ABSTRACT
Since the arrival of movies in Mexico, they have met the opposition of the most conservative parts of Mexican society. The press condemned the evolving nature of moving images and considered the emerging medium to be a threat to morality. However, they perceived the cinematograph as an even greater threat, not least for its ability to represent Catholicism and sacred history. During the period of 1910-1920, the most contentious stage of the Mexican Revolution, Mexico City set the standards for the other major Mexican cities. Once the most intense period of the Mexican Revolution and the First World War was over, attention to film censorship regained its importance. In addition to overseeing films denigrating the Mexican image, the censors returned to controlling 'social morality'. The history of Catholic publications censoring films in Mexico is as long as the presence of cinema itself.
