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Letter from Francisco De la Torre to his parents Ignacio De la Torre B. and María Uribarren in which he describes the audience offered by Pope Pius XII to a group of Mexicans at Castel Gandolfo on occasion of the coming Virgin of Guadalupe monument…

Letter from Ignacio De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre in which he announces his priestly calling

Letter from Ignacio De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre where he recounts his studies’ status at the Sonoran seminar in Magdalena and Luis’ doubts regarding his priestly calling

Letter from Ignacio De la Torre to his sister María De la Torre in which he relates his mood, the daily life at the Sonoran seminar in Magdalena and the defections of some of his peers

Letter from the National League to Defend Religious Liberty’s regional delegate to José Valenzuela addressing his disagreements with the local clergy, the organization’s status, and his pending resignation

Report about the National League to Defend Religious Liberty´s activities in Sonora one year after being appointed regional delegate. The report presents the lack of coordination between the insurgent groups that took up arms against the government…

Letter from Juan Navarrete, bishop of Sonora, to Alfonso de la Torre and other signatories from the Mexican Youth Catholic Organization (ACJM) in Nogales, Sonora in which he explains the Mexican National Episcopate’s stance on the legal and…

Letter from the Bishop of Sonora Juan Navarrete to Alfonso de la Torre where he explains the natural and supernatural means he must use to free himself from his vices. It additionally contains an invitation for Alfonso to return to Sonora to focus on…

Letter from Bishop Juan Navarrete to Isidro in which he expresses his opinion about the legality, but ill-judged, aggressive action in Sonora and the reorientation of work for the National League to Defend Religious Liberty within the state

Letter written by María De la Torre relating the fate of Alfonso, Carlos and Luis De la Torre to another one of her brothers, probably Francisco, who at the time lived in Granada, Nicaragua

Parish newsletter from the Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish by Father Ignacio De la Torre in Nogales, Sonora

Rumination by Alfonso De la Torre on the necessary duties of becoming a man, written during his childhood

Photo of five Cristeros. To the right, with his leg crossed and a cartridge belt around his waist, sits Luis E. Ibarra who fought in Jalisco. After the 1929 amnesty as part of President Calles and the Church’s arrangements, Ibarra moved to Sonora.…

Photo of four unidentified Cristeros in Jalisco

Catechetical instructions (number 11) that Bishop of Sonora Juan Navarrete directed from exile to his diocese. It contains reflections on Jesus’ will to die on the cross as well as on Protestantism

Photographic Portrait of Edumundo de la Torre Uribarren surrounded by his family during the First Communion of his daughters, Lucita and Maguitas Retrato fotográfico de Edmundo de la Torre Uribarren rodeado por su familia durante la Primera…

Cropped version of photo of Edmundo De la Torre Uribarren
Versión de foto recortada de Edmundo De la Torre Uribarren

Group portrait of Edmundo de la Torre with five of his kids

Certifying letter by Cristero General Luis Ibarra informing about Alfonso de la Torre’s death

Accounting from Benjamin De la Torre’s oil sulfating company