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Hello, thank you so much for your comment and interest. First, I have no idea what the indigenous people did/do to worship Coatlicue. If anyone out there on the internet does know, please feel free to comment. To the best of my knowledge, the Catholic Church was primarily opposed to idolatrous worship outside of the newly established Catholic faith in Mexico. Their main issue was not so much with the ritual itself, but rather with the goddess Coatlicue being worshipped at all. I first found out that Coatlicue was still being worshipped at the Museum of Anthropology and Museum of Templo Mayor both in Mexico City. INAH has a lot of information that you can check out if you're not able to head to Mexico. www.inah.gob.mx/ And the main source I found for the Spanish Bishop of México Benito María Moxó y Francolí's quote is from Francisco Javier Clavigero's History of Mexico. I hope that helps!

Thanksss! Glad you liked it and thanks for the kind words.

Thanks for your kind comment! It really means a lot!

Hola, sí, estoy de acuerdo. No son indios. Sólo utilicé la palabra "indios" al citar al arzobispo español o al referirme a cómo los llamaban los españoles. Gracias por tu comentario. Y un saludo a todas las abuelas también. Hello, yes, I agree. They are not Indians. I only used the word "Indians" when quoting the Spanish archbishop or when referring to what the Spanish called them. Thanks for your comment. Shout out to all the grandmas as well.

Nice! Lucky you! I didn't learn about it until high school. Hope more people learn about it early on like you.

Correct. But it was not the Monroe Doctrine-wielding country that it was in the mid-19th century, i.e. it was not keen on having France at its doorstop any more.

Hey, thanks for your comment. That's a great point and a good idea for another future video.

@@mestizo1521 Ill give you a hint, amigo, USA army, suerte en tu "futuro video"

@@petraperez8729 Gotta shout out my branch, USAF! Any links or sources on that? I've never heard or read anything on that.

@@mestizo1521 because you have searched in the wrong places amigo

@@petraperez8729 lolz, so, where are the right places??

She didn’t like the Bonapartes, they basically deposed her family, the French kings

Hey, thank you for your comment. I think we're going to have to agree to disagree on how Mass is celebrated. I've also gone to Mass for the last 30+ years and don't remember the priest just facing the altar. And secondly, as mentioned in the video, indigenous people had to stay outside to listen to mass. This wasn't limited to the church of Acolman and capilla abiertas or “open chapels" can be found throughout Mexico. This concept allowed holding Mass for a large number of people and was similar to the teocallis or sacred precincts of pre-Hispanic temples.

Hi . The reason why you have not seen a priest facing his back to the congregation in your church , is because you have never attended a Traditional Catholic Latin Mass . What you attend are" New Order " Masses that began with all the changes brought on by Vatican 2 back in the year 1962 . Where the priest now FACES the people and says the Mass entirely in your language . The New Order Mass is what is now normally found in all the Catholic churches today all over the world. While The Latin Mass even though still celebrated ,is not so easily found .👋

​@@starbuono-ev3mdThe Catholic Church never intended to improve the lives of people in the Americas. They came for power and took it through violence and oppression. That's not exclusive to the Americas either. That's why they do what they do. Open Mass or not facing the people, then changing their policy. POWER. That is their endgame.

@@starbuono-ev3md Cool. Nice little tid bit of trivia that I'd forgotten from my Religion 101 class on Vatican II. Although I didn't realize the priest didn't face the congregation in addition to speaking a dead language that certainly no one in Mesoamerica understood prior to the arrival of the Spanish. (It's starting to make more sense why the Friars had such hard time getting the indigenous population to actually wholeheartedly convert. 😅) We have an upcoming video on the Spanish Inquisition in Mexico that you may or may not like. 🙈

​@@starbuono-ev3md The Catholic Church has only one goal throughout its history and that is Power. And it's not particular to their track record in the Americas. Their reason for facing the altar in a language that no one actually knows how it was pronounced: Power. Deciding to have "open mass": Power. Why they ultimately decided to face churchgoers... Same. Through violence and oppression, they have done what it takes to increase their dominion. To believe it's for the betterment of humanity (or mainly spiritual reasons) is naive.

