A DRASTIC DECREE
1 AGAINST THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN MEXICO GOVERNOR'S INDICTMENT v fly TcleCTo D h.-Prcß3 Associafjon-Copyrißht (Reo. July 29, 0.35 a.m.) Washington, July 27. A-.Mexican Peace Conference is proceeding at Saltillo, between tlie Constitutionalists and the with a new to the former taking' over tho Government'. <=' ™ Mex'co City, July 27. benor Villareal, tho Governor of tho etato of Ruceaaleon, lias issued a decree forbidding Roman Catholic churches to open save on tho Government's orders, forbidding priests to participate in politics; prohibiting the peoplo from entering tho sacristy of any church; prohibiting confession; and closing tho' Roman Ca{holic colleges, unless duly authorised. Villareal indicts the Church as tho upholder of every abuse Mexico has suffered from during the last half century.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2214, 29 July 1914, Page 7
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123A DRASTIC DECREE Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2214, 29 July 1914, Page 7
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