The scene that piqued my interest in the Cristero War was my grandmother’s earliest memory, as she would recount it. And as we enter the war’s 100th anniversary, I wanted to take a moment to remember the Cristero War. Thus, in June 1926, Calles issued a law that would become known as “Ley Calles,” establishing strict rules against the Catholic Church. Mexicans perceived the suspension of worship not as a decision made by the Catholic Church, but by the government, further intensifying the crackdown and giving rise to the Cristero War. These were agreements between the government and the Catholic Church to end the conflict, negotiated by U.S. ambassador Dwight Morrow.