. Guide to Mexico . eking to gain favor among the native , as a rule, do not understand the peo-ple, nor how to convert them. They know littleand care less about Guadalupe. They would tearher with a sudden wrencli from the native attempt is madness, as none know better thanthe priests, who hold and lead the people at willin spiritual matters. Otherwise the Church has nomore power in Mexico than in the United States,and the Protestants have equal show with theCatholics, so far as the government is have neither part nor lot in Guadalupe, andhence are w

---

. Guide to Mexico . eking to gain favor among the native , as a rule, do not understand the peo-ple, nor how to convert them. They know littleand care less about Guadalupe. They would tearher with a sudden wrencli from the native attempt is madness, as none know better thanthe priests, who hold and lead the people at willin spiritual matters. Otherwise the Church has nomore power in Mexico than in the United States,and the Protestants have equal show with theCatholics, so far as the government is have neither part nor lot in Guadalupe, andhence are witlu)ut influencing power to supplantRome in ^fexico. But for Guadalupe Eomewould have been exiled when Spain was expelled. No convents remain in Mexico, neither of nunsnor Jesuits, and are not likely ever to be per-mitted again. Tims l^ome is more circumscribedin Mexico than in the United States. The con-vents were a big loss to Rome in Mexico, thoughfar less than they would have been had Guada- B CuO Ms(-1-(D cI 5. o

---

Size: 874px × 2861px
Photo credit: © Reading Room 2020 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidguidetomexic, bookyear1900