Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1928-01-29
DENY MEXICO
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<. 9. Official Writes
To Herald From
FL Paso
TO The Herald:

TO The Herald:
III your issue os January 18th,
there appears an article entitled,
"Matamoros Cathedral Hears Voice
Of Priest" This article states in
substance, that after an absence Of
several months the Catholic Cathe-
dral i'm Matamoros again has a priest
ia the parsonage Of Father" Reynosa.
a native OF Mexico, who has complied
with the Gales requirements along
religious lines and ~ conducting SER
vices regularly IN the cathedral. Ii
is stated that at every service the
church is packed to capacity, and
that for miles away the people come
10 pray and listen TO the services.
il il further stated that there is a
priest stationed at the community Of
Eevnosa, VINO holds the usual SER
vices in his church there; that he
as q native Of Mexico and has COM
piled with other governmental re-
qulremCnts.
The niger N the woodpile has
been EXPOSED when an interview ut
the office W "A. n. Nasquez. the con-
sui 40 Brownsville, is disclosed, and
with that source as our informant we
arc told that these arc the only two
cities along the border where priests
are located; that sixty Der cent of all
the churches III the country ere still
standing idle, open 90 the public to
come and worship, but with no one 10
guide or administer that worship.
IN cryptic language the next para
graph OF the article states: 1T is
AANMM~LLI H. .L-. -H.NH- - --L
few months the churches Of the coun-
try will bc functioning on a normal
plane again
Then Ir. Nasquez comes to the
rescue again and he tells US that
regulation are not us strict as they
were when the order first went into
effect. specially in respect TO the
nationality u the priests. Although
Id is preferable ID is not absolutely
necessary that the applicant for a
church bc of Mexican birth. The
really s5ontial requirements are
that the priest register with the
municipality in which his church is
located, ana that he give an inventory
OF the contents W his CHURCH,"
This is being done LIZ all protest.
ant churches IN the country as we'll
as BY Catholics, and the regulations
are enforced to the letter.
One familiar with the activities,
especially III disseminating propa-
ganda Characteristic of the Mexican
consular system readily Identifies il
whether Id cmlnatcs under Consul
General Elias at New York, the con-
sulatc at San Antonio, III Paso or
Brownsville. Always a rcsoate pic
ture is held up for the e~dification Of
the American public. If one-half the
effort WIS az pended in attempting TO
establish y conCOrdat with the
Church of Mexico as in promoting
tire flight III our heroic American
aviator, or the iunEet Of the Amer
lean EIuur ". MCI.co's critical on
1it on vcu.i have aneliorated long
$50. Ill r- -r cdifying to Our rcdu-
crs % lca-n thae this nzuedo priest
o- N-tamoI0s Cathedral was inter-
viewed rs Catholics. when the fol-
lowing dis-oIr was carried on;
G. what D your namc2
A. Melchor EaynOsa.
q. Are yoI the pastor Of this
ahurcll
IT,. gm assistant to the pastor.
O. i1 La here with you?
=. 10, Dr. F. not here now, he is
present somewhere In Tcmaulip@s.
@. You arc a very young man for
q priest.
a. I had y special dispensation for
ordination and to sav mass and prac-
tice an religious services by the gov
eminent.
Q. Where did you study for tie
priesthood
"A. At Guedalaja-a Seminary.
a. When were YOU ordained?
IA. Just one year ago.
q. Has your diocese a bishop?
"a. Yes. we have one IN TamaL-
lipls. We are expecting him soon.
Y. What is the name Of YOU
bishop?
"A. Nonsignor Ben.gno.
From this question and answer
statements FL is readily seen ana
made apparent 30 amy Catholic that
fraud and Imposition are being i'm
loscd upon the poor people Of Mata-
noros.
In the first place no ordination
have occurred in Mexico since the
church's EDIT became effective, a
year and y half ago. There Il no
bishop Of the Roman Catholic church
il Mexico who is obeying the require
mcnts of the law instiglted By Gales
and his cohorts, and secret invcstiga-
ton carried on in Mexico has failed
to disclose a single detection among
the Roman Catholic clergy to this
date. III the case of the young priest
at Matamoros this fact is further es-
tablished hy an incident that oc-