Table of Contents:
  • Mexican church-state conflict and the origins of Catholic activism
  • The efforts of the American Catholic hierarchy as a whole
  • Leading voices among the hierarchy
  • John J. Burke, CSP
  • Individual activist clerics
  • The Knights of Columbus
  • Catholic lay men and women and lay organizations
  • The broader significance of Catholic activism
  • Appendix A. Text of senate resolution 70, the "Borah resolution"
  • Appendix B. The Burke-Calles exchange statements
  • Appendix C. Statements of President Emilio Portes Gil and Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz y Flores, June 21, 1929
  • Appendix D. International Catholic Truth Society statement.