By Sheryl Collmer, Crisis Magazine - (In 1926) the “Calles Law” had been passed in Mexico. Plutarco Calles, a 33rd-degree Mason, had been installed as president, and he was determined to crush Catholicism to extinction. Churches and schools were confiscated, religious orders disbanded, priests hunted down, and the celebration of Holy Mass outlawed... The initial Catholic pushback was peaceful: petitions and protests. It was predictably ineffective, as reasonable means usually are against determined evil. When the government dropped its mask and started shooting, Mexican Catholics formed units of resistance, with the battle cry, “¡Viva Cristo Rey!”