ORDERED TO GO.
PRIESTS MUST LEAVE MEXICAN STATE. Roman Catholics Persecuted. GOVERNOR’S ANTI RELIGIOUS OUTBURST. United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. (Received May 22, 12.40 p.m) NOGALES (Arizona). May 21. All the Roman Catholic churches in Sonora, a State of Mexico, were closed to-day bv order of the Governor, Rodolfo Elias Calles. as the culmination of three State circulars to educators, civic officials and executive heads, requesting that they express their anti-fanatical views respecting religion. Many officials resigned, it was said, as a consequence of this State request. Sonora Catholics claim that the Government closure or their churches is an expression of Governor Calles s antireligious view’s. Additional instructions from the State Government stated that priests must leave the State in less than twelve hours.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TS19340522.2.20
Bibliographic details
Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20311, 22 May 1934, Page 1
Word Count
124ORDERED TO GO. Star (Christchurch), Volume LXVI, Issue 20311, 22 May 1934, Page 1
Using This Item
Star Media Company Ltd is the copyright owner for the Star (Christchurch). You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Star Media. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in