Abstract

VACA, Agustín. Cristeros and hierarchy: variations of the same topic. Espiral (Guadalaj.) [online]. 2016, vol.23, n.66, pp.121-153. ISSN 1665-0565.

The aim of this article is to explore deep into the relations established between the most recalcitrant soldiers of Jesus Christ and the group of pacifist bishops who assumed the direction of the Mexican Catholic Church just before the concretion of the informal pact of pacification between the Mexican Episcopate and the Mexican government. Applying the procedures of discourse analysis to the texts published by rebels as well as clergy men before and after the civil war, it's made an attempt to follow the discursive changes that clerical authorities gradually introduced to convince the cristeros that although they were forced to abandon the arms before overthrowing President Calles, thanks to them Mexico was saved to fall into the claws of a communist regime.

Keywords : Cristiada; martyrdom; defeat; communism; Church.