Salt Lake Telegram | 1926-09-07 | Page 1 | Church Petitions Mexico Congress

Church Petitions I Mexico xico Congress t Episcopate e Formally Asks for Change in Religious Religious Religious Re Re- I Ifor Clauses I MEXICO CITY Sept 7 AP AP- AP The Catholic Episcopate of Mexico l has formally petitioned congress to repeal or amend the religious clauses of cf th the th constitution so as to eliminate the restrictions which the Episcopate ate says render the life of the the Catholic Catholic church in Mexico im im- im- im possible There Is little hope even on the part lart of the Episcopate itself that congress will comply The petition was delivered by Juan Laine a prominent Catholic leader to 10 the congressional representatives representatives representatives of ot Puebla state stale It will willbe willbe willbe be hand id to the secretary of ot the chamber of deputies who will read it at some seme future cession Subsequent Subsequent Subsequent quent developments depend upon whether any deputy demands action upon it