unched a rhetorical campaign against what was characterized as religious persecution in Mexico. It evolved into a formal lobbying campaign by NCWC with the US government in the late 1920s and early 1930s. Ultimately, US ambassador to Mexico acted as a goodwill liaison between the Mexican government and the Church, brokering a series of deals that had the effect of tamping down US public opinion against Mexican authorities. Even so, says McGlone, the Mexican government falsely accused a Jesuit priest of trying to assassinate Mexican President Alvaro Obregon and executed him without trial. It also quietly sanctioned continued attacks on clerics and, despite a truce with Cristero rebels, executed a number of them (pp. 78-79).
The church in the United States, meanwhile, gathered mo
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