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Masonería en México | Freemasonry in Mexico





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The Institutional Revolutionary Party (Spanish: Partido Revolucionario Institucional or PRI) is a Mexican political party that wielded hegemonic power in the country – under a succession of names – for more than 70 years.
Mexican revolutionists Benito Juarez, Ignacio Ramirez, and Porfirio Diaz were all Freemasons, as were most of their close associates. Through their efforts, all Church property was confiscated, and even today no church or religious organization is permitted to own any property in Mexico whatsoever. Every church of whatever denomination, as well as every monastery and convent, is owned by the Mexican government, which permits congregations to use the premises for religious purposes. Technically, even the wearing of a clerical collar or religious habit violates Mexican law. Novelist Evelyn Waugh describes the role of the lodge in recent Mexian history:
The first instrument of this policy was Joel Poinsett, who came to Mexico at the establishment of its independence, first as United States agent, later as accredited minister; the means he chose, perhaps the only efficacious means he could have chosen, was the establishment of a rival secret society - the Yorkish Rite to oppose the dominent Scottish Rite.

The Yorkish Rite, introduced by Poinset, was the natural rallying point for those who had been disappointed in the shareout of benefits; it was made up of the lawless elements of the Revolution - the Villas and Zapatas of the revolution of 1910 - and was republican, proletarian and fiercely irreligious in character. Five lodges were organized with local chiefs. Soon the two Rites were divided not only by political views but by personal vendettas. For fifty years the history of Mexico becomes a series of coups and plots, assassinations and executions; of embezzlement and bribery; the learned and charitable institutions were sacked to provide funds for rival gangs; the work of three centuries of civilized rule was obliterated in a generation, leaving the nation bankrupt, discredited abroad and divided by irrreconcilable hatred at home.
Christianity and American Freemasonry
Ignatius Press 1958, 1987, 1998




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Benito Juarez, Mexico, Freemasonry, Freemasons, Freemason, Masonic

'...Juarez as a Freemason...'



News & Research Articles

GW Masonic Memorial - Latin American History and Freemasonry

Stanford University Intl. Studies - Re: MEXICO and the Masons

Stanford University Intl. Studies - Mexico and the Masons, the Sandanistas and Somoza

Escoceses v Yorkinos: The Poinsettia and Mexican Freemasonry

Westphalia Press: L’Enfant and the Freemasons, Edited & Introduced by Guillermo De Los Reyes

Aula El Mundo - Book Review | The Freemasons: History of the Most Powerful Secret Society

Stanford University: The White Trail of Free Men and Freemasons, by Prof. Guillermo De Los Reyes

Catholic-sf.org - Living memories of Mexico’s anti-Catholic war

Bro. Plutarco Elías Calles - Freemasonry and Mexico's Cristero War

Palestine Lodge No. 189 AF & AM - Mexican Masonry - Politics & Religion

Militaryphotos.net - Bro. Calderon Secret Masonic 'Cutsign' Méxican Armed Forces Day

Bloomberg.com - U.S. Anti-Gun Program Targeting Flow to Mexico Has `Significant' Weakness

Zenit - Masonry, Atheism and Catholicism: Interview with Fr. Manuel Guerra Gómez author of 'The Masonic Plot'

Former Mexico President Salinas seeks exoneration for Cardinal's 1993 murder: 'was ordered by Freemasons and public servants of that persuasion'

EWTN - 1st Knights of Columbus Bishop to Be Canonized - Martyred during Mexico Masonic Persecution

EWTN - Beatification of 12 Mexican Martyrs of Masonic Cristeros Persecution announced

Angelus Press - The Cristeros: An American pastor, indignant about the outraging of the nuns in Vera Cruz, received this reply from Wilson's personal representative: "After prostitution, the worst thing in Mexico is the Catholic Church. Both must disappear!"

Catholic World News - Pope Benedict Beatifies 12 Mexican Catholics tortured and murdered by Freemasons during 1920's Cristero Uprising

Zenit - Cardinal Norberto Rivera, Archbishop of Mexico, Hosts First National Meeting of Exorcists

KofC.org - Statue and Painting of Mexican Martyrs Unveiled in Connecticut

Catholic News Agency - Mexican priest to appeal 'proselytism' charge from Federal Electoral Institute

Freemasonry Watch Blog: Bro. Felipe Calderon arrives in Guanajuato, Mexico to greet Pope Benedict XVI (01:51, 02:00, 10:37)


Further Reading

A Certain Point Within A Circle - The Masonic 'Family'