http://catholicexchange.com/the-long-conflict-between-church-and-state/ Catholic News, Catholic Articles, Catholic Apologetics, Catholic Content, Catholic Information Fri, 24 May 2013 05:29:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://catholicexchange.com/the-long-conflict-between-church-and-state/comment-page-1/#comment-47184 Part III: First the Treasure, Then the Blood | Catholic Exchange Fri, 07 May 2010 05:01:08 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=129973#comment-47184 [...] In Part I of this series, we examined the scene in modern Mexico, observing that there is an effort underway to amend Article 40 of the Mexican Constitution to add the word laica, or secular, to the definition of the Mexican Republic. In Part II, we began the journey through Mexican history that helps us to define the historical antecedents of this effort, which led to the establishment of the Constitution of 1857. This document, and the events that surround its establishment, is our point of departure for understanding the modern effort to amend the current Mexican Constitution. [...]

]]> http://catholicexchange.com/the-long-conflict-between-church-and-state/comment-page-1/#comment-47151 Part II: The Shadow of The Terror and Catholic Fears | Catholic Exchange Wed, 05 May 2010 19:31:02 +0000 http://catholicexchange.com/?p=129973#comment-47151 [...] In Part I, we examined the scene in modern Mexico, observing that there is an effort underway to amend Article 40 of the Mexican Constitution to add the word laica, or secular, to the definition of the Mexican Republic. Moreover, we left our discussion with the words of Representative Juventino Castro y Castro of the lower House of the Mexican Congress: expressly defining the Republic as laica reinforces the definition made by the Constitution of 1857[1], which was a “positive solution for coexistence between majority and minority religions, and to prevent the beliefs of the few from becoming dominant by means of the force of the State.”[2] Thus, the next logical step is to look at the events surrounding the adoption of the Constitution of 1857 and then to move forward through Mexican history to see how those events have helped shape more recent time. [...]

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