Mexican Martyrdom: Firsthand Accounts of the Religious Persecution in Mexico 1926-1935

by Wilfrid Parsons and S.J. Parsons

Mexican Martyrdom is a series of true stories of the terrible anti-Catholic persecutions which took place in Mexico in the 1920s. Told by the Jesuit priest, Fr. Wilfrid Parson, these stories are based upon cases he had seen himself or that had been described to him personally by the people who had undergone the atrocities of those times.

Though most contemporary readers don t know it, a full-fledged persecution of the Church,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0895553309
• ISBN13: 9780895553300
• Release Date: January 1936
• Publisher: Tan Books
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

A good book for all!

This book was hard to read, not in that it was too detailed, but, in that it is so sad how the Catholics suffered and all the things they had to go through. "President" Plutarcho Elias Calles treated the INNOCENT Catholics horribly. I liked how the author got his information from personal people he knew, too. Maybe this book will help strengthen someone, somewhere, in his hour of need! I recommend this book, not only to Catholics alone but to EVERYONE!

Review from the Publisher

The author relates the tragic true stories of the persecution of Mexican Catholics during the brutal rule of "President" Plutarcho Elias Calles from 1924 to 1928. These accounts are based upon actual cases seen by the author himself or that have been described to him personally by Mexican people he knew who had undergone the atrocities of those times. This full-fledged anti-Catholic persecution included thousands of martyrdoms of lay person's as well as some 50 Catholic priests. The heroic resistance of Mexican Catholics will be a great inspiration to the reader. Includes the background and the history of the martyrdom of the famous and saintly Jesuit, Father Miguel Pro. S.J., in 1926. Proves that hatred for the Catholic Church exists even in our times. 304pp. PB. Index.