As long as you're invited! 😅

@waynemyers2469 Jack kirby used the olmec heads to create many of his Marvel and DC Characters. Like the sentinels, kang the conqueror, darkseid and many more. Also read the Ann Cypher books, graham doesn't know anything about native american cultures.

@@AnthonyJstark-vz4so WOW, not only do I appreciate you filling in the rest of the picture for me but I'm also kind of blown away by the convergence of ideas it took to make that work: Jack Kirby, the Olmec culture, especially their famous heads, Modoc, The Sentinels and two complete strangers, perhaps thousands of miles from each other, who string it together into a complete thought (to my benefit, if I'm honest.) Halleluja! Anyway, I was beginning to question the Internet's...um...advantages or...importance in the world, like, it seems to cause more division and dishonesty and...spitefulness than anything else, so, it's nice when it works. *Are you familiar with the old Jack Kirby creations, The New Gods and the Forever people and maybe one more title that was a real world-builder series of comics? Yeah, Kirby is one of a small herd of comic-book Goats.

@@AnthonyJstark-vz4so I decided to address your reply to my old post in two separate posts, the first one, the positive one, you already got, this one, a slightly negative one is concerning Grahan Hancock...not my favorite voice in the pseudoscientific community, a community that, though I can't prove it, keeps Planters Nuts supplied with procucts. Anyway, I would never dignify Hancock by buying any of his newer books but when I was younger and didn't know any better I did make the mistake of reading one or two of his older ones and believe me when I tell you, some of his distorted views and misinterpretations of facts and data haunt me to this day and if he warps Native American narratives, myths and history the way he does every other culture he touches, well, it's just one more reason to surreptitiously trip him if I ever see him walking down a flight of stairs somewhere...

@@waynemyers2469 Yes sir! I'm a big kirby fan.. i grew up reading comics and believed stan lee created those characters. Then you soon realizes it was kirby who really was the house of ideas. Along with other creators. Yes, the fourth world, the new gods, kamandi etc. You can tell kirby loved history, cultures as well as mythology. He would mixed them up to come up with his own characters. We almost had our own "New Gods" film made but it got cancelled. That is one trilogy I'm looking foward to see.🤓🎬📽 Make it happen James Gunn.

@@waynemyers2469 I think my comment seemed to be somewhat agressive or negative which was not my intention at all. I very well respect your point of view and i aslo agree with you. When i first came across Hancock he sounded very intellectual and i believed him to have knowledge in History and ancient civilizations. Thru time it all came to light and that was not the case with hancock. Never read his books but I've heard him in podcast and watched his netflix special. There is vast knowledge when it comes to ancient civilizations and alot is yet to be discovered.

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for your well-thought out comment and I understand your pet peeve, but I proudly speak Spanglish. And will continue to do so. Correct, it is easy to translate between English and Spanish, but la Virgen is la Madrecita is not dear mother to me. Adhering to strict language rules would have resulted in Mexicans speaking Castellano, which they don't. Nahuatl was infused into Spanish and Mexicans use a lot of words that the Spanish don't, e.g. zacate, chapulin, mole, etc. Moreover, my target audience for this channel are Mexican-Americans who want to learn more about Mexican culture and most understand a word of Spanish here and there. Edited to add a missing is.

"Madrecita" is used correctly. As with everything, you have to consider context. This is the term used in Mexico today by those same folks who want to keep venerating her. And, the internet is available for your translation needs.

Thank you that means a lot!

Yes but no like if your Spanish/mexican roots then yes

Nice! Glad it helps!

Yeah, agreed. People didn't just take in the religion thrust upon them resulting in the mestizaje of a new religious figure, or at least an adapted one.

@@mestizo1521 good video. Your channel is underrated. You guys will blow up. Just keep it up

Smartest prot following jew law but hating Christ’s True Church(Catholicism

@@superiorshotgun4348 the first generation of Nazarenes where Jews. They differ from your Catholic church in many ways. I'm no protestant nor modern "Orthodox "

@@superiorshotgun4348 was raised seventh day Adventist doesn't mean I am to this day. Are those Adventist even considered protestant? Idk