIOUS CEREMONY ILLEGAL. DELEGATE EXPELLED. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. NEW YORK, February 1. Messages have been received from Mexico City stating that two Catholic Archbishops and 11 Bishops have been imprisoned for participating in the open-air religions, ceremony, which resulted in the expulsion of the Apostolic Delegate, Monsignor Fillippi. Because the Papal delegate to Alexieo, Aionsignor Fillippi, unveiled a. statue of’ Christ "’ill the open air, the event beiim- attended by thousands of MexieansT and thus violated a law of 1857, which forbids open-air celebrations in public places of religious ceremonies, President Obregon uttered a warning last month declaring: “We make no discrimination between the religions of Protestants and other religionists. If they violate the laws, the Government will proceed in the same way against them. Mexicans attending the unveiling will be> punished, and foreigners deported.” . . ~ He called Aionsignor Fillippi “a pernicious foreigner.”