Holy See–Mexico relations
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Holy See – Mexico relations are foreign relations between the Holy See and Mexico. Catholicism was introduced in Mexico in 1519 by the Spanish Empire. The majority of Mexicans practice the Catholic faith, however, since the adoption of the current Constitution in 1917, Mexico is a secular nation.
History
In 1904, the Holy See assigned an
In 1926, after several years of the Mexican Revolution and insecurity, President Plutarco Elías Calles, leader of the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, enacted the Calles Law, which eradicated all the personal property of the churches, closed churches that were not registered with the State, and prohibited clerics from holding public office. The law was unpopular, and several protesters from rural areas fought against federal troops in what became known as the Cristero War. After the war's end in 1929, President Emilio Portes Gil upheld a previous truce where the law would remain enacted, but not enforced, in exchange for the hostilities to end.
In 1974, Mexican President Luis Echeverría paid a visit to the Holy See, becoming the first Mexican head-of-state to do so. In 1979, Pope John Paul II became the first Papal leader to visit Mexico.[4] In 1992, after more than 130 years, the Mexican Government re-established formal diplomatic relations with the Holy See. That same year, resident diplomatic missions were established in each other's capitals, respectively.[1]
In 2016
High-level visits
Papal visits from the Holy See to Mexico
- Pope John Paul II (1979, 1990, 1993, 1999, 2002)
- Pope Benedict XVI (2012)
- Pope Francis (2016)
Presidential visits from Mexico to the Holy See
- President Luis Echeverría (1974)
- President Carlos Salinas de Gortari (1991)
- President Ernesto Zedillo (1996)
- President Vicente Fox (2001)
- President Felipe Calderón (2007, 2011)
- President Enrique Peña Nieto (2013, 2014)
Resident diplomatic missions
- The Holy See has an Apostolic Nunciature in Mexico City.
- Mexico has a resident embassy to the Holy See in Rome.[6]
See also
- Apostolic Nunciature to Mexico
- Bilateral relations between Mexico and the Holy See (1821–1855)
- Catholic Church in Mexico
- Saints of the Cristero War
- Sexual abuse scandal of Marcial Maciel
References
- ^ a b "Mexico and Vatican Move Toward Restoring Ties (Published 1990)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2020-07-13.
- ^ Benito Juárez establece la Republica Laica (in Spanish)
- ^ "Mexico and the Catholic Church Restore Full Diplomatic Ties (Published 1992)". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2020-07-13.
- ^ Bilateral relations between Mexico and the Holy See (in Spanish)
- ^ a b Una persona que piensa en construir muros no es un cristiano (in Spanish)
- ^ Embassy of Mexico to the Holy See