Benito Juarez's Relationship With The Catholic Church In Mexico

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In today’s time, the Catholic Church actually has an appropriate relationship between the government and the Mexican people. Unfortunately, this was not always the case for the Catholic Church a long time ago. In 1492, Mexico had its first encounter with the Catholic Church in their country. It all started when Pope Alexander VI ordered that natives of the new lands that were discovered by Columbus, to be instructed in Catholicism for the "salvation of their souls". In this context, the Catholic Church embedded the religion of Catholicism in the minds of those who already had their own religion. Some might have converted to Catholicism because it was what they now truly believe, while others only “converted” to not create any more problems …show more content…

They owned most of the land, most of the population under their religion, and they controlled the majority of the government. When some of the Mexican citizens realized the situation that they were in, they tried to pull themselves away from it and create a country where both religion and government were two different aspects. For example, Benito Juarez considered himself a Liberal and wanted to look at the country that he called his home be separated from religion and the actual concept of the government. Benito Juarez was a Mexican lawyer and a liberal politician of Zapotec that later became president of Mexico. His fights to be able to separate the Catholic Church and the government was finally able to work, which is why Mexico is the country that it is today. Furthermore, Catholicism has been able to withstand so many attacks from the people because they have always in a sense been there for the people whenever they needed it. Even if all of the believers of Catholicism have seen them struggle through so many problems, the Catholic Church has been the stone of faith for Mexicans for many

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